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| Kusum MenonSummaryAffiliation: Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Country: Canada Publications
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Identification of adrenal insufficiency in pediatric critical illnessKusum Menon
Department of Pediatrics, Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Pediatr Crit Care Med 8:276-8. 2007..To determine physicians' beliefs and practices regarding adrenal dysfunction in pediatric critical illness...
Factors affecting consent in pediatric critical care researchKusum Menon
Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
Intensive Care Med 38:153-9. 2012..The objectives of this study were to describe consent rates in pediatric critical care research and their association with patient, legal guardian, consent process, and study design-related factors...
A prospective multicenter study of adrenal function in critically ill childrenKusum Menon
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1S 3H2 Canada
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 182:246-51. 2010..Adrenal insufficiency is a clinical condition associated with fluid- and catecholamine-resistant hypotension...
The association of vitamin D status with pediatric critical illnessJ Dayre McNally
Division of Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Canada
Pediatrics 130:429-36. 2012..The study objective was to determine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency, risk factors for its presence, and potential association with clinically relevant outcomes in critically ill children...
Capillary refill time and cardiac output in children undergoing cardiac catheterizationAnna Theresa Lobos
Division of Critical Care, University of Ottawa, Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Pediatr Crit Care Med 13:136-40. 2012..This study examined the inter-rater reliability of capillary refill time and its relationship to hemoglobin and with cardiac output in pediatric patients undergoing cardiac catheterization...
A multidisciplinary survey on capillary refill time: Inconsistent performance and interpretation of a common clinical testAnna Theresa Lobos
Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Department of Critical Care, Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Pediatr Crit Care Med 9:386-91. 2008..Despite this, we hypothesize that capillary refill time is performed inconsistently and its interpretation by healthcare providers in the acute care setting is variable...
An evidence-based threshold for thrombocytopenia associated with clinically significant bleeding in pediatric intensive care unit patientsPaul C Moorehead
From the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Pediatr Crit Care Med 13:e316-22. 2012..To determine the epidemiology and identify the risk factors for clinically significant bleeding in the pediatric intensive care unit...
The morbidity and mortality of pediatric oncology patients presenting to the intensive care unit with septic shockCatherine M Pound
Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics, Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Pediatr Blood Cancer 51:584-8. 2008..Previous studies, although very limited in number, suggest a particularly poor outcome for these patients if admitted to an intensive care unit with septic shock...
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...
Using pediatric advanced life support in pediatric residency training: does the curriculum need resuscitation?Estée C Grant
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care, University of Calgary, Alberta Children s Hospital, Canada
Pediatr Crit Care Med 8:433-9. 2007..This study aimed to evaluate the PALS curriculum's effectiveness in providing pediatric residents with knowledge, skill and confidence in pediatric resuscitation...
Enrollment of intensive care unit patients into clinical studies: a trinational survey of researchers' experiences, beliefs, and practicesDeborah J Cook
Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Crit Care Med 36:2100-5. 2008..As critical care practice increases in scope, size, and complexity, enrollment of critically ill patients into clinical studies is increasing...
Anemia, blood loss, and blood transfusions in North American children in the intensive care unitScot T Bateman
Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, H5 524, 55 Lake Avenue, North Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 178:26-33. 2008..Minimizing exposure of children to blood products is desirable...
