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The Special Delivery Unit: A Novel Concept for Mother-Baby Continuity for Major Fetal Abnormalities

Objective: This article describes the experience in the planning and development of a special delivery unit (SDU) at our free-standing children's hospital in Austin, Texas. Study design: Description of various aspects of the development of the SDU.…

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Parent and Provider Perspectives of Clinical Outcomes of Critically Ill Children

INTRODUCTION: Mortality is prioritized in critical care studies, and is invariably a component of composite outcomes. Composites, such as ventilator-free days, combine mortality with other outcomes, such as duration of mechanical ventilation (MV).…

National characteristics of emergency care for children with neurologic complex chronic conditions

Abstract Introduction: Most pediatric emergency care occurs in general emergency departments (GED), where less pediatric experience and lower pediatric emergency readiness may compromise care. Medically vulnerable pediatric patients, such as those…

Serious news communication between clinicians and parents impacts parents' experiences, decision-making, and clinical care for critically ill neonates

Physicians often disclose serious news with patients and families; however, many clinicians experience anxiety around these conversations.1 Fear of their patients' and their own emotional reactions may cause providers to avoid these conversations…

Finnish children who needed long-term home respiratory support had severe sleep-disordered breathing and complex medical backgrounds

Aim: No studies have described long-term paediatric home respiratory support in Nordic countries. We examined the clinical characteristics and long-term outcomes of paediatric patients who received continuous positive airway pressure,…

Clinical practice and outcomes of palliative radiation therapy in pediatric oncology patients: An international comparison of experiences from two distinct countries and health care systems

Background and purpose: This study describes clinical outcomes of palliative radiation therapy (RT)for children treated in distinct health-care environments-the US where there is advanced integration of palliative resources and Brazil, a country in…

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Historical Developments In Children's Deep Brain Stimulation

Background Heterogeneous by the underlying pathobiology and clinical presentation, childhood onset dystonia is most frequently progressive, with related disability and limitations in functions of daily living. Consequently, there is an obvious need…

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