K-Means Clustering for Shock Classification in Pediatric Intensive Care Units.

Shock is described as an inadequate oxygen supply to the tissues and can be classified in multiple ways. In clinical practice still, old methods are used to discriminate these shock types. This article proposes the application of unsupervised classification methods for the stratification of these patients in order to treat them more appropriately.

Identification of a panel of serum protein markers in early stage of sepsis and its validation in a cohort of patients.

Background: Sepsis is a life-threatening illness with a challenging diagnosis. Current serum biomarkers are not sensitive enough for diagnosis. With the aim of finding proteins associated with sepsis, serum protein profile was compared between patients and healthy donors and serum classical inflammatory proteins were analyzed in both groups.

[Analysis of tracheostomies in a pediatric intensive care unit during the period 2003-2013].

Introduction: Tracheotomy in pediatric patients is a rare procedure. In this pediatric series, perioperative complications, mortality related to surgical procedure and overall mortality are analyzed.

Patients And Methods: This is a retrospective study conducted from January 2003 to December 2013.