2020
Pleural Effusions After Congenital Cardiac Surgery Requiring Readmission: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Hughes A, Carter K, Cyrus J, Karam O. Pleural Effusions After Congenital Cardiac Surgery Requiring Readmission: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Pediatric Cardiology 2020, 41: 1145-1152. PMID: 32424719, DOI: 10.1007/s00246-020-02365-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCongenital heart diseaseSingle-ventricle palliationPleural effusionRisk factorsPost-pericardiotomy syndromeImproved risk stratificationSingle ventricle physiologySubpopulation of patientsAdditional invasive proceduresRandom-effects modelFull-text articlesBiventricular physiologyHospital dischargeSurgical patientsCardiopulmonary bypassRisk stratificationPatient populationEarly recognitionHeart diseaseOverall prevalenceSurgical techniqueFallot patientsInvasive proceduresReadmissionPatients
2019
Bleeding Scales Applicable to Critically Ill Children: A Systematic Review.
Nellis ME, Levasseur J, Stribling J, Faustino EVS, Zantek ND, Sheth S, Karam O. Bleeding Scales Applicable to Critically Ill Children: A Systematic Review. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2019, 20: 603-607. PMID: 30925573, DOI: 10.1097/pcc.0000000000001943.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIll childrenIdiopathic thrombocytopenic purpuraFull-text articlesBleeding scoreBleeding scaleClinical outcomesIll patientsThrombocytopenic purpuraOvid EmbaseCochrane LibraryDatabase inceptionOvid MEDLINEElectronic searchUnique citationsSystematic reviewFinal reviewClinical measurementsOutpatientsInpatientsChildrenAdultsOutcomesBleedingPurpuraHemorrhage