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Chapter and Conference Paper
Patient Safety Management System in Pediatric ICUs
Patient safety has become an increasingly important topic of discussion in health care organizations all over the world. The publication of the report To err is human by the Institute of Medicine in the United St...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Pain Measurement in Children
Up till now, little is known about the need and the effect of analgesics in newborns and infants in the postoperative period. Insufficient analgesia can give rise to stress responses with an increased morbidit...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Advantages and Rationale for Pressure Controlled Ventilation
Ashbaugh and colleagues [1] in 1969 have used low levels positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) with volume controlled ventilation (VCV) (5–10 cm H2O) in the treatment of hypoxemia in adult respiratory distress ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: A Continuing Challenge for Pediatric Surgeons and Neonatologists
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is an important cause of neonatal respiratory insufficiency [1–6]. It is a very serious congenital anomaly with an unknown cause and an estimated incidence of 1/3000 newbo...