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Current overview in pediatric critical care

Edited by Dr. Nobuaki Shime

This thematic series was published in Journal of Intensive Care

  1. Acute kidney injury (AKI) after cardiac surgery in children with congenital heart disease is a common complication. AKI is also associated with high morbidity and mortality. The Kidney Diseases Improving Globa...

    Authors: Yuichiro Toda and Kentaro Sugimoto
    Citation: Journal of Intensive Care 2017 5:49
    Content type: Review Published on:

  2. Brain-dead donor organ transplantation has been available to children in Japan since the 2010 revision of the Organ Transplant Law. Of the 50–60 brain-dead donor organ transplants performed annually in Japan, ...

    Authors: Nao Nishimura, Mureo Kasahara, Kenji Ishikura and Satoshi Nakagawa
    Citation: Journal of Intensive Care 2017 5:48
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  3. Sepsis is one of the leading causes of mortality among children worldwide. Unfortunately, however, reliable evidence was insufficient in pediatric sepsis and many aspects in clinical practice actually depend o...

    Authors: Tatsuya Kawasaki
    Citation: Journal of Intensive Care 2017 5:47
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  4. Reintubation after pediatric cardiac surgery is associated with a high rate of mortality. Therefore, adequate respiratory support for postextubation acute respiratory failure (ARF) is important. However, littl...

    Authors: Naohiro Shioji, Tatsuo Iwasaki, Tomoyuki Kanazawa, Kazuyoshi Shimizu, Tomohiko Suemori, Kentaro Sugimoto, Yasutoshi Kuroe and Hiroshi Morimatsu
    Citation: Journal of Intensive Care 2017 5:35
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