Clonidine for the Treatment of Agitation After Dexmedetomidine Discontinuation in Pediatric Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Objective: Dexmedetomidine has become a widely used drug in PICUs for sedation. We aim to determine the effects of clonidine on pediatric patients after dexmedetomidine use.

Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study that evaluated all pediatric patients admitted to a tertiary PICU who received dexmedetomidine infusion for >48 hours.

Choosing Wisely For Critical Care: The Next Five.

Objectives: To formulate new "Choosing Wisely" for Critical Care recommendations that identify best practices to avoid waste and promote value while providing critical care.

Data Sources: Semistructured narrative literature review and quantitative survey assessments.

Study Selection: English language publications that examined critical care practices in relation to reducing cost or waste.

Bereaved parents' perspectives on pediatric palliative care.

This study's goal was to describe and begin to understand the experience of bereaved parents whose deceased child had received pediatric oncology services at a tertiary comprehensive cancer center. Focus groups were conducted with parents whose children were age 10 years and older at the time of death. Potential participants were contacted by mail and telephone.

The caring continuum: role of the pediatric critical care advanced practice nurse in palliative care program development.

A caring continuum to children at the close of life can be established by broadening the scope of intervention available to these children in the ICU, general pediatric unit, and the clinic with critical care based advanced practice nursing team, providing close interdisciplinary coordination of complex care.