Inadequate pain and/or stress management in preterm‐and term‐born infants has been
associated with increased morbidity and even mortality. However, exposure to …

Background Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) is increasingly utilized in infants and young
children, though associated with high failure rates due to agitation and poor compliance …

Background Clinicians recognise that some critically ill children are difficult-to-sedate. It may
be possible to identify this clinical phenotype for sedation response using statistical …

Aims This study evaluated the psychometric properties of subjective sedation scales using
one psychometric scoring system to identify the appropriate scale that is most suitable for …

Background Assessment of pain in paediatric intensive care units (PICUs) is crucial to
minimise the risks of inadequate sedation. Aim To translate and validate the Italian version …

Methods: This prospective, interventional quality improvement study was completed in a 20-
bed pediatric intensive care unit from July 2013 to July 2014. Children 0–18 years of age …

Pain and distress are common in the neonatal intensive care. 1 While the short and long-
term sequelae of untreated pain in infants as early as 23 weeks gestation is now well known …

Background Self-extubation is a problem in pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and can be
harmful for children. Level of sedation is a determining factor for self-extubation. The aim of …

Aproximadamente el 2% de todos los niños ingresados al hospital requieren manejo en
unidad de cuidado intensivo pediátrico, y entre el 20 al 64%(1) requiere el uso de …

Nurse-driven guidelines existed for the management of sedation in adult population;
however, there is a lack of guidelines for the critically ill children. Nurses play significant …