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Simulation-based training delivered directly to the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit engenders preparedness, comfort, and decreased anxiety among multidisciplinary resuscitation teamsCatherine K Allan
Department of Cardiology, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, Mass 02115, USA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 140:646-52. 2010..We sought to determine whether participation improved caregiver comfort and confidence levels regarding future resuscitation events...
Intensive care of the adult patient with congenital heart diseaseCatherine K Allan
Children s Hospital Boston, Division of Cardiac Intensive Care, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Prog Cardiovasc Dis 53:274-80. 2011....
Indication for initiation of mechanical circulatory support impacts survival of infants with shunted single-ventricle circulation supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenationCatherine K Allan
Department of Cardiology, Children s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass 02115, USA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 133:660-7. 2007..We sought to evaluate outcomes and identify predictors of survival for patients with shunted single-ventricle physiology who require extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support...
The relationship between inflammatory activation and clinical outcome after infant cardiopulmonary bypassCatherine K Allan
Department of Cardiology, Children s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Anesth Analg 111:1244-51. 2010..Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) induces a systemic inflammatory response. The magnitude and consequences in infants remain unclear. We assessed the relationship between inflammatory state and clinical outcomes in infants undergoing CPB...
Outcomes and risk factors for mortality in premature neonates with critical congenital heart diseaseHenry H Cheng
Department of Cardiology, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Pediatr Cardiol 32:1139-46. 2011..Patients with lower Apgar scores who receive preintervention mechanical ventilation and undergo more complex procedures are at greatest risk...
Management and outcomes in pediatric patients presenting with acute fulminant myocarditisSarah A Teele
Department of Cardiology, Children s Hospital Boston, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Pediatr 158:638-643.e1. 2011..To investigate factors associated with mechanical circulatory support and survival in patients with acute fulminant myocarditis (AFM)...
Preoperative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to cardiac surgery in children with congenital heart diseaseVictor Bautista-Hernandez
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 88:1306-11. 2009..The goal of this study is to report our institutional experience with ECMO used to provide preoperative stabilization after acute cardiac or respiratory failure in patients with congenital heart disease before cardiac surgery...
Birth before 39 weeks' gestation is associated with worse outcomes in neonates with heart diseaseJohn M Costello
Department of Cardiology, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Pediatrics 126:277-84. 2010..We sought to determine if a similar association exists between gestational age at delivery and adverse outcomes in neonates with critical congenital heart disease, with particular interest in those born at 37 to 38 weeks' gestation...
Causes of death after congenital heart surgeryMarsha Ma
Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 83:1438-45. 2007..There has been little research about the causes of death after congenital heart surgery...
Emergent use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation during pediatric cardiac catheterizationCatherine K Allan
Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital, Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Pediatr Crit Care Med 7:212-9. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: ECMO is a technically feasible and highly successful tool in the resuscitation of pediatric patients following critical events in the cardiac catheterization laboratory...
Initial experience with fenoldopam after cardiac surgery in neonates with an insufficient response to conventional diureticsJohn M Costello
Division of Cardiac Intensive Care, Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Pediatr Crit Care Med 7:28-33. 2006..This study is limited by its retrospective design and the possibility that urine output improved spontaneously during the treatment period. A randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial will be required to confirm these findings...
