Child Opportunity Index and Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Outcomes; the Role of Diagnostic Category.

Objectives: To study the impact of social determinants of health (SDoH) on pediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) outcomes.

Design, Setting, And Patients: Retrospective study of children (< 18 yr) supported on ECMO (October 1, 2015 to March 1, 2021) using Pediatric Health Information System (44 U.S.

Postcardiac Arrest Care Delivery in Pediatric Intensive Care Units: A Plan and Call to Action.

Background: Despite national pediatric postcardiac arrest care (PCAC) guidelines to improve neurological outcomes and survival, there are limited studies describing PCAC delivery in pediatric institutions. This study aimed to describe PCAC delivery in centers belonging to a resuscitation quality collaborative.

Methods: An institutional review board-approved REDCap survey was distributed electronically to the lead resuscitation investigator at each institution in the international Pediatric Resuscitation Quality Improvement Collaborative.

The experience of fathers of children hospitalised with advanced heart disease.

Background: There are little reported data on the perspectives of fathers caring for children with chronic conditions. Although survival of children with advanced heart disease has improved, long-term morbidity remains high. This study describes the experience and prognostic awareness of fathers of hospitalised children with advanced heart disease.

Formal Ethics Consultation in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Patients: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort of a Quaternary Pediatric Hospital.

Objective: To examine characteristics associated with formal ethics consultation (EC) referral in pediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) cases, and document ethical issues presented.

Design: Retrospective cohort study using mixed methods.

Setting: Single-center quaternary pediatric hospital.

Health Disparities in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Utilization and Outcomes: A Scoping Review and Methodologic Critique of the Literature.

Objectives: To map the scope, methodological rigor, quality, and direction of associations between social determinants of health (SDoH) and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) utilization or outcomes.

Data Sources: PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and Cochrane Library databases were systematically searched for citations from January 2000 to January 2023, examining socioeconomic status (SES), race, ethnicity, hospital and ECMO program characteristics, transport, and geographic location (context) with utilization and outcomes (concept) in ECMO patients (population).

Study Selection: Methodology followed Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses scoping review extension.

Predictors of Serious Adverse Events and High-Level Cardiorespiratory Support in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Pulmonary Vein Interventions.

Patients with pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) often require frequent transcatheter pulmonary vein (PV) interventions for management of restenosis. Predictors of serious adverse events (AEs) and need for high-level cardiorespiratory support (mechanical ventilation, vasoactive support, and/or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) 48 h after transcatheter PV interventions have not been reported. This is a single-center retrospective cohort analysis of patients with PVS who underwent transcatheter PV interventions from 3/1/2014 to 12/31/2021.

Association between vitamin D serum levels and clinical, laboratory, and parasitological parameters in patients with malaria from an endemic area of the Amazon.

Background: Some studies have suggested the importance of vitamin D [25(OH)D] in malaria clinical practice. The prevalence of 25(OH)D deficiency in the Amazon population is not well known, and there are few studies in patients with malaria. This study aimed to evaluate 25(OH)D serum levels in patients with malaria and determine their relationships with epidemiological, clinical, laboratory, and parasitemia data.

Factors Associated with Pediatric In-Hospital Recurrent Cardiac Arrest.

The objective of this article was to identify demographic and clinical factors associated with early recurrent arrest (RA; <48 hours) and late RA (≥48 hours) among pediatric inpatients following an initial in-hospital cardiac arrest. A retrospective cohort study of inpatients was performed in a free-standing academic quaternary care children's hospital. All inpatients were <18 years old with a cardiac arrest event requiring ≥1 minute of cardiopulmonary resuscitation with the return of spontaneous circulation sustained for ≥20 minutes at Seattle Children's Hospital from February 1, 2012, to September 18, 2019.

Hyperoxia after pediatric cardiac arrest: Association with survival and neurological outcomes.

Objective: To evaluate the association between hyperoxia in the first 24 hours after in-hospital pediatric cardiac arrest and mortality and poor neurological outcome.

Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study of inpatients in a freestanding children's hospital. We included all patients younger than 18 years of age with in-hospital cardiac arrest between December 2012 and December 2019, who achieved return of circulation (ROC) for longer than 20 minutes, survived at least 24 hours after cardiac arrest, and had documented PaO2 or SpO2 during the first 24 hours after ROC.

Mental Health in COVID-2019 Survivors from a General Hospital in Peru: Sociodemographic, Clinical, and Inflammatory Variable Associations.

The current coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic constitutes a significant public health problem worldwide, as well as mental health problems. This study aimed to evaluate the mental health of COVID-19 survivors, considering their sociodemographic, clinical, and immune variables. A cross-sectional and correlational study was conducted on 318 COVID-19 survivors from one hospital in Peru.

The Use of Extracorporeal Life Support in Children With Immune-Mediated Diseases.

Objectives: To describe the use and outcomes of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support among children with immune-mediated conditions.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: The Extracorporeal Life Support Organization registry.