The scope and purpose of this work is 2-fold: to synthesize the available evidence and to
translate it into recommendations. This document provides recommendations only when there …

Traumatic brain injury is a leading cause of death and disability in the pediatric age group.
Causes of injury vary with child developmental age, with more inflicted injuries in infants, fall-…

Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are
those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the US Army Contracting …

OBJECTIVES: Hospitalized children are perceived to be increasingly medically complex, but
no such trend has been documented. The objective of this study was to determine whether …

Objective To evaluate clinical and treatment factors for patients recorded in the Extracorporeal
Life Support Organization (ELSO) registry and survival of adult extracorporeal membrane …

When the fourth edition of the Brain Trauma Foundation's Guidelines for the Management of
Severe Traumatic Brain Injury were finalized in late 2016, it was known that the results of the …

Intracranial pressure (ICP) should be monitored in all salvageable patients with a severe
traumatic brain injury (TBI; Glasgow Coma Scale [GCS] score of 3–8 after resuscitation) and an …

Object The aims of this study were to measure inpatient health care for pediatric hydrocephalus
in the US; describe patient, hospital, and hospitalization characteristics for pediatric …

Background— Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been used to support
cardiorespiratory function during pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). We report on …

There is a substantial body of evidence that systemic hypotension independently increases
the morbidity and mortality from TBI, both clinical10, 14, 24, 26 and histological. 15, 29 CPP …