2019
Variable management strategies for NEC totalis: a national survey
Pyle AK, Shabanova V, Cleary MA, Ozgediz D, Cummings CL, Kamin DS, Mercurio MR. Variable management strategies for NEC totalis: a national survey. Journal Of Perinatology 2019, 39: 1521-1527. PMID: 31371831, DOI: 10.1038/s41372-019-0448-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLife-sustaining interventionsNEC totalisSignificant practice variabilityChi-square testVariable management strategiesNeonatal-perinatal medicineSurgical managementAAP SectionTreatment optionsMethodsAn anonymous surveyPediatric surgeryPractice variabilityTotalisSpearman correlationAnonymous surveySerious diseaseNational surveyMost respondentsWide variationEnterocolitisPrematuritySurgeryOptionsCounseling practiceConclusionsManagement
2011
Survey of pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis in critically ill children*
Faustino EV, Patel S, Thiagarajan RR, Cook DJ, Northrup V, Randolph AG. Survey of pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis in critically ill children*. Critical Care Medicine 2011, 39: 1773-1778. PMID: 21423003, PMCID: PMC3118917, DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0b013e3182186ec0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric intensive care unitIntensive care unitCare unitIll childrenPharmacologic thromboprophylaxisPediatric intensive care unit patientsIntensive care unit patientsPresence of hypercoagulabilityDeep venous thrombosisCare unit patientsEvidence-based guidelinesCross-sectional self-administered surveyRigorous randomized trialsMajor bleedingLack of evidenceUnit patientsPatient factorsVenous thrombosisCavopulmonary anastomosisRandomized trialsWeight heparinPediatric intensivistsThromboprophylaxisInfant scenarioInvasive interventions