COVID-19 in an Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR) Infant with Congenital Heart Disease: Case Report and Literature Review.

In pediatrics, reported coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) cases showed that this category of patients usually presented with no symptoms or mild to moderate COVID-19 disease. However, infants less than one-year-old had a more severe presentation or even critical condition and respiratory failure. Patients with chronic disease and congenital heart disease (CHD) may have serious effects on course of COVID-19 in neonate and early infancy.

Rapid Shallow Breathing Index as a Predictor of Extubation Outcomes in Pediatric Patients Underwent Cardiac Surgeries at King Faisal Cardiac Center.

Introduction Weaning patients of ventilation is an important step in the intensive care unit; therefore, assessing the perfect timing to do such critical action is of equal significance to prevent complications. Rapid shallow breathing index (RSBI) has been used as a prediction tool for weaning adult patients, but for pediatric patients it is still an area of unclarity. Accordingly, the aim of this study is to evaluate the RSBI as a predictor of extubation outcome in pediatric patients underwent cardiac surgery at King Faisal Cardiac Center from 2016 until 2019.