The effect of prehospital critical care on survival following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A prospective observational study (2019)
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Aim
To examine the effect of prehospital critical care on survival following OHCA, compared to routine advanced life support (ALS) care.

Methods
We undertook a prospective multi-centre cohort study including two ambulance services and six prehos... Read More about The effect of prehospital critical care on survival following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A prospective observational study.

Nutritional status deterioration occurs frequently during childrens’ intensive care unit stay (2019)
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OBJECTIVES: Malnutrition and faltering growth at PICU admission have been related to suboptimal outcomes. However, little is known about nutritional status deterioration during PICU stay, as critical illness is characterized by a profound and complex... Read More about Nutritional status deterioration occurs frequently during childrens’ intensive care unit stay.

Kneeling ability after total knee replacement (2019)
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Kneeling ability is consistently the poorest patient-rated outcome after total knee replacement (TKR), with 60–80% of patients reporting difficulty kneeling or an inability to kneel

Do infants with transposition of the great arteries born outside a specialist centre have different outcomes? (2019)
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© Cambridge University Press 2019. Background: Infants born with undiagnosed transposition of the great arteries continue to be born in district general hospitals despite the improvements made in antenatal scanning. Evidence indicates improved outcom... Read More about Do infants with transposition of the great arteries born outside a specialist centre have different outcomes?.

Where Should Critically Ill Adolescents Receive Care? A Qualitative Interview-Based Study of Perspectives of Staff Working in Adult and Pediatric Intensive Care Units (2019)
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Purpose: In the United Kingdom, critically ill adolescents are treated in either adult or pediatric intensive care units (AICUs or PICUs). This study explores staff perspectives on where and how best to care for this distinct group. Materials and Met... Read More about Where Should Critically Ill Adolescents Receive Care? A Qualitative Interview-Based Study of Perspectives of Staff Working in Adult and Pediatric Intensive Care Units.

Parents’ prioritised outcomes for trials investigating treatments for paediatric severe infection: A qualitative synthesis (2019)
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Objective: To identify parents' prioritised outcomes by combining qualitative findings from two trial feasibility studies of interventions for paediatric suspected severe infection. Design: Qualitative synthesis combining parent interview data from t... Read More about Parents’ prioritised outcomes for trials investigating treatments for paediatric severe infection: A qualitative synthesis.

Validity and effectiveness of paediatric early warning systems and track and trigger tools for identifying and reducing clinical deterioration in hospitalised children: A systematic review (2019)
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Objective: To assess (1) how well validated existing paediatric track and trigger tools (PTTT) are for predicting adverse outcomes in hospitalised children, and (2) how effective broader paediatric early warning systems are at reducing adverse outcom... Read More about Validity and effectiveness of paediatric early warning systems and track and trigger tools for identifying and reducing clinical deterioration in hospitalised children: A systematic review.

Gastric residual volume measurement in UK paediatric intensive care units: A survey of practice (2019)
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Objective: Despite little evidence, the practice of routine measurement of gastric residual volume to guide both the initiation and delivery of enteral feeding in pediatric intensive care units is widespread internationally. In light of increased scr... Read More about Gastric residual volume measurement in UK paediatric intensive care units: A survey of practice.

Mutual shaping in the design of socially assistive robots: A case study on social robots for therapy (2019)
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This paper offers a case study in undertaking a mutual shaping approach to the design of socially assistive robots. We consider the use of social robots in therapy, and we present our results regarding this application, but the approach is generalisa... Read More about Mutual shaping in the design of socially assistive robots: A case study on social robots for therapy.

Permissive versus restrictive temperature thresholds in critically ill children with fever and infection: A multicentre randomized clinical pilot trial (2019)
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Background: Fever improves pathogen control at a significant metabolic cost. No randomized clinical trials (RCT) have compared fever treatment thresholds in critically ill children. We performed a pilot RCT to determine whether a definitive trial of... Read More about Permissive versus restrictive temperature thresholds in critically ill children with fever and infection: A multicentre randomized clinical pilot trial.

NUTRI-REAPED study: nutritional assessment of French critically ill children and nutrition practice survey in French-speaking pediatric intensive care units (2019)
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© 2019, The Author(s). Background: Impaired nutritional status is adversely associated with suboptimal outcomes in critically ill children. Undernutrition at pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admission ranges from 15 to 65%. A lack of knowledge of... Read More about NUTRI-REAPED study: nutritional assessment of French critically ill children and nutrition practice survey in French-speaking pediatric intensive care units.

Priorities for nutrition research in pediatric critical care (2018)
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Background: Widespread variation exists in pediatric critical care nutrition practices, largely because of the scarcity of evidence to guide best practice recommendations.

Objective: The objective of this paper was to develop a list of topics to b... Read More about Priorities for nutrition research in pediatric critical care.

Nutritional management of young infants presenting with acute bronchiolitis in Belgium, France and Switzerland: Survey of current practices and documentary search of national guidelines worldwide (2018)
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© 2018, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature. Feeding difficulties are common in young infants presenting with acute bronchiolitis, but limited data is available to guide clinicians adapting nutritional management. We aimed to assess... Read More about Nutritional management of young infants presenting with acute bronchiolitis in Belgium, France and Switzerland: Survey of current practices and documentary search of national guidelines worldwide.

General practitioners and emergency departments (GPED) - Efficient models of care: A mixed-methods study protocol (2018)
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© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2018. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. Introduction Pressure continues to grow on emergency departments in the UK and throughout the world, with declining performance and adverse effects on patient ou... Read More about General practitioners and emergency departments (GPED) - Efficient models of care: A mixed-methods study protocol.

Parent's experiences of their child's withdrawal syndrome: A driver for reciprocal nurse-parent partnership in withdrawal assessment (2018)
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© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Withdrawal assessment in critically ill children is complicated by the reliance on non-specific behaviours and compounded when the child's typical behaviours are unknown. The existing approach to withdrawal assessment assumes that... Read More about Parent's experiences of their child's withdrawal syndrome: A driver for reciprocal nurse-parent partnership in withdrawal assessment.

A review of feeding intolerance in critically ill children (2018)
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© 2018, The Author(s). Ensuring optimal nutrition is vital in critically ill children and enteral feeding is the main route of delivery in intensive care. Feeding intolerance is the most commonly cited reason amongst pediatric intensive care unit hea... Read More about A review of feeding intolerance in critically ill children.

A prospective, mixed-methods, before and after study to identify the evidence base for the core components of an effective Paediatric Early Warning System and the development of an implementation package containing those core recommendations for use in the UK: Paediatric early warning system - utilisation and mortality avoidance- the PUMA study protocol (2018)
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© 2018 The Author(s). Background: In hospital, staff need to routinely monitor patients to identify those who are seriously ill, so that they receive timely treatment to improve their condition. A Paediatric Early Warning System is a multi-faceted so... Read More about A prospective, mixed-methods, before and after study to identify the evidence base for the core components of an effective Paediatric Early Warning System and the development of an implementation package containing those core recommendations for use in the UK: Paediatric early warning system - utilisation and mortality avoidance- the PUMA study protocol.

Newly qualified Saudi nurses' ability to recognise the deteriorating child in hospital (2018)
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Background: It is recognized that nurses' failure to recognize and respond promptly to deterioration in children's physiological status can result in increased morbidity and mortality. Aim: The aim of this study was to explore the ability of Saudi-ed... Read More about Newly qualified Saudi nurses' ability to recognise the deteriorating child in hospital.

How do people with dementia use the ambulance service? A retrospective study in England: The HOMEWARD project (2018)
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© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2018. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. Objectives An increasing number of older people are calling ambulances and presenting to accident and emergency departments. The presence of comorbidities and de... Read More about How do people with dementia use the ambulance service? A retrospective study in England: The HOMEWARD project.

Carer and clinician perceptions of the use of emergency medical services by people with dementia: A qualitative study (2018)
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A growing number of older people are accessing emergency medical services (EMS), and many calls to EMS are made by, or on behalf of, people with dementia. Their needs are frequently complex, however EMS staff are often given minimal guidance on ensu... Read More about Carer and clinician perceptions of the use of emergency medical services by people with dementia: A qualitative study.