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Pediatric intensive care unit

Known as: care intensive pediatric unit, Intensive Care Units, Pediatric, care intensive paediatric unit 
Hospital units providing continuous surveillance and care to acutely ill infants and children. Neonates are excluded since INTENSIVE CARE UNITS… Expand
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Serum creatinine as stratified in the RIFLE score for acute kidney injury is associated with mortality and length of stay for children in the pediatric intensive care unit
Objective:To evaluate the ability of the RIFLE criteria to characterize acute kidney injury in critically ill children. Design… Expand
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Transfusion strategies for patients in pediatric intensive care units.
BACKGROUND The optimal hemoglobin threshold for erythrocyte transfusions in critically ill children is unknown. We hypothesized… Expand
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Review
2007
Review
2007
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Patients
SUMMARY Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the second most common hospital-acquired infection among pediatric intensive… Expand
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Improving the Quality of End-of-Life Care in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: Parents' Priorities and Recommendations
OBJECTIVE. Despite recognition that dying children and their families have unique palliative care needs, there has been little… Expand
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Traumatic stress in parents of children admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit
Objective: To measure the prevalence of parental acute stress disorder (ASD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and to… Expand
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Noise, stress, and annoyance in a pediatric intensive care unit
ObjectiveTo measure and describe hospital noise and determine whether noise can be correlated with nursing stress measured by… Expand
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Parental perspectives on end-of-life care in the pediatric intensive care unit
Objective To identify priorities for quality end-of-life care from the parents’ perspective. Design Anonymous, self-administered… Expand
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Relationship of Pediatric Overall Performance Category and Pediatric Cerebral Performance Category scores at pediatric intensive care unit discharge with outcome measures collected at hospital…
Objective Given the current focus on outcomes, there is a crucial need for easily utilized measures that can effectively quantify… Expand
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Nosocomial Infections in Pediatric Intensive Care Units in the United States
Objectives. To describe the epidemiology of nosocomial infections in pediatric intensive care units (ICUs) in the United States… Expand
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Crying wolf: False alarms in a pediatric intensive care unit
ObjectiveTo determine the predictive value of patient monitoring alarms as a warning system in a pediatric intensive care unit… Expand
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