Description of a Swine Infant Model of Volume-Controlled Hemorrhagic Shock.

Hemorrhagic shock is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in pediatric patients. Interpretation of the clinical indicators validated in adults to guide resuscitation and comparison between different therapies is difficult in children due to the inherent heterogeneity of this population. As a result, compared to adults, appropriate management of pediatric hemorrhagic shock is still not well established.

Intravenous iron for critically ill children. Comparison of three dose regimens.

Background: Anemia is extremely common among patients admitted to pediatric intensive care. Alternative treatments to transfusions such as intravenous iron must be considered. There are no published data for a prospective intravenous (IV) iron study focused in the critically ill children.

Hemolysis and methemoglobinemia in a child with left ventricular assist Levitronix PediMag.

A 5-month-old male was treated with left ventricular assist device due to cardiac failure secondary to dilated cardiomyopathy. The patient developed acute severe intravascular hemolysis with methemoglobinemia and renal failure, related to a mechanical problem due to pump cylinder misalignment. Secondary severe methemoglobinemia has not been previously described in patients undergoing ventricular assist device.

[Nutrition in children with continuous renal replacement therapy].

Introduction: The aim of this study was to analyse the nutritional state, diet and gastrointestinal complications of children that require continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT).

Material And Methods: A retrospective analysis of a database, which included the information about patients who required CRRT between the years 2013 and 2017. Data were collected on the replacement technique, type of nutrition, calorie and protein intake, gastrointestinal complications, and clinical course.

Infectious complications in paediatric patients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to analyse the incidence, treatment and evolution of infections in children treated with ECMO.

Methods: A retrospective study based on a prospective database was performed. Children under the age of 18 years treated with ECMO from September 2006 to November 2015 were included.