Hocus POCUS! Parental Quantification of Left-Ventricular Ejection Fraction Using Point of Care Ultrasound: Fiction or Reality?

Point of care ultrasound has become increasingly utilized in pediatric settings. The assessment of cardiac function is one such implementation of this. This study aimed to determine the feasibility of parents in acquiring images to assess function using a handheld ultrasound probe and the correlation of fractional shortening measurements by handheld ultrasound with hospital acquired echocardiography.

Tricuspid atresia and common arterial trunk: a rare form of CHD.

Tricuspid atresia with common arterial trunk is a very rare association in complex CHD. This association has even more infrequently been documented concomitantly with interrupted aortic arch. We present the diagnosis and initial surgical management of an infant with a fetal diagnosis of tricuspid atresia and common arterial trunk, with additional postnatal finding of interrupted aortic arch with interruption between the left common carotid and left subclavian artery.

The utility of a structured, interactive cardiac anatomy teaching session for resident education.

Background: Paediatric residents are often taught cardiac anatomy with two-dimensional images of heart specimens, or via imaging such as echocardiography or computed tomography. This study aimed to determine if the use of a structured, interactive, teaching session using heart specimens with CHD would be effective in teaching the concepts of cardiac anatomy.

Methods: The interest amongst paediatric residents of a cardiac anatomy session using heart specimens was assessed initially by circulating a survey.

Preadmission Diet and Zip Code Influences the Pediatric Critical Care Clinical Course for Infants with Severe Respiratory Illness ( = 187).

We examined preadmission diet and zip code in infants with severe respiratory illness in the pediatric critical care unit. Patients aged 0 to 5 months admitted to the Helen DeVos Children's Hospital from January 2011 to May 2017 (  = 187), as exclusively formula, exclusively breastfed or mixed diet were included. Formula-fed infants (  = 88; 47%) clustered to zip codes with lower median incomes (<0.