Brian F Flaherty, Cody S Olsen, Eric R Coon, Rajendu Srivastava, Lawrence J Cook, Heather T Keenan
{"title":"Patterns of Use of β-2 Agonists, Steroids, and Mucoactive Medications to Treat Bronchiolitis in the PICU: U.S. Pediatric Health Information System 2009-2022 Database Study.","authors":"Brian F Flaherty, Cody S Olsen, Eric R Coon, Rajendu Srivastava, Lawrence J Cook, Heather T Keenan","doi":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003670","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PCC.0000000000003670","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Describe β2-agonists, steroids, hypertonic saline (HTS), n-acetylcysteine (NAC), and dornase alfa (DA) use to treat bronchiolitis, factors associated with use, and associations between use and PICU length of stay (LOS).</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Retrospective, multicenter cohort study.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>PICUs in the Pediatric Health Information System database.</p><p><strong>Patients: </strong>PICU admitted children 24 months young or younger with bronchiolitis.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>None.</p><p><strong>Measurements and main results: </strong>We analyzed 47,520 hospitalizations between July 1, 2018, and June 30, 2022. We calculated the rate of medication use overall and the median (range) rate for each hospital: β2-agonist (24,984/47,520 [52.6%]; median hospital, 51.7% [21.4-81.7%]), steroid (15,878/47,520 [33.4%]; median hospital, 33.4% [6.0-54.8%]), HTS (7,041/47,520 [14.8%]; median hospital, 10.5% [0-66.1%]), NAC (1,571/47,520 [3.3%]; median hospital, 0.8% [0-22.0%], and DA (840/47,520 [1.8%]; median hospital, 1.4% [0-13.6%]). Logistic regression using generalized estimating equations (GEEs) identified associations between concurrent asthma and β2-agonist (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 8.68; 95% CI, 7.08-10.65; p < 0.001) and steroid (aOR, 10.10; 95% CI, 8.84-11.53; p < 0.001) use. Mechanical ventilation was associated with all medications: β2-agonists (aOR, 1.79; 95% CI, 1.57-2.04; p < 0.001), steroids (aOR, 2.33; 95% CI, 1.69-3.21; p < 0.001), HTS (aOR, 1.82; 95% CI, 1.47-2.25; p < 0.001), NAC (aOR, 3.29; 95% CI, 2.15-5.03; p < 0.001), and DA (aOR, 7.65; 95% CI, 4.30-13.61; p < 0.001). No medication was associated with decreased PICU LOS. To assess changes in medication use over time and associations with the 2014 American Academy of Pediatrics bronchiolitis guidelines, we expanded our analysis to 83,820 hospitalizations between July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2022. Logistic regression with GEEs found no change in β2-agonist use; steroid use increased after guideline publication (aOR, 1.05; 95% CI, 1.01-1.10; p = 0.02), HTS use changed from increasing prior to the guidelines (aOR, 1.32; 95% CI, 1.11-1.56; p = 0.001) to stable since guideline publication (aOR, 0.93; 95% CI, 0.81-1.07; p = 0.33).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>β2-agonists, steroids, and HTS are commonly, but variably used for PICU bronchiolitis treatment. Medication use appears relatively stable over the last decade.</p>","PeriodicalId":19760,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Critical Care Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142847319","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}
Amy E Strong, Spandana Makeneni, Diego Campos, Rosanna Fulchiero, Todd J Kilbaugh, James Connelly, Benjamin L Laskin, Jarcy Zee, Michelle R Denburg
{"title":"Kidney Outcomes in Children Receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Single-Center Acute Cohort From 2009 to 2019, Followed to 2021.","authors":"Amy E Strong, Spandana Makeneni, Diego Campos, Rosanna Fulchiero, Todd J Kilbaugh, James Connelly, Benjamin L Laskin, Jarcy Zee, Michelle R Denburg","doi":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003650","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PCC.0000000000003650","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Long-term kidney outcomes after extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) are little quantified and understood. We aimed to describe the frequency of kidney dysfunction screening during follow-up and the prevalence of long-term kidney disease.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Retrospective cohort of pediatric ECMO patients with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) (mL/min/1.73 m2) using all post-discharge serum creatinine values to define three kidney outcomes: 1) acute kidney injury (AKI), with eGFR of less than 60 mL/min/1.73 m2, which subsequently improved to normal (≥ 90 mL/min/1.73 m2); 2) abnormal eGFR of less than 90 mL/min/1.73 m2 at last follow-up; and 3) chronic kidney disease (CKD) with eGFR of less than 90 mL/min/1.73 m2 on at least two occasions separated by greater than or equal to 90 days, without an intervening or subsequently normal eGFR.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Single-center tertiary care children's hospital system.</p><p><strong>Patients: </strong>All pediatric patients surviving ECMO from 2009 to 2019.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>None.</p><p><strong>Measurements and main results: </strong>In the 10-year cohort of 666 patients, 399 (60%) survived at least 3 months post-discharge. Of these, 382 of 399 (96%) were followed at our institution for a median of 5 years (interquartile range, 3-8 yr). Two hundred sixty-four of 382 (69%) had at least one creatinine value post-discharge, and 209 of 382 (55%) had at least two values three months apart. Of the 264 with at least one creatinine value, 61 (23%) had an abnormal eGFR; of the 209 with at least two values greater than or equal to 90 days apart, 18 (9%) met criteria for CKD. Of those with CKD, 12 of 18 had AKI during ECMO, and seven of 18 had AKI events post-discharge (range, 1-6 episodes).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This 2009-2019 pediatric ECMO cohort of survivors, followed for a median of 5 years, shows the subsequent high burden of kidney disease. We found that monitoring and following kidney function was not complete in this population, which is a concern since the rate of later AKI events and CKD is significant. Further study is needed to mitigate this post-ECMO vulnerability.</p>","PeriodicalId":19760,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Critical Care Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142807592","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":"Iron Deficiency in the PICU: An Invisible Illness?","authors":"Robert I Parker","doi":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003659","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PCC.0000000000003659","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19760,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Critical Care Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142801880","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}
Aline B Maddux, Kristen R Miller, Yamila L Sierra, Tellen D Bennett, R Scott Watson, Matthew Spear, Laura L Pyle, Peter M Mourani
{"title":"Physical Activity Monitoring in Children in the 1-Year After 3 or More Days of Invasive Ventilation: Feasibility of Using Accelerometers.","authors":"Aline B Maddux, Kristen R Miller, Yamila L Sierra, Tellen D Bennett, R Scott Watson, Matthew Spear, Laura L Pyle, Peter M Mourani","doi":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003657","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PCC.0000000000003657","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To measure physical activity in a cohort of children who survived greater than or equal to 3 days of invasive ventilation.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Prospective cohort study (2018-2021).</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Quaternary children's hospital PICU.</p><p><strong>Patients: </strong>Children (2-17 yr old) without a preexisting tracheostomy who were ambulatory pre-illness and received greater than or equal to 3 days of invasive ventilation.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>None.</p><p><strong>Measurements and main results: </strong>We measured duration and intensity of physical activity using hip- (< 6 yr old) or wrist- (≥ 6 yr old) worn ActiGraph GT3XP-BTLE accelerometers (ActiGraph, Pensacola, FL) for 7 days at three timepoints: hospital discharge, 3 months, and 12 months post-discharge. We measured duration of moderate or vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and nonsedentary activity, both characterized as percent of total awake wear time and total minutes per day. We categorized participants based on when they first attained a \"high activity\" day defined as greater than or equal to 60 minutes of MVPA or a day with percent of MVPA in the top quartile of all days measured. We evaluated 55 children of whom 43 (78%) had data from greater than or equal to 1 timepoint including 19 (35%) with data from all timepoints. Maximum daily MVPA increased across the three post-discharge timepoints (median, 16.0 min [interquartile range (IQR), 8.0-42.8 min], 48.3 min [27.8-94.3 min], and 68.4 min [34.7-111.0 min], respectively) as did maximum daily percent of awake wear time in MVPA (median, 4.3% [IQR, 2.8-9.0%], 10.1% [5.7-14.4%], and 11.1% [7.1-17.5%], respectively). Of the 43 participants, 27 achieved a high activity day: nine of 43 during the hospital discharge period, 14 of 43 during the 3 months post-discharge period, and four of 43 during the 12 months post-discharge period; 16 of 43 did not demonstrate high activity during the post-discharge year.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In the 1-year after PICU discharge measuring physical activity with accelerometers in children 2-17 years old is feasible. Furthermore, demonstration of variable recovery trajectories in our pilot cohort suggests it has potential to be an outcome measure in clinical trials.</p>","PeriodicalId":19760,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Critical Care Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142786402","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":"Timing Is Everything.","authors":"Suzanne R Gouda, K Sarah Hoehn","doi":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003658","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PCC.0000000000003658","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19760,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Critical Care Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142780495","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":"Clinical Trials for Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: The Time Is Now!","authors":"Peta M A Alexander, Jennifer A Muszynski","doi":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003660","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PCC.0000000000003660","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19760,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Critical Care Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142786400","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":"Esophageal Manometry in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Necessity or Simply a Neighbor of the Pulmonary Artery Catheter?","authors":"Natalie Napolitano, Nadir Yehya, Garrett Keim","doi":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003627","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PCC.0000000000003627","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19760,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Critical Care Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142780493","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}
Jean C Solodiuk, Carolina Donado, Lia Wickerham, Lindsay Goodyear, John Hayes, Rachel E Mortell, Christine D Greco, Martha A Q Curley
{"title":"Development and Preliminary Testing of the Withdrawal Assessment Tool-Alpha 2 Agonist: An Assessment Instrument for Monitoring Iatrogenic Withdrawal Symptoms in Children Receiving an Alpha-2 Agonist.","authors":"Jean C Solodiuk, Carolina Donado, Lia Wickerham, Lindsay Goodyear, John Hayes, Rachel E Mortell, Christine D Greco, Martha A Q Curley","doi":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003645","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PCC.0000000000003645","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To develop and conduct preliminary testing of the Withdrawal Assessment Tool-Alpha 2 Agonist (WAT-A2A) to monitor dexmedetomidine and clonidine withdrawal symptoms in acutely ill children.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Three-phase instrument development study. Phase 1: retrospective chart review of symptoms exhibited by children with documented dexmedetomidine withdrawal; phase 2: WAT-A2A instrument construction based on phase 1 data; and phase 3: prospective testing of the WAT-A2A in children weaning from alpha 2 agonists (A2As).</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Academic free-standing children's hospital.</p><p><strong>Patients: </strong>Acutely ill children weaning from at least 5 days of dexmedetomidine. Excluded were children concurrently weaning other sedatives.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>None.</p><p><strong>Measurements and main results: </strong>Phase 1: In 83 of 303 children weaning from at least 5 days of dexmedetomidine who had clinician documentation and were managed for A2A withdrawal, 88% (n = 72) exhibited at least a 20% increase in heart rate (HR), 83% (n = 69) exhibited agitation or change in usual state behavior, 46% (n = 38) exhibited at least a 20% increase in diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and when documented, 56% (27/48) exhibited tremors during their A2A withdrawal episode. Phase 2: The WAT-A2A was constructed, based on phase 1 data, and includes four items: HR, state behavior, DBP, and tremors. Phase 3: The WAT-A2A was tested and performed well in 82 children weaning from A2A. The total WAT-A2A score correlated with clinician subjective assessment of A2A withdrawal (Spearman correlation = 0.5; p < 0.001). Inter-rater agreement, comparing paired ratings of prospectively collected WAT-A2A data, indicated moderate inter-rater reliability.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Acutely ill children receiving sedation with an A2A for more than 5 days may develop physiologic dependence, requiring gradual dosing reductions. While further psychometric testing is advised, the WAT-A2A provides an objective instrument to help clinicians quantify dexmedetomidine withdrawal symptoms in acutely ill children may facilitate A2A weaning and limit unnecessary variation in practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":19760,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Critical Care Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142770840","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":"Too Much or Too Little? Nutrition After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Matters!","authors":"Daniel Garros, Allison Ashkin, Megan R Beggs","doi":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003651","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PCC.0000000000003651","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19760,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Critical Care Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142780498","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}