2024
Intubation and Lower Saturation in the Delivery Room are Associated with Balloon Atrial Septostomy in Neonates with Transposition of the Great Arteries
Niccum M, Kesman R, Ades A, Bostwick A, Dombroski M, Flohr S, Foglia E, Mathew L, O'Byrne M, Ordonez M, Reynolds T, Rintoul N, Rome J, Rychik J, Shillingford A, Naim M. Intubation and Lower Saturation in the Delivery Room are Associated with Balloon Atrial Septostomy in Neonates with Transposition of the Great Arteries. The Journal Of Pediatrics 2024, 275: 114222. PMID: 39097264, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.114222.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBalloon atrial septostomyMaximum oxygen saturationDelivery roomOxygen saturationGreat arteriesAtrial septostomyArterial switch operationReceiver operating characteristic analysisProportion of intubationsRetrospective cohort studyArea under the curveLowest oxygen saturationCharacteristics of patientsNewborn admissionsCohort studyPatientsIntubationSeptostomyCharacteristic analysisArteryDeliveryMinutesNeonatesPrenatallyTranspositionCritical Illness-Related Corticosteroid Insufficiency (CIRCI) After Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Ahmed A, Kesman R, Lee M. Critical Illness-Related Corticosteroid Insufficiency (CIRCI) After Pediatric Cardiac Surgery. World Journal For Pediatric And Congenital Heart Surgery 2024, 15: 209-214. PMID: 38321748, DOI: 10.1177/21501351231221455.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCritical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiencyIllness-related corticosteroid insufficiencyCorticosteroid insufficiencyRoutine use of corticosteroidsPediatric cardiac surgeryCritically ill neonatesUse of corticosteroidsIntensive care unitHigh-risk populationPostoperative steroidsCardiac surgeryIll neonatesPediatric patientsCardiopulmonary bypassOptimal diagnosisCare unitRoutine useInsufficiencyPatientsTreatmentCorticosteroidsNeonatesSurgeryPathophysiologySteroids
2021
When the course deviates from expected: Misplacement of an epicutaneo-caval catheter in a neonate
Kesman R, Mehollin-Ray A, Lantin-Hermoso R, Colquitt J, Fernandes C, Premkumar M. When the course deviates from expected: Misplacement of an epicutaneo-caval catheter in a neonate. The Journal Of Vascular Access 2021, 23: 624-627. PMID: 33706604, DOI: 10.1177/11297298211000871.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpicutaneo-caval cathetersLow birth weight infantsBirth weight infantsCritically ill neonatesCentral venous accessAssociated with complicationsWeight infantsIll neonatesRadiological findingsVenous cathetersArterial placementVenous accessAccidental cannulationArtery cannulationPotential complicationsCatheterComplicationsDiagnostic toolNeonatesCannulationMisplacementBleedingThrombosisInfantsArtery