Search Tag: paediatric critical care
2016 25 Feb
The 3rd Arab Paediatric Medical Congress taking place on 25-27 February 2016 has been developed to provide an innovative and comprehensive overview of the latest developments in paediatrics. This year’s conference theme will focus on the practical management and latest evidence-based clinical data that will highlight key challenges faced by paediatricians...Read more
2015 10 Sep
Poor communication between medical teams and families can lead to errors and poor-quality care. New research has demonstrated that a multidisciplinary improvement team involving a family advisor can be effective in helping improve communication between care teams and families in paediatric intensive care units (PICUs). "Including a family advisor as...Read more
2015 21 May
Body-cooling or therapeutic hypothermia has been a standard of care in treating adults after heart attacks but according to a recently published study, it does not confer any survival-with-quality-of-life benefit for children who are resuscitated after suffering out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The findings have been published in the New England Journal...Read more