Post-intensive Care Syndrome in a Heterogeneous Pediatric Population.

Background In this study, we aimed to measure the incidence of post-intensive care syndrome among children (PICS-p) who received critical care treatment in our hospital and evaluate patient characteristics and critical care interventions associated with the development of PICS-p. Methodology We conducted a retrospective cohort review of all surviving pediatric patients admitted to an urban, academic, tertiary intensive care unit between July 2017 and June 2018. Based on the existing literature on PICS, we excluded children whose length of stay in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) was less than four days.

Noninvasive Cardiac Output Monitoring Using Electrical Cardiometry and Outcomes in Critically Ill Children.

Cardiac output (CO) measurement is an important element of hemodynamic assessment in critically ill children and existing methods are difficult and/or inaccurate. There is insufficient literature regarding CO as measured by noninvasive electrical cardiometry (EC) as a predictor of outcomes in critically ill children. We conducted a retrospective chart review in children <21 years, admitted to our pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) between July 2018 and November 2018 with acute respiratory failure and/or shock and who were monitored with EC (ICON monitor).