Michael Colin Mowrer, Lisa Lima, Rohit Nair, Xilong Li, Hitesh Sandhu, Brian Bridges, Ryan P Barbaro, Saleh Bhar, Raymond Nkwantabisa, Saad Ghafoor, Agnes Reschke, Taylor Olson, Matthew P Malone, Neel Shah, Matt S Zinter, Jon Gehlbach, Laura Hollinger, Briana L Scott, Reut Kassif Lerner, Thomas V Brogan, Lakshmi Raman, Renee M Potera
{"title":"Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Outcomes in a Multicenter, Retrospective Cohort, 2009-2021.","authors":"Michael Colin Mowrer, Lisa Lima, Rohit Nair, Xilong Li, Hitesh Sandhu, Brian Bridges, Ryan P Barbaro, Saleh Bhar, Raymond Nkwantabisa, Saad Ghafoor, Agnes Reschke, Taylor Olson, Matthew P Malone, Neel Shah, Matt S Zinter, Jon Gehlbach, Laura Hollinger, Briana L Scott, Reut Kassif Lerner, Thomas V Brogan, Lakshmi Raman, Renee M Potera","doi":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003584","DOIUrl":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003584","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To describe characteristics associated with survival for pediatric patients with an oncologic diagnosis or hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Multicenter, retrospective study.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Sixteen PICUs in the United States and Israel.</p><p><strong>Patients: </strong>We included patients aged younger than 19 years with an oncologic diagnosis or HCT who required ECMO support between 2009 and 2021.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>None.</p><p><strong>Measurements and main results: </strong>A total of 149 patients were included in the study cohort. There were 118 patients with an oncologic diagnosis and 31 that received HCT. The indications for ECMO were respiratory failure (46%), combined respiratory and cardiac failure (28%), and cardiac failure (25%). Venovenous (V-V) ECMO was used in 45% of patients, with 53% of patients being placed on venoarterial (V-A) ECMO. For oncologic and HCT groups, survival to ECMO decannulation was 52% (62/118) and 64% (20/31), and survival to hospital discharge was 36% (43/118) and 42% (13/31), respectively. After adjusting for other factors, requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation was associated with greater odds ratio of mortality (3.0 [95% CI, 1.2-7.7]).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Survival to ECMO decannulation of pediatric oncologic and HCT patients in this study was 52-64%, depending upon diagnosis. However, survival to hospital discharge remains poor. Future research should prioritize understanding factors contributing to this survival gap within these patient populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":19760,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Critical Care Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1026-1034"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141724121","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":"Editor's Choice Articles for November.","authors":"Robert C Tasker","doi":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003629","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PCC.0000000000003629","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19760,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Critical Care Medicine","volume":"25 11","pages":"985-987"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142576751","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 Power of Goodbyes.","authors":"Cecilia Gállego Suárez","doi":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003560","DOIUrl":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003560","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19760,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Critical Care Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1045-1046"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141443168","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 Impact of Injury-Induced Inflammation on Postoperative Fluid Resuscitation in Pediatric Surgical Patients.","authors":"Walter J Chwals","doi":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003607","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PCC.0000000000003607","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19760,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Critical Care Medicine","volume":"25 11","pages":"1076-1078"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142576756","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}
David R Baker, Christie L Glau, Adam S Himebauch, Sara Arnoldi, Sam Rosenblatt, Garrett Keim, Steven M Loscalzo, Mark D Weber, Meryl Cohen, Michael D Quartermain, Summer L Kaplan, Robert M Sutton, Akira Nishisaki, Thomas W Conlon
{"title":"Evolution and Impact of a Diagnostic Point-of-Care Ultrasound Program in a PICU.","authors":"David R Baker, Christie L Glau, Adam S Himebauch, Sara Arnoldi, Sam Rosenblatt, Garrett Keim, Steven M Loscalzo, Mark D Weber, Meryl Cohen, Michael D Quartermain, Summer L Kaplan, Robert M Sutton, Akira Nishisaki, Thomas W Conlon","doi":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003581","DOIUrl":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003581","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To evaluate the impact of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) use on clinicians within a PICU and to assess infrastructural elements of our POCUS program development.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Retrospective observational study.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Large academic, noncardiac PICU in the United States.</p><p><strong>Subjects: </strong>Patients in a PICU who had diagnostic POCUS performed.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>None.</p><p><strong>Measurements and main results: </strong>Between January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2022, 7201 diagnostic POCUS studies were ordered; 1930 (26.8%) had a quality assurance (QA) record generated in an independent POCUS QA database. The cardiac domain was most frequently imaged (81.0% of ordered studies, 81.2% of reviewed studies). POCUS images changed clinician understanding of pathophysiology in 563 of 1930 cases (29.2%); when this occurred, management was changed in 318 of 563 cases (56.5%). Cardiac POCUS studies altered clinician suspected pathophysiology in 30.1% of cases (472/1568), compared with 21.5% (91/362) in noncardiac studies ( p = 0.06). Among cases where POCUS changed clinician understanding, management changed more often following cardiac than noncardiac POCUS ( p = 0.02). Clinicians identified a need for cardiology consultation or complete echocardiograms in 294 of 1568 cardiac POCUS studies (18.8%). Orders for POCUS imaging increased by 94.9%, and revenue increased by 159.4%, from initial to final study year. QA database use by both clinicians and reviewers decreased annually as QA processes evolved in the setting of technologic growth and unit expansion.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Diagnostic POCUS imaging in the PICU frequently yields information that alters diagnosis and changes management. As PICU POCUS use increased, QA processes evolved resulting in decreased use of our initial QA database. Modifications to QA processes are likely necessary as clinical contexts change over time.</p>","PeriodicalId":19760,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Critical Care Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"988-997"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11534536/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141634117","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":"Dexmedetomidine Withdrawal Syndrome in the PICU.","authors":"Abinaya Kannan, Atul Jindal","doi":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003514","DOIUrl":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003514","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19760,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Critical Care Medicine","volume":"25 10","pages":"e418"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142366092","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 Need to Screen: Unpacking Acute on Chronic Social Risks for Our Patients and Families in Critical Need.","authors":"Anjali Garg, Sapna R Kudchadkar","doi":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003593","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PCC.0000000000003593","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19760,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Critical Care Medicine","volume":"25 10","pages":"975-977"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142366099","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}
Francesca Sperotto, Marco Daverio, Angela Amigoni, Dario Gregori, Anna Dorste, Ryan L Kobayashi, Ravi R Thiagarajan, Nicola Maschietto, Peta M Alexander
{"title":"Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Use Among Children With Cardiac Disease in the ICU: A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression of Data Through March 2024.","authors":"Francesca Sperotto, Marco Daverio, Angela Amigoni, Dario Gregori, Anna Dorste, Ryan L Kobayashi, Ravi R Thiagarajan, Nicola Maschietto, Peta M Alexander","doi":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003594","DOIUrl":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003594","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Epidemiologic data on extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) use in children with cardiac disease after in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) are lacking. We aimed to investigate trends in ECPR use over time in critically ill children with cardiac disease.</p><p><strong>Data sources: </strong>We performed a secondary analysis of a recent systematic review (PROSPERO CRD42020156247) to investigate trends in ECPR use in children with cardiac disease. PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature were screened (inception to September 2021). For completeness of this secondary analysis, PubMed was also rescreened (September 2021 to March 2024).</p><p><strong>Study selection: </strong>Observational studies including epidemiologic data on ECPR use in children with cardiac disease admitted to an ICU.</p><p><strong>Data extraction: </strong>Data were extracted by two independent investigators. The risk of bias was assessed using the National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes Quality Assessment Tools. Random-effects meta-analysis was used to compute a pooled proportion of subjects undergoing ECPR; meta-regression was used to assess trends in ECPR use over time.</p><p><strong>Data synthesis: </strong>Of the 2664 studies identified, 9 (17,669 patients) included data on ECPR use in children with cardiac disease. Eight were cohort studies, 1 was a case-control, 8 were retrospective, 1 was prospective, 6 were single-center, and 3 were multicenter. Seven studies were included in the meta-analysis; all were judged of good quality. By meta-analysis, we found that a pooled proportion of 21% (95% CI, 15-29%) of pediatric patients with cardiac disease experiencing IHCA were supported with ECPR. By meta-regression adjusted for category of patients (surgical vs. general cardiac), we found that the use of ECPR in critically ill children with cardiac disease significantly increased over time ( p = 0 .026).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>About one-fifth of critically ill pediatric cardiac patients experiencing IHCA were supported with ECPR, and its use significantly increased over time. This may partially explain the increased trends in survival demonstrated for this population.</p>","PeriodicalId":19760,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Critical Care Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"e410-e417"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11449666/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142036560","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":"Women in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: Translating the Truth in the Trend.","authors":"Shira J Gertz, Sapna R Kudchadkar","doi":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003602","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PCC.0000000000003602","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19760,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Critical Care Medicine","volume":"25 10","pages":"963-965"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142366100","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}
Christine Eimer, Monika Huhndorf, Ole Sattler, Maximilian Feth, Olav Jansen, Jan-Thorsten Gräsner, Ulf Lorenzen, Martin Albrecht, Matthias Grünewald, Florian Reifferscheid, Stephan Seewald
{"title":"Optimal Chest Compression Point During Pediatric Resuscitation: Implications for Pediatric Resuscitation Practice by CT Scans.","authors":"Christine Eimer, Monika Huhndorf, Ole Sattler, Maximilian Feth, Olav Jansen, Jan-Thorsten Gräsner, Ulf Lorenzen, Martin Albrecht, Matthias Grünewald, Florian Reifferscheid, Stephan Seewald","doi":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003553","DOIUrl":"10.1097/PCC.0000000000003553","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Current European guidelines for pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) recommend the lower half of the sternum as the chest compression point (CP). In this study, we have used thoracic CT scans to evaluate recommended and optimal CP in relation to cardiac anatomy and structure.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Analysis of routinely acquired thoracic CT scans acquired from 2000 to 2020.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Single-center pediatric department in a German University Hospital.</p><p><strong>Patients: </strong>Imaging data were obtained from 290 patients of 3-16 years old.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>None.</p><p><strong>Measurements and main results: </strong>We measured and analyzed 14 thoracic metrics in each thoracic CT scan. In 44 of 290 (15.2%) scans, the recommended CP did not match the level of the cardiac ventricles. Anatomically, the optimal CP was one rib or one vertebral body lower than the recommended CP, that is, the optimal CP was more caudal to the level of the body of the sternum in 67 of 290 (23.1%) scans. The recommended compression depth appeared reasonable in children younger than 12 years old. At 12 years old or older, the maximum compression depth of 6 cm is less than or equal to one-third of the thoracic depth.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In this study of thoracic CT scans in children 3-16 years old, we have found that optimal CP for CPR appears to be more caudal than the recommended CP. Therefore, it seems reasonable to prefer to use the lower part of the sternum for CPR chest compressions. At 12 years old or older, a compression depth similar to that used in adults-6 cm limit-may be chosen.</p>","PeriodicalId":19760,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Critical Care Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"928-936"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141451116","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}