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Sedation in paediatric intensive care
Paediatric intensive care is an expanding specialty that has been shown to improve the quality of care provided to critically ill children. An important aspect of the management of critically ill children includes the provision of effective sedation to reduce stress and anxiety during their stay in …
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Optimising nursing shift handover in Paediatric Intensive Care
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.
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How are Ethical Problems Resolved in a Paediatric Intensive Care?
… is particularly so in the case of children’s intensive care. More than a decade of teaching healthcare ethics to both nurses and doctors prompted a study to examine how ethical problems are resolved in a children’s intensive care unit. This qualitative study addressed this question in a single …
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Outcomes following admission to paediatric intensive care: A systematic review
Introduction Paediatric Intensive Care has developed rapidly in recent years with a dramatic increase in survival rates. However, there are increasing concerns regarding the impact that admission to a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) has on both the child and their family. Following discharge …
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Audit of acute limb ischaemia in a paediatric intensive care unit
Objective:Iatrogenic acute limb ischaemia in paediatric patients is a well-recognised complication of vascular access. This retrospective review of a paediatric intensive care unit identified patients who developed iatrogenic acute limb ischaemia between January 2008 and July 2013. Methods: The …
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Molecular Diagnosis of Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
… health. One of the drivers of AMR in healthcare settings is the overuse of broad-spectrum antimicrobials. For severe infections, paediatricians must prescribe antimicrobial therapy urgently; however, this limits the performance of microbiological culture tests to determine the presence of …
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Peri-extubation practices and extubation failure in a South African tertiary paediatric intensive care unit
… the peri-extubation practices in a South African paediatric intensive care unit and to determine the prevalence, risk factors and outcomes of extubation failure. Design Prospective observational study. Setting A multi-disciplinary paediatric intensive care unit in Cape Town, South Africa. Patients …
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Acinetobacter baumannii infections in the paediatric intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital in South Africa
… an important cause of nosocomial infections in paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) patients, particularly in developing countries, where it contributes significantly to morbidity and mortality. Furthermore, it has been documented that emerging antimicrobial resistance patterns complicate …
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Exploring medication errors and doctors’ and nurses’ perceptions of them in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU).
… of medication error (ME) occurrence in one large Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and to explore the paediatric intensive care (PIC) team’s perceptions of MEs and how they perceive that they learn from them. An exploratory study using a parallel convergent mixed methods approach was chosen …
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Why, how and when do children die in a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) in South Africa?
… died and their modes of dying in a South African Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). Design: Retrospective review of data extracted from the Child Healthcare Problem Identification Programme (Child PIP)and the PICU summary system (admission and death records) on children of any age who died in …
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Characteristics and outcome of long-stay patients in a paediatric intensive care unit in Cape Town, South Africa
… of a long-stay patient (LSP) in a South African paediatric intensive care unit (PICU); to review the characteristics and outcomes of the patients who comply with the LSP definition; to assess the proportion of resources allocated to the LSP cohort; and to determine if the results of this study …
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Outcomes of Human Immunodeficiency Virus infected children admitted to a paediatric intensive care unit in Cape Town, South Africa
… HIV infected children admitted to South African paediatric intensive care units died. This was in the context of an increasing HIV epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa, a limited number of intensive care beds in public hospitals and the South African government refusing to supply antiretroviral …
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A Description of the Use of Sildenafil in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital
… To describe the use of sildenafil in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital (RCWMCH), to provide insights into the clinical profiles and outcomes of children with PH Methods. A retrospective descriptive study of all children treated with …
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A description of premature and ex-premature infants admitted to a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit in the first six months of life
… mortality in children. Rehospitalisation with paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admission constitutes significant morbidity. There is a paucity of literature regarding rehospitalisations of premature infants in South Africa. Objective: To describe the outcomes, clinical course and …
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Children admitted to Paediatric Intensive Care at Red Cross War Memorial Children?s Hospital with Non-Accidental injuries (2012-2020): a retrospective descriptive study
… and outcomes of patients admitted to the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) with suspected non-accidental injury (NAI). Methods: A retrospective descriptive study of routinely collected data from all children admitted to the PICU with suspected NAI from 1 January 2012 to 31 December …
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Disease profile and outcomes of neonates admitted to the paediatric intensive care unit at Red Cross War Memorial Children's hospital in Cape Town, South Africa
Aim Neonatal healthcare is an area of focus in reducing global child mortality. Unwell neonates are usually managed in neonatal intensive care (NICU) but sometimes are admitted into paediatric units (PICU). This study aimed to describe the profile of neonates admitted to a South African PICU and to …
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Clinical features and outcome of patients with severe lower respiratory tract infection admitted to a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit in the Western Cape, South Africa
… features of children admitted to a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) with severe ALRTI and to investigate risk factors, clinical course and in-hospital outcome. Design: Retrospective cohort study Setting: Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa Patients: 265 …
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The clinical presentation and outcome of tuberculosis in children admitted to a paediatric intensive care unit in an area with a high incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis
… of tuberculosis in children admitted to the paediatric intensive care unit at Tygerberg Hospital. A retrospective, descriptive study was conducted among 57 children admitted to the paediatric intensive care unit between January 1991 to December 1994. The sample comprised all the children with …
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A retrospective review of all children admitted with acute severe asthma to the paediatric intensive care unit, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital between 2009-2019.
… of asthma do not require admission to a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU). There is limited data on the admission rates, treatment modalities and length of PICU stay, for children who have acute severe asthma (ASA) in a South African context. In this study, we aim to describe the …
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A profile of children with traumatic brain injury admitted to the Red Cross War Memorial Children?s Hospital Paediatric Intensive Care Unit in Cape Town, South Africa, between 2015 and 2019
… the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital Paediatric Intensive Care Unit in Cape Town, South Africa, between 2015 and 2019 Background: Paediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a public health problem with high morbidity and mortality. Objectives: We aim to highlight risk factors and …
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