Septic shock is a leading cause of hospitalisation, morbidity, and mortality for children
worldwide. In 2020, the paediatric Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) issued evidence …

Pediatric intensive care is a relatively new discipline, as outlined in several publications. 1–3
With the development of pediatric intensive care has come the conceptualization of pediatric …

Background Communication between providers and patients' families is an integral part of
clinical care. Family concern is a validated component of Pediatric Early Warning Systems …

Objectives Globally, pediatric hospitals have implemented Pediatric Early Warning Scores
(PEWS) to standardize escalation of care and improve detection of clinical deterioration in …

Objective To determine the feasibility of adapting Family Integrated Care to a neonatal
hospital unit in a low-income country. Design Single-centre, pre/post-pilot study of an …

Introduction Pediatric mortality remains unacceptably high in many low-resource settings,
with inpatient deaths often associated with delayed recognition of clinical deterioration. The …

Background Mortality after surgery in Africa is twice that in high-income countries. Most
deaths occur on wards after patients develop postoperative complications. Family members …

Background: Family Integrated Care (FICare) integrates parents as partners in neonatal
intensive care unit care. Our team adapted and implemented this approach in a Ugandan …

The in-hospital mortality rates for admitted children remain high in sub-Saharan Africa, at
2.1%-11.0%, 2 and malnourished children represent a particularly vulnerable group. 3 …

Introduction: Pediatric mortality remains unacceptably high in many low-resource settings,
with inpatient deaths often associated with delayed recognition of clinical deterioration. The …