2018
End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide Use for Tracheal Intubation
Langhan ML, Emerson BL, Nett S, Pinto M, Harwayne-Gidansky I, Rehder KJ, Krawiec C, Meyer K, Giuliano JS, Owen EB, Tarquinio KM, Sanders RC, Shepherd M, Bysani GK, Shenoi AN, Napolitano N, Gangadharan S, Parsons SJ, Simon DW, Nadkarni VM, Nishisaki A. End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide Use for Tracheal Intubation. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2018, 19: 98-105. PMID: 29140968, DOI: 10.1097/pcc.0000000000001372.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCapnography useTracheal intubationCardiac arrestEmergency departmentEsophageal intubationOxygen desaturationWaveform capnographyAdverse tracheal intubation-associated eventsMulticenter retrospective cohort studyNational Emergency Airway RegistryTracheal intubation-associated eventsEnd-tidal carbon dioxide measurementPrimary tracheal intubationsRetrospective cohort studyUse of capnographyTracheal intubation procedureQuality improvement initiativesAirway RegistryCohort studyProvider characteristicsSafety outcomesIntubationIntubation procedureCapnographyImprovement initiatives
2013
Corticosteroid Therapy in Critically Ill Pediatric Asthmatic Patients*
Giuliano JS, Faustino EV, Li S, Pinto MG, Canarie MF, Carroll CL. Corticosteroid Therapy in Critically Ill Pediatric Asthmatic Patients*. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2013, 14: 467-470. PMID: 23628833, DOI: 10.1097/pcc.0b013e31828a7451.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdministration, IntravenousAdolescentAdrenal Cortex HormonesAdultAlbuterolAsthmaCanadaChildCritical IllnessCross-Sectional StudiesGuideline AdherenceHumansIntensive Care Units, PediatricLogistic ModelsMethylprednisoloneMiddle AgedPractice Guidelines as TopicPractice Patterns, Physicians'United StatesConceptsBlood Institute guidelinesStarting doseNational HeartInstitute guidelinesClinical experienceMultivariate logistic regression analysisIll patient populationInitial corticosteroid doseMajority of asthmaticsNorth American PICUsPediatric asthmatic patientsSpecific dosing recommendationsEvidence-based dataLogistic regression analysisContinuous albuterolCorticosteroid dosageCorticosteroid doseCorticosteroid therapyIll asthmaticsPICU experienceAsthmatic patientsAsthmatic childrenIndependent predictorsDosing recommendationsMost intensivists