Objective: To describe the incidence of extubation failure and its associated risk factors among
mechanically ventilated children. Method: Prospective cohort study. Children who were …

Introduction Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), used either alone or associated
with heliox (CPAP‐He), has become a popular therapeutic option for bronchiolitis. This …

Background and objectives C-reactive protein (CRP) has been proposed to guide the use of
antibiotics. However, study results are controversial regarding the benefits of such a strategy…

One-fourth of patients with bronchiolitis seen in US emergency departments between 2007
and 2015 received antibiotics; 70% of them had no documented bacterial coinfection. …

Objective To describe management practices and the factors guiding admission and treatment
decisions for viral bronchiolitis across Canadian pediatric intensive care units (PICUs). …

… PT and OT documented assessments in the first 72 hour of PICU admission were abstracted
from the patient’s medical record. Mobility events were collected prospectively using …

Objectives: To report a case of posttraumatic pseudoaneurysm of the intracavernous internal
carotid artery presenting with massive epistaxis and to discuss its pathophysiology and …

Evidence shows that the use of biomarkers, procalcitonin and CRP, can safely reduce
unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions in certain infectious syndromes. The clinical utility of host-…

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fine to follow it even if it’s … but in situations when we aren’t sure what’s going on I think it’s fine.” …

BACKGROUND: The burden of central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in
Canadian intensive care units (ICUs) is not well established. The present study aimed to …