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Withdrawal symptoms in critically ill children after long-term administration of sedatives and/or analgesics: a first evaluationErwin Ista
Department of Intensive Care Unit, Erasmus Medical Center, Sophia Children s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Crit Care Med 36:2427-32. 2008..To establish frequencies of benzodiazepine and opioid withdrawal symptoms, and correlations with total doses and duration of administration...
Construction of the Sophia Observation withdrawal Symptoms-scale (SOS) for critically ill childrenErwin Ista
Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus MC, Sophia Children s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Intensive Care Med 35:1075-81. 2009..To construct a reliable and clinically practical instrument for monitoring opioids and benzodiazepine withdrawal symptoms in pediatric ICU patients...
Do implementation strategies increase adherence to pain assessment in hospitals? A systematic reviewErwin Ista
Intensive Care Unit, Department Paediatric Surgery, Erasmus MC Sophia Children s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Int J Nurs Stud 50:552-68. 2013..We sought to review the comparative evidence for implementation strategies aiming to improve nurses' adherence to pain assessment recommendations in hospitalised patients...
Nutritional assessment and enteral support of critically ill childrenErwin Ista
Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus MC Sophia Children s Hospital, P O Box 2060, 3000 CB Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am 17:385-93, x. 2005..This article discusses nutritional assessment techniques and enteral nutrition in critically ill children...
Withdrawal symptoms in children after long-term administration of sedatives and/or analgesics: a literature review. "Assessment remains troublesome"Erwin Ista
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Erasmus MC, Sophia Children s Hospital, P O Box 2060, 3000 CB Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Intensive Care Med 33:1396-406. 2007..Prolonged administration of benzodiazepines and/or opioids to children in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) may induce physiological dependence and withdrawal symptoms...
Implementation of standard sedation management in paediatric intensive care: effective and feasible?Erwin Ista
Clinical Researcher, Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus MC Sophia Children s Hospital, PO Box 2060, Office Sk 3146, Rotterdam 3000 CB, The Netherlands
J Clin Nurs 18:2511-20. 2009..To study the effects of the introduction of a sedation treatment protocol for children in intensive care, including nurses' compliance...
Assessment of sedation levels in pediatric intensive care patients can be improved by using the COMFORT "behavior" scaleErwin Ista
Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus MC/Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Pediatr Crit Care Med 6:58-63. 2005..The cutoff points of the COMFORT-B scale in conjunction with the Nurse Interpretation Score of Sedation facilitate the use of sedation algorithms on the pediatric intensive care unit...
The COMFORT behavior scale: is a shorter observation period feasible?Anneke A Boerlage
Intensive Care and Department of Pediatric Surgery, Erasmus MC Sophia Children s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Pediatr Crit Care Med 13:e124-5. 2012..Scoring is preceded by a 2-min observation period, which nurses may consider too long. The objective of this study was to test the reliability of a 30-sec observation period...
The COMFORT-behavior scale is useful to assess pain and distress in 0- to 3-year-old children with Down syndromeAbraham J Valkenburg
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Sophia Children s Hospital, Dr Molewaterplein 60, 3015 GJ Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Pain 152:2059-64. 2011..This makes it even more useful in the pediatric intensive care unit setting, doing away with the need to apply another instrument for those children younger than 3...
Weaning of opioids and benzodiazepines at home after critical illness in infants: a cost-effective approachErwin Ista
Department of Intensive Care, Erasmus MC Sophia Children s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
J Opioid Manag 6:55-62. 2010..To evaluate the feasibility of infants' weaning of opioids and sedatives at home...
Neurally adjusted ventilatory assist: assessing the comfort and feasibility of use in neonates and childrenAnita Duyndam
Intensive Care, Erasmus MC Sophia Children s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Nurs Crit Care 18:86-92. 2013..To evaluate the practical feasibility for nurses working with neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA) and assess patient comfort and safety when NAVA is initiated...
Biomarkers and clinical tools in critically ill children: are we heading toward tailored drug therapy?Erik A B Buijs
Intensive Care and Department of Pediatric Surgery, Erasmus MC Sophia Children s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Biomark Med 6:239-57. 2012....
Invasive ventilation modes in children: a systematic review and meta-analysisAnita Duyndam
Intensive Care Unit, Erasmus MC Sophia Children s Hospital, PO Box 2060, 3000 CB Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Crit Care 15:R24. 2011..The purpose of the present study was to critically review the existing body of evidence on ventilation modes for infants and children up to the age of 18 years...
