Diagnostic errors in the intensive care unit: a systematic review of autopsy studies
- B. Winters, J. Custer, D. Newman-Toker
- MedicineBMJ Quality & Safety
- 21 July 2012
Whether potentially fatal ICU misdiagnoses would be more common than in the general inpatient population, and would involve more infections or vascular events, and the prevalence and impact of diagnostic errors as a non-linear function of the autopsy rate is modelled.
Diagnostic Errors in the Pediatric and Neonatal ICU: A Systematic Review*
- J. Custer, B. Winters, D. Newman-Toker
- MedicinePediatric Critical Care Medicine
- 1 January 2015
Although missed infections were most common in both settings, missed vascular events were more common in the PICU and missed congenital conditions in the neonatal ICU, and diagnostic errors are most commonly due to infection.
Implementation of an ICU Bundle: An Interprofessional Quality Improvement Project to Enhance Delirium Management and Monitor Delirium Prevalence in a Single PICU*
- Shari Simone, Sarah Edwards, J. Custer
- Medicine, PsychologyPediatric Critical Care Medicine
- 1 June 2017
Implementation of an ICU bundle along with staff education and case conferences is effective for improving delirium screening, detection, and treatment and is associated with decreased delIRium prevalence.
Ecological Analyses of Helminth Populations of Wild Canids from the Gulf Coastal Prairies of Texas and Louisiana
- J. Custer, D. B. Pence
- Biology
- 1 June 1981
Pediatric Anti-N-Methyl-d-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis: A Review with Pooled Analysis and Critical Care Emphasis
- K. Remy, J. Custer, Dayanand N. Bagdure
- Medicine, BiologyFrontiers in Pediatrics
- 24 November 2017
Anti-NMDA encephalitis is a formidable disease with great variation in clinical presentation and response to treatment, and a multidisciplinary approach by physicians may provide earlier access to first- and second-line therapies.
A qualitative study of expert and team cognition on complex patients in the pediatric intensive care unit*
- J. Custer, E. White, D. Nichols
- MedicinePediatric Critical Care Medicine
- 1 May 2012
It is found that at the center of this framework, critical care teams attempt to create and share mental models of their patients, and these mental models serve as the framework for delivery of longitudinal care across handovers and shift changes.
A Multicenter Outcomes Analysis of Children With Severe Viral Respiratory Infection Due to Human Metapneumovirus
- M. Spaeder, J. Custer, M. Bembea, D. Aganga, Xiaoyan Song, S. Scafidi
- Medicine, BiologyPediatric Critical Care Medicine
- 1 March 2013
Analysis of the results suggests that there is substantial morbidity and mortality associated with severe viral respiratory infection due to human metapneumovirus in children, and female gender, hospital acquisition of infection, and presence of chronic medical conditions each independently increases mortality.
Real-time forecasting of pediatric intensive care unit length of stay using computerized provider orders
A model to produce real-time, updated forecasts of patients’ intensive care unit length of stay using naturally generated provider orders was designed to be integrated within a computerized decision support system to improve patient flow management.
Dirofilariasis in wild canids from the Gulf coastal prairies of Texas and Louisiana, U.S.A.
- J. Custer, D. B. Pence
- Environmental Science
- 1 February 1981
High-Flow Nasal Cannula Utilization in Pediatric Critical Care
- Kristen Coletti, Dayanand N. Bagdure, L. K. Walker, K. Remy, J. Custer
- MedicineRespiratory care
- 1 August 2017
Development of protocols for the initiation, escalation, and weaning of HFNC would optimize the utilization of high-flow nasal cannula in pediatric ICU for a wide range of indications.
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