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| K P MorrisSummaryAffiliation: Birmingham Children's Hospital Country: UK Publications
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The relationship between blood lactate concentration, the Paediatric Index of Mortality 2 (PIM2) and mortality in paediatric intensive careKevin P Morris
Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Birmingham Children s Hospital, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, B4 6NH, UK
Intensive Care Med 38:2042-6. 2012..Blood lactate concentration predicts mortality in neonates, infants, children and adults, with evidence that it has better predictive power than other markers of acid-base status such as absolute base excess or pH...
Control of hyperglycaemia in paediatric intensive care (CHiP): study protocolDuncan Macrae
Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, UK
BMC Pediatr 10:5. 2010..Children show similar hyperglycaemic responses to surgery or critical illness. However it is not known whether tight control will benefit children given maturational differences and different disease spectrum...
Effect of peritoneal dialysis on intra-abdominal pressure and cardio-respiratory function in infants following cardiac surgeryKevin P Morris
Department of Paediatric Intensive Care, Royal Children s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cardiol Young 14:293-8. 2004..To investigate the relationship between dialysate volume, intra-abdominal pressure, and cardio-respiratory function in infants following cardiac surgery...
A new formula for blood transfusion volume in the critically illK P Morris
Department of Paediatric Intensive Care, Birmingham Children s Hospital, Birmingham, UK
Arch Dis Child 90:724-8. 2005..Published formulae, frequently used to predict the volume of transfused red cells required to achieve a desired rise in haemoglobin (Hb) or haematocrit (Hct), do not appear to have been validated in clinical practice...
Intracranial pressure complicating severe traumatic brain injury in children: monitoring and managementKevin P Morris
Diana Princess of Wales Children s Hospital, Steelhouse Lane, B4 6NH, Birmingham, UK
Intensive Care Med 32:1606-12. 2006..To evaluate current practice against recently published guidelines...
Survey of the use of therapeutic hypothermia post cardiac arrestBarnaby R Scholefield
Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Birmingham Children s Hospital, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham B4 6NH, UK
Arch Dis Child 95:796-9. 2010....
Late-onset hyperlactataemia following paediatric cardiac surgeryLara Jackman
Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Birmingham Children s Hospital, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, UK
Intensive Care Med 35:537-45. 2009..To investigate the clinical significance of a late rise in blood lactate concentration, developing after PICU admission, in older children undergoing cardiac surgery...
Early postoperative body temperature and developmental outcome after open heart surgery in infantsSerena M Cottrell
Department of Paediatric Intensive Care, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Steelehouse Lane, B4 6NH, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Ann Thorac Surg 77:66-71; discussion 71. 2004....
Norwood procedure for hypoplastic left heart syndrome: BT shunt or RV-PA conduit?Linda Edwards
Department of Paediatric Intensive Care, Birmingham Children s Hospital NHS Trust, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, B4 6NH, United Kingdom
Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 92:F210-4. 2007..It is argued that this will result in a more favourable balance between pulmonary and systemic circulations...
Prediction of raised intracranial pressure complicating severe traumatic brain injury in children: implications for trial designRob J Forsyth
School of Clinical Medical Sciences Child Health, Sir James Spence Institute of Child Health, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Pediatr Crit Care Med 9:8-14. 2008..This would permit quantification of ICP elevation and enrollment as appropriate to randomized controlled trials of raised ICP interventions...
Hypothermia therapy after traumatic brain injury in childrenJames S Hutchison
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada
N Engl J Med 358:2447-56. 2008..However, the effect of hypothermia therapy on the neurologic outcome and mortality among children who have severe traumatic brain injury is unknown...
