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Management Issues in Intensive Care Units for Infants and Children with Heart Disease
Abstract Admission of infants and children with cardiac disease to the neonatal (NICU) and pediatric ICU (PICU) is ever increasing in India (30–50 % of all admissions). The commonest indication for admission to the NICU or PICU is acute deterioration of cardiac disease. This includes: acute heart failure, hypercyanotic spells, arrhythmias, pericardial tamponade and sick cardiac neonates who need urgent intervention. Other increasingly frequent indications for ICU admission include heart failure with concomitant chest infection and impending respiratory failure and, severe cyanotic heart disease with various str...
Source: Indian Journal of Pediatrics - November 6, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research