PICU

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PICU

Abbreviation for:
paediatric intensive care unit
pediatric intensive care unit
psychiatric intensive care unit
pulmonary intensive care unit

PICU

Abbreviation for pediatric intensive care unit.

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The consultant staff in the PICU consist of four neonatologists and one paediatric pulmonologist.

An audit of primary medical conditions in children admitted to the paediatric intensive care unit of charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg academic hospital

In the PICU, co-infection with bacteria and other potential pathogens (e.

Acute viral bronchiolitis in South Africa: intensive care management for severe disease

The total cost of the acute episode within this scenario, which includes visiting the GP, ambulance transfer, A&E investigations, paediatric critical care transportation, 31 days in a PICU bed, hospital provider spell, CT scan, MRI scan and amputations on a paediatric ward with the implications and support that goes with this for 150 days, is PS151,651.

TWO YOUNGSTERS' STORIES

There, children were treated with continuous albuterol in the PICU only.

Continuous albuterol safe outside the PICU

The retrospective cohort study was conducted after approval from the institutional review committee at Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, and comprised record of all children admitted to PICU for more than 24 hours from January 1 to June 30, 2013.

Cost of care in a paediatric intensive care unit of a tertiary-care university hospital of Pakistan

Patients were tested for the above respiratory viruses if they met the clinical case definition for a moderate or severe acute respiratory infection (SARI), [14] had household contact with suspected H1N1 infection, or at the discretion of the PICU consultant.

Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 in critically ill children admitted to a paediatric intensive care unit, South Africa

Conclusion: Acute neurological disorders were common in PICU and were associated with higher mortality.

Burden of neurological illnesses in a pediatric intensive care unit of developing country

This is a prospective cohort study on 404 patients who had been admitted consecutively to the PICU during a period of 12 months (July 2011 to June 2012).

Mortality risk assessment in PICU using PRISM-III-24 score

The PICU was originally set up as a six-bed unit in 2002 within the adult ICU and, at the time, was the first PICU in Abu Dhabi.

5 more beds in SKMC paediatric ICU

I work in PICU at Peyton Manning Children's Hospital--been there over two years.

Certification corner

The group of children initially admitted to the PICU (n = 90, 49.

Preschool children with head injury: comparing injury severity measures and clinical care

This audit was designed to generate outcome data regarding staff usage of the new checklist within a PICU environment.