7.D Hospital-acquired conditions
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Videos
- CPAP and NIV in Pediatrics: How to Prevent Pressure Sores From the Mask?BreasVideo
- WCE 25 Pressure Injuries in Neonatal and Pediatric PopulationsDr Gregory Weir: Vascular, Hyperbaric, Wound CareVideo
- Infection Control & Bundles in the Medical Surgical ICU by D. Morrow | OPENPediatricsOPENPediatricsVideo
- Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) Prevention in the ICU: CCM Critical ContentSCCMVideo
- Medication Errors and High Alert Medications by J. Murphy, K. Gustafson | OPENPediatricsOPENPediatricsVideo
- Infection Prevention in the NICUDräger GlobalVideo
Guidelines and evidence
- 1142. Implementation and Impact of a Tracheitis Diagnosis and Management Guideline in a Pediatric Intensive Care UnitOpen Forum Infectious Diseases (IDWeek abstract), 2019Guideline or evidence
- Clinical practice guideline on the prevention and management of neonatal extravasation injury: a before-and-after study design.BMC Pediatrics, 2020Guideline or evidence
- Sustainable Neonatal CLABSI Surveillance: Consensus Toward New Criteria in the NetherlandsWorking Group on Neonatal Infectious Diseases, Dutch Paediatric Society, 2021Guideline or evidence
- ASH/ISTH 2026 guidelines for anticoagulant prophylaxis in pediatric patients at risk of venous thromboembolism.American Society of Hematology / ISTH, 2026Guideline or evidence
- Endotracheal Tube-Associated Complications in Paediatric Critical Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nursing in Critical Care, 2025Guideline or evidence
- Risk factors for healthcare-associated infection and colonization of Serratia marcescens in neonates: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control (journal), 2025Guideline or evidence
- Randomized control study of nebulized colistin as an adjunctive therapy in ventilator-associated pneumonia in pediatric postoperative cardiac surgical population.Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2022Guideline or evidence
- Management of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Caused by Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter Organisms in a Pediatric Center: A Randomized Controlled Study.Medicina (Kaunas), 2024Guideline or evidence
- 'Nasal mask' in comparison with 'nasal prongs' or 'rotation of nasal mask with nasal prongs' reduce the incidence of nasal injury in preterm neonates supported on nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP): A randomized controlled trial.PLoS One, 2019Guideline or evidence