Kevin S Gochenour, Melissa H Ross, Heidi R Flori, Joseph G Kohne
{"title":"Adolescents and Young Adults With Respiratory Failure in U.S. PICUs: A Pediatric Health Information System Database Study, 2011-2022.","authors":"Kevin S Gochenour, Melissa H Ross, Heidi R Flori, Joseph G Kohne","doi":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003610","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PCC.0000000000003610","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To examine the clinical characteristics, outcomes, and resource use of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) admitted to PICUs in the United States with respiratory failure.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Retrospective cohort study.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>De-identified data from 48 U.S. children's hospitals contributing to the Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS) database.</p><p><strong>Patients: </strong>All patients older than 30 days old with respiratory failure, defined as encounters with clinical transaction codes for noninvasive or invasive mechanical ventilation, admitted to PHIS database PICUs from January 2011 to December 2022. Patients were categorized into five cohorts (< 15, 15-18, 19-21, 22-25, and > 25 yr old).</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>None.</p><p><strong>Measurements and main results: </strong>A total of 430,238 patients were identified. AYA (≥ 15 yr old) accounted for 15% (65,740) of all PICU admissions with respiratory failure. Forty-nine percent (32,232/65,740) of AYA older than 25 years had medical technology dependence compared with 39% in those younger than 15 years (p < 0.001). Sixty-one percent of AYA older than 25 years had a cardiovascular comorbidity compared with 35% of those younger than 15 years (p < 0.001). Forty percent of AYA older than 25 years had a neurologic comorbidity, and 27% a gastrointestinal comorbidity, compared with 27% and 31%, respectively, in those younger than 15 years (all p < 0.001). Compared with those younger than 15 years, AYA median hospital crude mortality rate was higher at 7.7% compared with 5.2%, as were median hospital charges per encounter at $163K (interquartile range [IQR], $77K-$350K) vs. $121K (IQR, $53K-$278K; all p < 0.001). Median ventilator days and hospital length of stay in survivors were similar for all age cohorts.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>AYA represent a substantial proportion of patients admitted to the PICU with respiratory failure. These individuals have unique comorbidities and are at risk for increased mortality and resource utilization compared with younger patients during hospitalization. Medical complexity and sequelae of pediatric illness may delay the transition of AYA to adult care, necessitating collaboration between adult and pediatric critical care physicians to increase research across the age spectrum and develop and implement appropriate evidence-based guidelines.</p>","PeriodicalId":19760,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Critical Care Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142292811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transpulmonary Pressure-Guided Mechanical Ventilation in Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in PICU: Single-Center Retrospective Study in North India, 2018-2021.","authors":"Anil Sachdev, Anil Kumar, Bharat Mehra, Neeraj Gupta, Dhiren Gupta, Suresh Gupta, Parul Chugh","doi":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003609","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PCC.0000000000003609","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>In this study, we have reviewed the association between esophageal pressure-guided positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) setting and oxygenation and lung mechanics with a conventional mechanical ventilation (MV) strategy in patient with moderate to severe pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome (PARDS).</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Retrospective cohort, 2018-2021.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Tertiary PICU.</p><p><strong>Patients: </strong>Moderate to severe PARDS patients who required MV with PEEP of greater than or equal to 8 cm H2O.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>Esophageal pressure (i.e., transpulmonary pressure [PTP]) guided MV vs. not.</p><p><strong>Measurements and main results: </strong>We identified 26 PARDS cases who were divided into those who had been managed with PTP-guided MV (PTP group) and those managed with conventional ventilation strategy (non-PTP). Oxygenation and lung mechanics were compared between groups at baseline (0 hr) and 24, 48, and 72 hours of MV. There were 13 patients in each group in the first 24 hours. At 48 and 72 hours, there were 11 in PTP group and 12 in non-PTP group. On comparing these groups, first, use of PTP monitoring was associated with higher median (interquartile range) mean airway pressure at 24 hours (18 hr [18-20 hr] vs. 15 hr [13-18 hr]; p = 0.01) and 48 hours (19 hr [17-19 hr] vs. 15 hr [13-17 hr]; p = 0.01). Second, use of PTP was associated with higher PEEP at 24, 48, and 72 hours (all p < 0.05). Third, use of PTP was associated with lower Fio2 and greater Pao2 to Fio2 ratio at 72 hours. Last, there were 18 of 26 survivors, and we failed to identify an association between use of PTP monitoring and survival.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In this cohort of moderate to severe PARDS cases undergoing MV with PEEP greater than or equal to 8 cm H2O, we have identified some favorable associations of oxygenation status when PTP-guided MV was used vs. not. Larger studies are required.</p>","PeriodicalId":19760,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Critical Care Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142292812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jeffrey P Burns,Brenda M Morrow,Andrew C Argent,Niranjan Kissoon
{"title":"Twenty-Five Years of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: An Evolving Journey With the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies.","authors":"Jeffrey P Burns,Brenda M Morrow,Andrew C Argent,Niranjan Kissoon","doi":"10.1097/pcc.0000000000003611","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/pcc.0000000000003611","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19760,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Critical Care Medicine","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142265928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Interplay of Social Determinants of Health With Critical Illness in Pediatric Sepsis.","authors":"Shu-Ling Chong,Jan Hau Lee","doi":"10.1097/pcc.0000000000003574","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/pcc.0000000000003574","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19760,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Critical Care Medicine","volume":"3 1","pages":"866-868"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142265876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rachel C Ashworth, Jay R Malone, Dana Franklin, Lauren R Sorce, Marla L Clayman, Joel Frader, Douglas B White, Kelly N Michelson
{"title":"Associations of Patient and Parent Characteristics With Parental Decision Regret in the PICU: A Secondary Analysis of the 2015-2017 Navigate Randomized Comparative Trial.","authors":"Rachel C Ashworth, Jay R Malone, Dana Franklin, Lauren R Sorce, Marla L Clayman, Joel Frader, Douglas B White, Kelly N Michelson","doi":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003534","DOIUrl":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003534","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To identify self-reported meaningful decisions made by parents in the PICU and to determine patient and parent characteristics associated with the development of parental decision regret, a measurable, self-reported outcome associated with psychologic morbidity.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Secondary analysis of the Navigate randomized comparative trial (NCT02333396).</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Two tertiary, academic PICUs.</p><p><strong>Patients: </strong>Spanish- or English-speaking parents of PICU patients aged less than 18 years who were expected to remain in the PICU for greater than 24 hours from time of enrollment or who had a risk of mortality greater than 4% based on Pediatric Index of Mortality 2 score.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>None.</p><p><strong>Measurements and main results: </strong>Between April 2015 and March 2017, 233 parents of 209 patients completed a survey 3-5 weeks post-PICU discharge which included the Decision Regret Scale (DRS), a 5-item, 5-point Likert scale tool scored from 0 (no regret) to 100 (maximum regret). Two hundred nine patient/parent dyads were analyzed. The decisions parents reported as most important were categorized as: procedure, respiratory support, medical management, parent-staff interactions and communication, symptom management, fluid/electrolytes/nutrition, and no decision. Fifty-one percent of parents had some decision regret (DRS > 0) with 19% scoring in the moderate-severe range (DRS 26-100). The mean DRS score was 12.7 ( sd 18.1). Multivariable analysis showed that parental Hispanic ethnicity was associated with greater odds ratio (OR 3.12 [95% CI, 1.36-7.13]; p = 0.007) of mild regret. Being parents of a patient with an increased PICU length of stay (LOS) or underlying respiratory disease was associated with greater odds of moderate-severe regret (OR 1.03 [95% CI, 1.009-1.049]; p = 0.004 and OR 2.91 [95% CI, 1.22-6.94]; p = 0.02, respectively).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Decision regret was experienced by half of PICU parents in the 2015-2017 Navigate study. The characteristics associated with decision regret (parental ethnicity, PICU LOS, and respiratory disease) are easily identifiable. Further study is needed to understand what contributes to regret in this population and what interventions could provide support and minimize the development of regret.</p>","PeriodicalId":19760,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Critical Care Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"795-803"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140898139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elizabeth Y Killien, Robert T Ohman, Leslie A Dervan, Mallory B Smith, Frederick P Rivara, R Scott Watson
{"title":"Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Severity and Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes: Single-Center Retrospective Cohort, 2011-2017.","authors":"Elizabeth Y Killien, Robert T Ohman, Leslie A Dervan, Mallory B Smith, Frederick P Rivara, R Scott Watson","doi":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003552","DOIUrl":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003552","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To determine factors associated with health-related quality of life (HRQL) decline among pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome (PARDS) survivors.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Retrospective cohort study.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Academic children's hospital.</p><p><strong>Patients: </strong>Three hundred fifteen children 1 month to 18 years old with an unplanned PICU admission from December 2011 to February 2017 enrolled in the hospital's Outcomes Assessment Program.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>None.</p><p><strong>Measurements and main results: </strong>Pre-admission baseline and median 6-week post-discharge HRQL were assessed using the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory or the Functional Status II-R. Patients meeting retrospectively applied Second Pediatric Acute Lung Injury Consensus Conference criteria for PARDS were identified, and PARDS severity was classified using binary (mild/moderate, severe) and trichotomous (mild, moderate, severe) categorization for noninvasive ventilation and invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV). PARDS occurred in 41 of 315 children (13.0%). Clinically important HRQL decline (≥ 4.5 points) occurred in 17 of 41 patients (41.5%) with PARDS and 64 of 274 without PARDS (23.4%). On multivariable generalized linear regression adjusted for age, baseline Pediatric Overall Performance Category, maximum nonrespiratory Pediatric Logistic Organ Dysfunction score, diagnosis, length of stay, and time to follow-up, PARDS was associated with HRQL decline (adjusted relative risk [aRR], 1.70; 95% CI, 1.03-2.77). Four-hour and maximum PARDS severity were the only factors associated with HRQL decline. HRQL decline occurred in five of 18 patients with mild PARDS at 4 hours, five of 13 with moderate PARDS (aRR 2.35 vs. no PARDS [95% CI, 1.01-5.50]), and seven of ten with severe PARDS (aRR 2.56 vs. no PARDS [95% CI, 1.45-4.53]). The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve for discrimination of HRQL decline for IMV patients was 0.79 (95% CI, 0.66-0.91) for binary and 0.80 (95% CI, 0.69-0.93) for trichotomous severity categorization.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>HRQL decline is common among children surviving PARDS, and risk of decline is associated with PARDS severity. HRQL decline from baseline may be an efficient and clinically meaningful endpoint to incorporate into PARDS clinical trials.</p>","PeriodicalId":19760,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Critical Care Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"816-827"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11379538/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141237245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Decision Regret and Satisfaction: Moving Toward Improved Communication and Shared Decision-Making in PICUs.","authors":"Kristin E Canavera, Sapna R Kudchadkar","doi":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003562","DOIUrl":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003562","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19760,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Critical Care Medicine","volume":"25 9","pages":"863-866"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142140734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sagar Patel, Brent Pfeiffer, Rosa Haddock De Jesus, Jennifer Garcia, Jayanthi Chandar, Amanda Alladin
{"title":"Postoperative Delirium Screening Characteristics in Pediatric Intestinal, Liver, and Renal Transplant Recipients: Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study.","authors":"Sagar Patel, Brent Pfeiffer, Rosa Haddock De Jesus, Jennifer Garcia, Jayanthi Chandar, Amanda Alladin","doi":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003540","DOIUrl":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003540","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To describe and compare the results of delirium screening in the immediate post-transplant PICU admission for pediatric intestinal, liver, and renal transplant recipients. We also examined associations with known and suspected risk factors for pediatric delirium (PD).</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Retrospective analysis of a single-center cohort, 2016-2022.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Twenty-four-bed PICU in a high-volume transplant center.</p><p><strong>Patients: </strong>All intestinal, liver, and renal transplant recipients under 23 years old admitted between July 2016 and August 2022.</p><p><strong>Measurements and main results: </strong>We identified 211 pediatric transplant recipients: intestinal ( n = 36), liver ( n = 78), and renal ( n = 97). Results of the Cornell Assessment for PD during the immediate post-transplant PICU admission were reviewed and patients were categorized into screen positive, screen negative, and unscreened. Corresponding data on known and suspected risk factors for PD were also collected. Data on delirium subtypes were not collected. Screens were available for 156 of 211 patients (74%) who were included in the final analysis. The prevalence of a positive screen by transplant category was: intestine 80% (24/30), liver 75% (47/63), and renal 14% (9/63). A positive screen was associated with younger age, greater duration of mechanical ventilation, and greater PICU length of stay (LOS) in bivariate analysis. In multivariable analysis, age and PICU LOS remained strongly correlated with a positive screen ( p < 0.05). Deep sedation and agitation as categorized by the State Behavioral Scale was associated with a positive screen, as was significant iatrogenic withdrawal symptoms ( p < 0.05). Most patients screened positive by post-transplant days 2 and 3 (58/80 [72%] and 64/80 [80%], respectively).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In our 2016 to 2022 experience, we found a high prevalence of positive PD screens in pediatric intestinal and liver transplant recipients in the immediate post-transplant PICU admission. A positive screen was associated with younger age and greater PICU LOS.</p>","PeriodicalId":19760,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Critical Care Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"838-847"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141155578","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anoopindar K Bhalla, Margaret J Klein, Justin Hotz, Jeni Kwok, Jennifer E Bonilla-Cartagena, David A Baron, Kristen Kohler, Dinnel Bornstein, Daniel Chang, Kennedy Vu, Anabel Armenta-Quiroz, Lara P Nelson, Christopher J L Newth, Robinder G Khemani
{"title":"Noninvasive Surrogate for Physiologic Dead Space Using the Carbon Dioxide Ventilatory Equivalent: Testing in a Single-Center Cohort, 2017-2023.","authors":"Anoopindar K Bhalla, Margaret J Klein, Justin Hotz, Jeni Kwok, Jennifer E Bonilla-Cartagena, David A Baron, Kristen Kohler, Dinnel Bornstein, Daniel Chang, Kennedy Vu, Anabel Armenta-Quiroz, Lara P Nelson, Christopher J L Newth, Robinder G Khemani","doi":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003539","DOIUrl":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003539","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>We sought to evaluate the association between the carbon dioxide ( co2 ) ventilatory equivalent (VEq co2 = minute ventilation/volume of co2 produced per min), a marker of dead space that does not require a blood gas measurement, and mortality risk. We compared the strength of this association to that of physiologic dead space fraction (V D /V t = [Pa co2 -mixed-expired P co2 ]/Pa co2 ) as well as to other commonly used markers of dead space (i.e., the end-tidal alveolar dead space fraction [AVDSf = (Pa co2 -end-tidal P co2 )/Pa co2 ], and ventilatory ratio [VR = (minute ventilation × Pa co2 )/(age-adjusted predicted minute ventilation × 37.5)]).</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Retrospective cohort data, 2017-2023.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Quaternary PICU.</p><p><strong>Patients: </strong>One hundred thirty-one children with acute respiratory distress syndrome.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>None.</p><p><strong>Measurements and main results: </strong>All dead space markers were calculated at the same 1-minute timepoint for each patient within the first 72 hours of using invasive mechanical ventilation. The 131 children had a median (interquartile range, IQR) age of 5.8 (IQR 1.4, 12.6) years, oxygenation index (OI) of 7.5 (IQR 4.6, 14.3), V D /V t of 0.47 (IQR 0.38, 0.61), and mortality was 17.6% (23/131). Higher VEq co2 ( p = 0.003), V D /V t ( p = 0.002), and VR ( p = 0.013) were all associated with greater odds of mortality in multivariable models adjusting for OI, immunosuppressive comorbidity, and overall severity of illness. We failed to identify an association between AVDSf and mortality in the multivariable modeling. Similarly, we also failed to identify an association between OI and mortality after controlling for any dead space marker in the modeling. For the 28-day ventilator-free days outcome, we failed to identify an association between V D /V t and the dead space markers in multivariable modeling, although OI was significant.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>VEq co2 performs similarly to V D /V t and other surrogate dead space markers, is independently associated with mortality risk, and may be a reasonable noninvasive surrogate for V D /V t .</p>","PeriodicalId":19760,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Critical Care Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"784-794"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11379541/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141070965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}