Publications by authors named "Daniel O Hassumani"
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- A study on pediatric patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for cardiac reasons found that 18% experienced seizures, with many being subclinical and some progressing to status epilepticus.
- Risk factors for seizures included prior cardiac arrest, the need for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and specific cannulation methods.
- Children with seizures faced longer ICU stays, lower pediatric cerebral performance scores, and trends suggesting worse survival rates compared to those without seizures.
Background: High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) therapy is a respiratory modality that has been adopted to support pediatric patients with bronchiolitis. There is no standardized protocol for initiation, escalation, or weaning of HFNC in the pediatric ICU. The aim of this respiratory therapist (RT)-driven quality improvement management protocol was to decrease duration of HFNC.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe endemic fish fauna of the Southern Ocean are cold-adapted stenotherms and are acutely sensitive to elevated temperature. Many of these species lack a heat shock response and cannot increase the production of heat shock proteins in their tissues. However, some species retain the ability to induce other stress-responsive genes, some of which are involved in cell cycle arrest and apoptosis.
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