Health
Striking UK nurses say walkouts over pay 'last resort'
UK nurses are set to walk out on strike for the first time in their union's 106-year history this week, insisting they are taking action as a "last resort".
Dec 12, 2022
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News tagged with pediatric intensive care
Pediatrics
Clinical report addresses need for point-of-care ultrasonography guidelines for neonatal intensive care units
A point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) program should be developed for use in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), according to a clinical report published online Nov. 28 in Pediatrics.
Nov 28, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Opinion: With COVID, flu and RSV circulating, it's time to return to mask mandates
The number of children and babies with respiratory illnesses currently exceeds the capacity of our health system to care for them. More adult Canadians will die directly of COVID-19 this year than died last year or in 2020.
Nov 21, 2022
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Immunology
Nose swabs may distinguish babies with RSV needing longer intensive care
When a child with RSV requires intensive care, parents often ask about how long it will take before their child can go home. Currently, there is no reliable way to answer this question. Results of a new study from Ann & Robert ...
Nov 3, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
World experts set agenda to improve care of acute kidney injury in kids
Acute kidney injury occurs (AKI) in one out of four babies, children and young adults during an intensive care stay for any reason, and yet the condition is poorly understood. It is associated with various treatments or diagnostic ...
Sep 30, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Comparing life-threatening flu and COVID-19 illness in kids
Flu and COVID-19 symptoms can look similar in kids—both are known to cause fever, coughing and fatigue and prompt parents to keep children home from school.
Sep 13, 2022
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Pediatrics
Children in underserved communities are at increased risk of being admitted to the pediatric ICU and of dying there
Hospitalized children covered by Medicaid who reside in the poorest neighborhoods are at increased risk of being admitted to the hospital's Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and of dying while there, according to research ...
May 17, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Hospitals can reduce antibiotic overuse by avoiding unnecessary blood draws in critically ill children, study shows
When a patient in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) develops a fever, physicians often routinely order a blood culture to identify the cause, particularly if they have reason to worry about sepsis, a life-threatening ...
May 2, 2022
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Pediatrics
Guidelines issued for managing critically ill pediatric patients
(HealthDay)—In 2022 clinical practice guidelines issued by the Society of Critical Care Medicine and published in the February issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, recommendations are presented for the management ...
Feb 14, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID virus linked with headaches, altered mental status in hospitalized kids
Of hospitalized children who tested or were presumed positive for SARS-CoV-2, 44% developed neurological symptoms, and these kids were more likely to require intensive care than their peers who didn't experience such symptoms, ...
Jan 21, 2022
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