Publications by authors named "Kendra OʼBrien"

Background: Infants with chylothorax after congenital heart disease surgery are commonly treated using modified-fat breast milk. The effect of fat removal on breast milk macronutrients remains unclear. We compared macronutrient content of breast milk with breast milk skimmed using 3 methods, including a novel device, a cream separator.

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Background: The Complexity Assessment and Monitoring to Ensure Optimal Outcomes (CAMEO) acuity tool was developed to quantify patient acuity in terms of nursing cognitive workload complexity. An expert panel including representatives from 4 intensive care units (ICUs) convened to scale and implement the CAMEO II across the ICUs in a large, freestanding children's hospital in the United States.

Objectives: The aims of this study were to scale and implement a standardized acuity measure of pediatric critical care nursing.

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Although there is a large amount of literature indicating the effectiveness of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for treatment-resistant major depressive disorder (trMDD), the authors did not find any literature supporting rTMS for MDD with the comorbid condition of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Here, we report an original case of a patient whose trMDD and PTSD remitted using rTMS at the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.

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