{"title":"Ophthalmologic findings in abusive head trauma","authors":"Disha Jain , Lien Le , Natalie Kissoon","doi":"10.1016/j.spen.2024.101141","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spen.2024.101141","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A leading cause of death and disability in infancy is abusive head trauma (AHT) and there are common clinical signs that help to establish this diagnosis. Children diagnosed with AHT can have many ophthalmologic findings, including retinal hemorrhages, retinoschisis, subconjunctival hemorrhages, corneal injury, and globe rupture. If any such injuries are suspected, an ophthalmologic consultation, with indirect ophthalmoscopy, should be completed. In addition to a complete physical exam, a thorough history imaging, and lab work, should be obtained to investigate the etiology of ophthalmic pathology including accidental and systemic causes. In general, studies show that retinal hemorrhages that are multilayered, too numerous to count, and located from the posterior pole to the ora serrata are highly suspicious for abusive head trauma.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49284,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Pediatric Neurology","volume":"50 ","pages":"Article 101141"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141039224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Trauma-informed care","authors":"Heather N. Williams , Brenna Farley","doi":"10.1016/j.spen.2024.101139","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spen.2024.101139","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In recent years, trauma informed care has become a heavily researched topic; however, it has yet to achieve a universal standard in the field of pediatric medicine. One of the primary tenants of trauma informed care is a clear understanding of the pervasiveness and complexities of childhood trauma, and its intersection with a child and caregiver's physical wellness. A major component of trauma informed care is addressing the way medical providers may be exposed to vicarious trauma, secondary traumatic stress, and compassion fatigue. By taking proactive steps to educate medical providers on the effects of trauma, they are better equipped to assess a family's needs and provide enhanced quality of care for their patients and themselves.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49284,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Pediatric Neurology","volume":"50 ","pages":"Article 101139"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141053189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clair Park, Samantha Alley, Whitney Reinke, Shravya Yarlagadda, Jennifer Hansen
{"title":"Child maltreatment in children with medical complexity and disability","authors":"Clair Park, Samantha Alley, Whitney Reinke, Shravya Yarlagadda, Jennifer Hansen","doi":"10.1016/j.spen.2024.101134","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spen.2024.101134","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Child maltreatment is common and pediatric healthcare providers are becoming increasingly aware of risk factors and signs of abuse.<sup>1-4</sup> Children with disabilities and those with special medical needs are recognized as a population at increased risk of child maltreatment. Understanding this risk and recognizing that not all disabilities confer the same risks can provide deeper insight for pediatric providers regarding the supports these children and their families need to prevent maltreatment.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49284,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Pediatric Neurology","volume":"50 ","pages":"Article 101134"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141025689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alexander Ankar , Emily Hermes , Catherine Wheless , Gabrielle Nguyen , Taryn Townsend , Sarah Risen
{"title":"Neurorehabilitation across the Continuum: From the Neurocritical care unit to home","authors":"Alexander Ankar , Emily Hermes , Catherine Wheless , Gabrielle Nguyen , Taryn Townsend , Sarah Risen","doi":"10.1016/j.spen.2024.101121","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spen.2024.101121","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Children admitted to neurocritical care units often experience new neurodevelopmental disabilities due to both their acquired neurologic injuries and deconditioning from prolonged hospitalizations. Rehabilitation for critically ill children is multifactorial and begins in the intensive care unit itself. The goals of rehabilitation include prevention of complications associated with immobilization and evolving tone, comprehensive evaluation and treatment of functional deficits, and implementation of adaptive strategies with the goal of maximizing recovery. As a child progresses along the medical continuum from the neurocritical care unit to acute care to post-hospitalization settings, their rehabilitative needs and interventions should also evolve.</p><p>A child in the neurocritical care unit is likely to have sustained an acquired brain injury. Whether resulting from traumatic or non-traumatic causes, all etiologies of pediatric acquired brain injury can result in significant challenges for the child and their family. Post-intensive care syndrome-pediatrics is a clinical construct that that systematically organizes the range of physical, cognitive, psychological, and social symptoms that emerge in both a child and their family members following a critical illness. Ideally, outpatient care for this population evaluates and supports all areas of post-intensive care syndrome-pediatrics through an interdisciplinary clinical care model. Proactive and comprehensive rehabilitation across the continuum provides the opportunity to support the child and their family in all areas affected, thereby minimizing distress, maximizing function, and optimizing outcomes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49284,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Pediatric Neurology","volume":"49 ","pages":"Article 101121"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140283426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Neuromuscular problems of the critically Ill neonate and child","authors":"Leslie H. Hayes, Basil T. Darras","doi":"10.1016/j.spen.2024.101123","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spen.2024.101123","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Acute neuromuscular disorders occasionally occur in the Pediatric Neurologic Intensive Care Unit. Many of these are primary disorders of the motor unit that may present acutely or exacerbate during an intercurrent illness. Additionally, acute neuromuscular disorders may develop during an acute systemic illness requiring intensive care management that predispose the child to another set of acute motor unit disorders. This chapter discusses acute neuromuscular crises in the infant, toddler, and adolescent, as well as neuromuscular disorders resulting from critical illness.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49284,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Pediatric Neurology","volume":"49 ","pages":"Article 101123"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140623397","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Neurocritical care and neuromonitoring considerations in acute pediatric spinal cord injury","authors":"Ajay X. Thomas , Jennifer C. Erklauer","doi":"10.1016/j.spen.2024.101122","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spen.2024.101122","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Management of pediatric spinal cord injury (SCI) is an essential skill for all pediatric neurocritical care physicians. In this review, we focus on the evaluation and management of pediatric SCI, highlight a novel framework for the monitoring of such patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), and introduce advancements in critical care techniques in monitoring and management. The initial evaluation and characterization of SCI is crucial for improving outcomes as well as prognostication. While physical examination and imaging are the main stays of the work-up, we propose the use of somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for challenging clinical scenarios. SSEPs allow for functional evaluation of the dorsal columns consisting of tracts associated with hand function, ambulation, and bladder function. Meanwhile, TMS has the potential for informing prognostication as well as response to rehabilitation. Spine stabilization, and in some cases surgical decompression, along with respiratory and hemodynamic management are essential. Emerging research suggests that targeted spinal cerebral perfusion pressure may provide potential benefits. This review aims to increase the pediatric neurocritical care physician's comfort with SCI while providing a novel algorithm for monitoring spinal cord function in the ICU.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49284,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Pediatric Neurology","volume":"49 ","pages":"Article 101122"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1071909124000081/pdfft?md5=19803b6d1fcccd824a12651fc0e9dbf9&pid=1-s2.0-S1071909124000081-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140199254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
James J. Riviello Jr. , Yi-Chen Lai , Jennifer C. Erklauer
{"title":"Introduction to Pediatric Neurocritical Care, 2024","authors":"James J. Riviello Jr. , Yi-Chen Lai , Jennifer C. Erklauer","doi":"10.1016/j.spen.2024.101130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spen.2024.101130","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49284,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Pediatric Neurology","volume":"49 ","pages":"Article 101130"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140645902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Supporting parents while their child is receiving neurocritical care","authors":"Raquel Farias-Moeller , Nora Wong","doi":"10.1016/j.spen.2024.101116","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spen.2024.101116","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) concept whereby the ICU experience of the patient as well as their family can have long-term deleterious health outcomes in both the patient and the family provides a rationale and impetus for modifying the ICU experience for the parents of patients receiving pediatric neurocritical care. This article uses the PICS framework to provide insight to that parental experience. Included are the words of parents who tell what they felt and what they most needed from their children's doctors while their children were receiving neurocritical care. Based on their and many other ICU parents’ advice and the PICS research, we identify a short list of specific steps the medical team can take immediately to support these parents.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49284,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Pediatric Neurology","volume":"49 ","pages":"Article 101116"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139506379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Building a pediatric neurocritical care program: The role of the clinical pharmacist practitioner on clinical practice and education. A curriculum for neuropharmacology training","authors":"Jon A. Cokley , Steven M. Lazar","doi":"10.1016/j.spen.2024.101119","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spen.2024.101119","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Clinical pharmacists are a part of the integrated health care team and provide valuable input on medication management for patients with acute and chronic disease states. Using epilepsy as a model, pharmacist involvement in patient care has been associated with significant reductions in monthly seizure frequency. Given differences in etiology, pediatric patients with epilepsy are likely to have higher number of treatments, with additional pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic differences, adding to the importance of utilizing a pediatric clinical pharmacist practitioner with neuropharmacology expertise. There is an increasing exposure to critically ill patients with epilepsy and other neurological disorders in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). These patients are more medically complex, increasing the risk for medication errors and increased health care costs.</p><p>Emphasis on neurocritical care education is a vital component to improving patient outcomes. Inclusion of a clinical pharmacist practitioner in these settings yields a positive impact on major health outcomes. In 2018, the Neurocritical Care Society developed consensus recommendations on the standards for the development of adult neurocritical care units. A pharmacist-delivered pediatric critical care neuropharmacology rotation represents a novel approach to expanding physician education to improve patient outcomes.</p><p>While there are sparse publications highlighting the importance of adult critical care and NCC pharmacists, no such literature exists describing the benefits of pediatric neurocritical care (PNCC) pharmacists. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first manuscript describing the role of clinical pharmacist practitioners in the development of PNCC program and the benefits they provide to patient care and education.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49284,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Pediatric Neurology","volume":"49 ","pages":"Article 101119"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139813870","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pediatric neuroinflammatory diseases in the intensive care unit","authors":"Kristen S. Fisher , Anna Illner , Varun Kannan","doi":"10.1016/j.spen.2024.101118","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spen.2024.101118","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span><span>Inflammatory disorders of the </span>central nervous system (CNS) include a wide spectrum of autoimmune, autoinflammatory, and </span>paraneoplastic diseases<span>. While many affected patients require acute hospital admission, a subset may present with severe neurological symptoms requiring </span></span>intensive care unit<span> (ICU) escalation due to disordered consciousness, respiratory failure, status epilepticus<span>, intracranial hypertension, and/or severe autonomic dysregulation.</span></span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":49284,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Pediatric Neurology","volume":"49 ","pages":"Article 101118"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139669430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}