Appropriate sedation of children in the PICU can be challenging. The COMFORT scale used in this study was designed for intubated pediatric patients. It represents the only clinical scale described ...

Neither group differed with regard to gender, age at time of PICU admission, length of stay in PICU, and severity of illness. The use of morphine, the combination of morphine and fentanyl ...

procedural sedation as part of a dedicated sedation team, and consultation services to general inpatient services. Critical care fellows provide PICU support to a busy congenital heart surgery service ...