Objectives: To determine prevalence of delirium in critically ill children and explore
associated risk factors. Design: Multi-institutional point prevalence study. Setting: Twenty-five …

Ventilator-free days (VFDs) are a commonly reported composite outcome measure in acute
respiratory distress syndrome trials. VFDs combine survival and duration of ventilation in a …

Background: On the basis of laboratory cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) investigations
and limited adult data demonstrating that survival depends on attaining adequate arterial …

Objectives: In-hospital pediatric sepsis mortality has decreased substantially, but long-term
mortality and morbidity among children initially surviving sepsis, is unknown. Accordingly, the …

OBJECTIVE High-quality data comparing endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) with choroid
plexus cauterization (CPC) to shunt and ETV alone in North America are greatly lacking. …

Objectives: The Surviving Sepsis Campaign recommends rapid recognition and treatment
of severe sepsis and septic shock. Few reports have evaluated the impact of these …

Background Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) are a leading cause of critical illness and
mortality in mechanically ventilated children; however, the pathogenic microbes frequently …

Background Thrombotic microangiopathy-induced thrombocytopenia-associated multiple
organ failure and hyperinflammatory macrophage activation syndrome are important causes of …

Objectives: A companion article reports the trajectory of long-term mortality and significant
health-related quality of life disability among children encountering septic shock. In this article, …

Aim The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the association between chest compression
rates and 1) arterial blood pressure and 2) survival outcomes during pediatric in-hospital …