Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound for catheter-related thrombosis in children
Li S, Silva CT, Brudnicki AR, Baker KE, Tala JA, Pinto MG, Polikoff LA, Qin L, Faustino EV, Northeast Pediatric Critical Care Research Consortium. Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound for catheter-related thrombosis in children. Pediatric Radiology 2015, 46: 219-228. PMID: 26440129, PMCID: PMC4738063, DOI: 10.1007/s00247-015-3467-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAge DistributionCausalityCentral Venous CathetersChildChild, PreschoolCohort StudiesConnecticutFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMalePoint-of-Care TestingPrevalenceReproducibility of ResultsRisk FactorsSensitivity and SpecificitySex DistributionUltrasonographyUpper Extremity Deep Vein ThrombosisConceptsCatheter-related thrombosisCare ultrasoundChance-corrected agreementIll childrenCare USCentral venous catheter-related thrombosisPediatric radiologistsDeep venous thrombosisCentral venous cathetersIntensive care unitVenous cathetersVenous thrombosisCare unitSubclavian veinThrombosisAccuracy of pointCatheterSensitivity of pointDiscordant readingsDiagnostic accuracyMulticenterUltrasoundRadiology departmentChildrenPhysiciansPrevalence of post‐thrombotic syndrome after cardiac catheterization
Luceri MJ, Tala JA, Weismann CG, Silva CT, Faustino EV. Prevalence of post‐thrombotic syndrome after cardiac catheterization. Pediatric Blood & Cancer 2015, 62: 1222-1227. PMID: 25663038, PMCID: PMC4433560, DOI: 10.1002/pbc.25438.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-thrombotic syndromeCardiac catheterizationFirst catheterizationCyanotic congenital heart diseaseManco-Johnson instrumentDeep venous thrombosisSurvival of childrenTime of enrollmentCongenital heart diseaseCross-sectional studyChronic complicationsCommon complicationMedian ageVenous thrombosisValvular insufficiencyFemoral veinHeart diseaseSignificant syndromeAntithrombotic agentsCatheterizationSyndromeDisease increasesThrombosisComplicationsChildren