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Hypotonic versus isotonic maintenance fluids after surgery for children: a randomized controlled trialKaren Choong
MB, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster Children s Hospital, 1200 Main St West, Room 3A78, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5
Pediatrics 128:857-66. 2011..9% saline) compared to a hypotonic (0.45% saline) parenteral maintenance solution (PMS) for 48 hours to postoperative pediatric patients...
A framework for resolving disagreement during end of life care in the critical care unitKaren Choong
Department of Pediatrics and Critical Care, McMaster Children s Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
Clin Invest Med 33:E240-53. 2010..Such disagreements can cause tension and moral distress among families and clinicians...
Remifentanil for endotracheal intubation in neonates: a randomised controlled trialK Choong
Division of Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 95:F80-4. 2010..To evaluate the efficacy and safety of remifentanil as a premedication in neonates undergoing elective endotracheal intubation...
Vasopressin in pediatric vasodilatory shock: a multicenter randomized controlled trialKaren Choong
Department of Pediatrics and Critical Care McMaster Children s Hospital, 1200 Main Street West, Room 3A78, Hamilton, ON, L8N 3Z5 Canada
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 180:632-9. 2009..The objective of this trial was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of vasopressin as an adjunctive agent in pediatric vasodilatory shock...
Vasopressin in pediatric shock and cardiac arrestKaren Choong
Pediatric Critical Care and Neonatology, McMaster Children s Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Pediatr Crit Care Med 9:372-9. 2008..To review the physiology and the published literature on the role of vasopressin in shock in children...
Maintenance parenteral fluids in the critically ill childKaren Choong
Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Paediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
J Pediatr (Rio J) 83:S3-S10. 2007..We examine some of the difficulties in estimating these requirements, and discuss the controversies with respect to the traditional recommendations...
Hypotonic versus isotonic saline in hospitalised children: a systematic reviewK Choong
Department of Paediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Arch Dis Child 91:828-35. 2006..v.) maintenance fluids are the solutions of choice in paediatric patients have not been rigorously tested in clinical trials, and may not be appropriate for all children...
Hypothermia therapy after pediatric cardiac arrestDermot R Doherty
Department of Anaesthesia, Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Circulation 119:1492-500. 2009..Hypothermia therapy improves mortality and functional outcome after cardiac arrest and birth asphyxia in adults and newborns. The effect of hypothermia therapy in infants and children with cardiac arrest is unknown...
Quality of reporting of surveys in critical care journals: a methodologic reviewMark Duffett
Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Crit Care Med 40:441-9. 2012..Adequate reporting is needed to judge methodologic quality and assess the risk of bias of surveys. The objective of this study is to describe the methodology and quality of reporting of surveys published in five critical care journals...
Critical illness in children with influenza A/pH1N1 2009 infection in CanadaPhilippe Jouvet
Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Pediatr Crit Care Med 11:603-9. 2010..To describe characteristics, treatment, and outcomes of critically ill children with influenza A/pandemic influenza A virus (pH1N1) infection in Canada...
Surfactant therapy for acute respiratory failure in children: a systematic review and meta-analysisMark Duffett
Department of Critical Care, McMaster Children s Hospital, 1200 Main St, W, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4J9, Canada
Crit Care 11:R66. 2007..The objective of the present systematic review is to assess the effect of exogenous pulmonary surfactant on all-cause mortality in children mechanically ventilated for acute respiratory failure...
Neonatal persistent pulmonary hypertension treated with milrinone: four case reportsDirk Bassler
Division of Neonatology, Department of Paediatrics, McMaster University Medical Centre, Hamilton, Ont, Canada
Biol Neonate 89:1-5. 2006..However, of 4 patients, 2 developed serious intraventricular hemorrhages (IVHs), and 1 had a small IVH. To clarify the risk benefit ratio, of death versus survival with impairment, a randomized controlled trial is needed...
