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Area-Level Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Post-PICU Outcomes in Children With an Acquired Brain Injury: Single-Center Retrospective Cohort, 2016-2023. Klapp JM, Smith MB, Turner AD, Williams CN. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2025 May 1;26(5):e633-e646. Epub 2025 Mar 6. PMID: 40047490 [abstract]
Development and Validation of an Electronic Health Record-Based, Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Subphenotype Classifier Model. Balcarcel DR, Mai MV, Mehta SD, Chiotos K, Sanchez-Pinto LN, Himes BE, Yehya N. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2025 May 1;26(5):e611-e621. Epub 2025 Mar 6. PMID: 40047501 [abstract; full-text (pdf: 1.5M)]
Adjunctive Corticosteroids for Hypotension in the Pediatric Cardiac ICU: Single-Center Retrospective Study, 2020-2021. Basu S, Habet V, Delgado M, et al. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2025 May 1. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40310269 [abstract]
The PICU Data Collaborative: A Novel, Multi-Institutional, Pediatric Critical Care Dataset. Farris RWD, Shah SS, Bennett TD, et al.; PICU Data Collaborative. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2025 Apr 30. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40304542 [reference]
Risk Analytics Clinical Decision Support Decreases Duration of Vasoactive Infusions Following Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: A Multicenter Before and After Clinical Trial. Gazit AZ, Futterman C, Baronov D, Tomczak A, Goldsmith MP, Talisa VB, Nadkarni VM, Laussen PC, Salvin JW. Crit Care Med. 2025 Apr 29. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40298483 [abstract]
The Prevalence and Outcome of Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure (PANDORA) Study in Mechanically Ventilated Children: Prospective Multicenter Epidemiology in Spain, 2019-2021. López-Fernández YM, Martínez-de-Azagra A, Reyes-Domínguez SB, et al; Prevalence AND Outcome of acute hypoxemic Respiratory fAilure in children (PANDORA-CHILD) Network.
Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2025 Apr 25. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40277417 [abstract]
Epinephrine vs Norepinephrine as Initial Treatment in Children With Septic Shock.
Eisenberg MA, Georgette N, Baker AH, Priebe GP, Monuteaux MC. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Apr 1;8(4):e254720. PMID: 40214988 [abstract; full-text]
with an accompanying editorial:
Vasoactive Selection for Pediatric Septic Shock-Where to Begin?
Weiss SL. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Apr 1;8(4):e254726. PMID: 40214996 [full-text]
Diagnostic Stewardship of Endotracheal Aspirate Cultures in Hospitalized Children With Artificial Airways: Expert Consensus Statements From the BrighT STAR (Testing STewardship for Antibiotic Reduction) Respiratory Collaborative. Sick-Samuels AC, Kelly DP, Woods-Hill CZ, et al.; BrighT STAR (Testing STewardship for Antibiotic Reduction) Respiratory Consensus Authorship group. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2025 Apr 1;26(4):e569-e582. PMID: 39945582 [abstract; full-text (pdf:1.5M)]
US Science in Peril. Walensky RP, Walensky LD. JAMA. 2025;333(11):933–934. [full-text]
The Path From Intracranial Pressure to Clinical Outcomes in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury. Laws JC, Kochanek PM, Wolf MS. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Mar 3;8(3):e250446. PMID: 40067307 [full-text]
Clinical Outcomes of Hypertonic Saline vs Mannitol Treatment Among Children With Traumatic Brain Injury. Chong SL, Zhu Y, Wang Q, et al.; Pediatric Acute and Critical Care Medicine in Asia Network (PACCMAN) and the Red Colaborativa Pediátrica de Latinoamérica (LARed). JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Mar 3;8(3):e250438. PMID: 40067302 [abstract]
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Children With Lower Respiratory Tract Infection Requiring Invasive Mechanical Ventilation: Post Hoc Analysis of the 2019-2020 Bronchiolitis and Codetection Cohort. White BR, Polikoff L, Alexander R, et al.; with the Bronchiolitis And COdetectioN (BACON) Study Investigators; for the Bronchiolitis Subgroup of the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators Network and the Red Colaborativa Pediátrica de Latinoamérica Network. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2025 Mar 6. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40047495 [abstract]