Interhospital transport of children with bronchiolitis by a statewide emergency transport service.

To investigate the rate of interhospital emergency transport for bronchiolitis and intensive care admission following the introduction of high flow nasal cannula and standardised paediatric observation and response charts. Retrospective cohort study. A statewide paediatric intensive care transport service and its two referral paediatric intensive care units (PICUs) in Victoria, Australia.

Clinical Utility of Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Pediatric Oncology Patients.

Background: Lower airway sampling is important in the assessment of lower respiratory tract infection in children with cancer or posthematopoietic stem cell transplant and can be done via bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL). Clinicians can struggle with balancing the benefits of BAL against the risks. This study aimed to define the diagnostic and clinical utility of BAL in this population.

A preliminary study of intensivist-performed DVT ultrasound screening in trauma ICU patients (APSIT Study).

Background: Multiple screening Duplex ultrasound scans (DUS) are performed in trauma patients at high risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in the intensive care unit (ICU). Intensive care physician performed compression ultrasound (IP-CUS) has shown promise as a diagnostic test for DVT in a non-trauma setting. Whether IP-CUS can be used as a screening test in trauma patients is unknown.