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| Kathleen Lynn MeertSummaryAffiliation: Wayne State University Country: USA Publications
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The spiritual needs of parents at the time of their child's death in the pediatric intensive care unit and during bereavement: a qualitative studyKathleen L Meert
Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
Pediatr Crit Care Med 6:420-7. 2005..Greater attention to spiritual needs may help parents cope with their loss. Our objective is to gain a deeper understanding of parents' spiritual needs during their child's death and bereavement...
Ethical and logistical considerations of multicenter parental bereavement researchKathleen Lynn Meert
Department of Peditrics, Wayne State University, Children s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
J Palliat Med 11:444-50. 2008..Among its research activities, the CPCCRN has undertaken research in parental bereavement because most childhood deaths in the United States occur in hospitals, primarily in critical care units...
Family-centered care in the pediatric intensive care unitKathleen L Meert
Department of Pediatrics, Critical Care Medicine, Children s Hospital of Michigan, 3901 Beaubien Boulevard, Detroit, MI 48201, USA Electronic address
Pediatr Clin North Am 60:761-72. 2013..Although challenges to successful implementation exist, the growing body of evidence suggests that PFCC is beneficial to patients, families, and staff...- The Bereaved Parent Needs Assessment: a new instrument to assess the needs of parents whose children died in the pediatric intensive care unit*Kathleen L Meert
Department of Pediatrics, Children s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA
Crit Care Med 40:3050-7. 2012..We hypothesized that need fulfillment would be negatively related to complicated grief and positively related to quality of life during bereavement... - Mechanism of lactic acidosis in children with acute severe asthmaKathleen L Meert
Department of Pediatrics, Children s Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
Pediatr Crit Care Med 13:28-31. 2012..Our objectives are to 1) investigate the incidence of hyperlactatemia and lactic acidosis in children with acute severe asthma, and 2) determine whether lactate elevation is type A or B... - Predictors of red cell transfusion in children and adolescents undergoing spinal fusion surgeryKathleen L Meert
Departments of Pediatrics, Children s Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 27:2137-42. 2002..A retrospective review was performed... - Exploring parents' environmental needs at the time of a child's death in the pediatric intensive care unitKathleen L Meert
Department of Pediatrics, Children s Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
Pediatr Crit Care Med 9:623-8. 2008..The purpose of this study is to explore parents' environmental needs during their child's hospitalization and death in the pediatric intensive care unit... - Multicenter cohort study of in-hospital pediatric cardiac arrestKathleen L Meert
Children s Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
Pediatr Crit Care Med 10:544-53. 2009..These data are required to prepare a randomized trial of therapeutic hypothermia on neurobehavioral outcomes in children after in-hospital cardiac arrest... - Physicians' experiences and perspectives regarding follow-up meetings with parents after a child's death in the pediatric intensive care unitKathleen L Meert
Children s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA
Pediatr Crit Care Med 12:e64-8. 2011..Parents of children who die in the pediatric intensive care unit often desire a follow-up meeting with the physicians who cared for their child... - Complicated grief and associated risk factors among parents following a child's death in the pediatric intensive care unitKathleen L Meert
Children s Hospital of Michigan, 3901 Beaubien Blvd, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 164:1045-51. 2010..To investigate the extent of complicated grief symptoms and associated risk factors among parents whose child died in a pediatric intensive care unit... - Follow-up study of complicated grief among parents eighteen months after a child's death in the pediatric intensive care unitKathleen L Meert
Children s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, USA
J Palliat Med 14:207-14. 2011..In this study, we investigate the change in the extent of complicated grief symptoms among these parents between 6 and 18 months postdeath and identify factors predicting improvement... - Parental bereavement needs in the pediatric intensive care unit: review of available measuresKathleen L Meert
Children s Hospital of Michigan, Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
J Palliat Med 14:951-64. 2011..Understanding the needs of parents bereaved in this setting is essential for better family care... - Parents' perspectives on physician-parent communication near the time of a child's death in the pediatric intensive care unitKathleen L Meert
Children s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
Pediatr Crit Care Med 9:2-7. 2008..Our objective is to describe parents' perceptions of their conversations with physicians regarding their child's terminal illness and death in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU)... - Metabolic acidosis as an underlying mechanism of respiratory distress in children with severe acute asthmaKathleen L Meert
Children s Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
Pediatr Crit Care Med 8:519-23. 2007.... - Parents' perspectives regarding a physician-parent conference after their child's death in the pediatric intensive care unitKathleen L Meert
Children s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
J Pediatr 151:50-5, 55.e1-2. 2007..To investigate parents' perspectives on the desirability, content, and conditions of a physician-parent conference after their child's death in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU)... - Gastric vs small-bowel feeding in critically ill children receiving mechanical ventilation: a randomized controlled trialKathleen L Meert
Critical Care Medicine, Children s Hospital of Michigan, 3901 Beaubien Blvd, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
Chest 126:872-8. 2004..To determine the effect of feeding tube position (gastric vs small bowel) on adequacy of nutrient delivery and feeding complications, including microaspiration, in critically ill children... - Pressure-controlled ventilation in children with severe status asthmaticusAshok P Sarnaik
Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children s Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
Pediatr Crit Care Med 5:133-8. 2004..We describe our experience with pressure-controlled ventilation in children with severe respiratory failure from status asthmaticus... - Life as death scholars: passion, personality, and professional perspectivesStephanie Myers Schim
Wayne State University, College of Nursing, 240 Cohn Building, Detroit, Michigan 48202 USA
Death Stud 31:165-72. 2007..Additional discourse in this field is needed on the nature and processes of such death-studies groups... - Collaborative pediatric critical care research network: looking back and moving forwardDouglas F Willson
Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia Children s Hospital, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Pediatr Crit Care Med 11:1-6. 2010..To update the pediatric critical care community on the progress of the Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network and plans for the future... - Examining the needs of bereaved parents in the pediatric intensive care unit: a qualitative studyKathleen L Meert
Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine and Critical Care Medicine, Children s Hospital of Michigan, 3901 Beaubien St, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
Death Stud 33:712-40. 2009..Deeper understanding of parents' needs will allow health professionals to better support parents during bereavement as well as to provide more customized care... - Special considerations in conducting bereavement focus groupsSherylyn H Briller
Wayne State University, Department of Anthropology, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
Omega (Westport) 56:255-71. 2007..Recommendations are made for effectively using focus groups to generate new knowledge in bereavement research... - Implementing a triangulation protocol in bereavement research: a methodological discussionSherylyn H Briller
Department of Anthropology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
Omega (Westport) 57:245-60. 2008..These processes yielded a more meaningful typology of bereaved parents' needs than would have otherwise been possible. Extending the use of triangulation will enhance multi-faceted understandings of bereavement... - What is the right dose of epinephrine?Mahesh Sharman
Department of Pediatrics, Children s Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
Pediatr Crit Care Med 6:592-4. 2005..To review the findings and discuss implications of studies on high-dose epinephrine (0.1 mg/kg) during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in children... - What influences parents' decisions to limit or withdraw life support?Mahesh Sharman
Department of Pediatrics, Children s Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
Pediatr Crit Care Med 6:513-8. 2005..Deeper understanding of parents' views will allow physicians to focus end-of-life discussions on factors important to parents and help resolve conflicts...
Research Grants
- Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research NetworkKathleen Meert; Fiscal Year: 2007..Aim 3 will evaluate risk factors for pathological grief, psychological distress and marital dysfunction, and the effect of the postmortem conference in the identified high-risk groups. ..