Successful resuscitation from cardiac arrest results in a post–cardiac arrest syndrome, which
can evolve in the days to weeks after return of sustained circulation. The components of post …

Importance Analyses of volume-outcome relationships in adult surgery have found that
hospital and physician characteristics affect patient outcomes, such as length of stay …

Background—Recent data suggest that the Berlin Heart EXCOR Pediatric ventricular assist
device is superior to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for bridge to heart …

OBJECTIVE: We sought to examine the relationship between extracorporeal membrane
oxygenation center case volume and survival in pediatric patients requiring extracorporeal …

Improving the outcomes of pediatric patients with congenital heart disease with end-stage
heart failure depends on the collaboration of all stakeholders; this includes providers …

BACKGROUND The reported ventricular assist device (VAD) experience in the pediatric
congenital heart disease (CHD) population is limited. We sought to describe contemporary …

OBJECTIVE: Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is one of the most serious congenital
cardiac anomalies. Typically, it is managed with a series of 3 palliative operations or cardiac …

Introduction The epidemiology and hospital course of children with retropharyngeal abscess
(RPA) or parapharyngeal abscess (PPA) have not been fully described at the national level …

Objectives: To update the American Academy of Pediatrics and Society of Critical Care
Medicine's 2004 Guidelines and levels of care for PICU. Design: A task force was appointed …

Background Mechanical circulatory support (MCS) is used to support children with end-
stage heart failure to heart transplant. Methods This was a retrospective cohort study of 7 …