Advances in Pediatric Critical Care Research in India

Bhalala, Utpal; Bansal, Arun; Chugh, Krishan

doi:10.3389/fped.2018.00150

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“…Most of the data (81%) in our study were both retrospective and prospective clinical observational clinical projects like Basu and Pollack [7]. Similar trends in clinical projects in PCCM were seen in national and international journals from India in the last two decades [13]. Nearly 100% of clinical PCCM fellows presented at international critical care conferences, as compared to 36.5% in Basu and Pollack [7].…”

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confidence: 71%

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Abstract to publication conversion in pediatric critical care medicine in Pakistan

et al. 2021

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Background To determine the rate of conversion of abstracts presented at conferences into full-text articles published in peer-reviewed journals in the field of pediatric critical care medicine (PCCM) in a developing country. Methods We retrospectively reviewed PCCM abstracts from Pakistan presented at national and international pediatric and critical care conferences over 10 years (January 2010 to March 2020). Data included abstract characteristics, such as presentation (poster/oral), presenter (fellow/resident), time of meeting (month and year), type of meeting, study design and topic; and publication characteristics, such as journal name, time (month and year) and first author. The primary outcome was publication rate of PCCM abstracts presented in meetings and time (months) from presentation to publication. Results A total of 79 PCCM abstracts were presented in 20 meetings during the study period. There were 65 poster presentations (82.28%), of which 63 (79.74%) were presented at international critical care conferences and all presenters were PCCM fellows. In total, 64 (81%) abstracts were descriptive observational studies (retrospective: 50, 63.29%) and prospective (14, 17.72%). Only one was an interventional randomized controlled trial. The publication rate of PCCM abstracts was 63.3% (50/79) and the mean time to publication was 12.39±13.61 months. The publication rate was significantly correlated to the year of publication (P<0.001). Conclusions The PCCM abstract publication rate and mean time from presentation to publication was 63.3% and 12.39±13.61 months, respectively, in a developing country.

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“…Research is a vital component for any specialty of modern medicine in order to explore new frontiers in diseases and their management. There is growing pressure among clinicians in academic settings for promotions in their future career [ 13 ]. Research is also an important aspect of solving contextual problems.…”

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Abstract to publication conversion in pediatric critical care medicine in Pakistan

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“…The optimal pSOFA cut off to discriminate mortality was a score higher than 8 points which was 10.5 in the present study with AUC of 0.910. Echocardiography is a key tool for hemodynamic assessment in Intensive Care Units (ICU) 8 . Focused echocardiography performed by nonspecialist physicians has a limited scope, and the most relevant parameters assessed by focused echocardiography in Pediatric ICU are left ventricular systolic function, fluid responsiveness, cardiac tamponade and pulmonary hypertension.…”

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confidence: 99%

Role of PSOFA-E Score in Predicting the Clinical Outcome of Critically Ill Children

Gorla

Rao

2020

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Background: Recently pediatric sequential organ failure assessment (pSOFA) score was adapted and validated in critically ill children. This study was aimed to evaluate the feasibility of addition of echocardiographic parameters to paediatric version of SOFA score (pSOFA-E score) and to adapt and validate with reference to pSOFA score in predicting the mortality of critically ill children.Subjects and Methods:This hospital based prospective, observational, analytical study was conducted in the Department of Paediatrics, A. J Hospital, Mangalore, Karnataka, from November 2017 to November 2019. A total of 74 cases were studied. Result:Most of the children were aged <1 year (41.89%). Majority of the patients (62.16%) improved and 37.84% of the patients expired. The mean and median pSOFA-E scores were 10.53±4.06 and 10 respectively and pSOFA-E score of 5-8 was noted in most of the children (32.43%). Mortality was significantly high in children with pSOFA-E score between 9-12 (39.13%), 13-16 (77.78%), 17-20 (83.33%) (p<0.001). Receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) yielded area under curve (AUC) of 0.920 and 0.791 with a cut-off value of 11.5 in predicting mortality. Significantly higher number of children with pSOFA-E score of ≥ 11.5 had positive blood culture (30%). Conclusion:The findings of the present study validate and emphasize that, addition of score devised by requirement of ionotropes to maintain adequate ejection fraction defy simple bedside echocardiography to pSOFA score is highly useful and accurate in discrimination of PICU mortality, morbidity and cardiovascular status/ compromise of body.

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“…9,10 This is reflected in Bhalala et al 's paper documenting an increase from 19 randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and 2 multicentre studies nationwide in 1990 to 198 RCTs and 92 multicentre studies in 2016. 11 Bhalala et al further acknowledged "obvious differences in profiles of critical illnesses and patients between the Indian subcontinent and the West", thereby highlighting the importance of regional data. 11 In Pakistan, PCCM is a young and dynamic field, albeit impaired by a shortage of trained personnel, overwhelming strain on limited resources, and a lack of widespread formal training programmes.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…11 Bhalala et al further acknowledged "obvious differences in profiles of critical illnesses and patients between the Indian subcontinent and the West", thereby highlighting the importance of regional data. 11 In Pakistan, PCCM is a young and dynamic field, albeit impaired by a shortage of trained personnel, overwhelming strain on limited resources, and a lack of widespread formal training programmes. Abbas Q et al in their survey of paediatric intensive care units (PICUs) across the country, highlighted the issues.…”

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Publications in pediatric critical care medicine: trends from Pakistan

Qalab Abbas,

Shahzad,

Ur Rehman

et al. 2024

J Pak Med Assoc

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Objective: To analyse the characteristics of research published from Pakistan on paediatric critical care medicine. Method: The exploratory study was conducted at the Aga Khan University, Karachi from July 2021 to March 2022, and comprised a comprehensive search on MedLine, Google Scholar and PakMediNet databases for literature from Pakistan pertaining to paediatric critical care medicine published between January 2010 and December 2021. The search was done using appropriate key words. Conference abstracts and papers authored by paediatric intensivists with unrelated topics were excluded. Data was extracted on a structured spreadsheet, and was subjected to bibliometric analysis. Data was analysed using SPSS 20. Results: Of the 7,514 studies identified, 146(1.94%) were analysed. These were published in 51 journals with a frequency of 13.3 per year. There were 107(73.3%) original articles, 96(65.8%) were published in PubMed-indexed journals, and 35(24%) were published in locally indexed journals. Further, 100(69.4%) papers were published from 5 paediatric intensive care units in Karachi, and 81(56%) were contributed by a single private-sector hospital. The total citation count was 1072, with 2(1.4%) papers receiving >50 citations. There was a linear trend with some skewing and an annual growth rate of >15%. Conclusion: Publications from Pakistan related to paediatric critical care medicine showed positive linear growth. There was a paucity of multicentre studies, randomised controlled trials, and high-impact publications. Key Words: Bibliometric analysis, Paediatric critical care medicine, Publications, Pakistan, Research.

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Advances in Pediatric Critical Care Research in India

Cited by 7 publications

References 42 publications

Abstract to publication conversion in pediatric critical care medicine in Pakistan

Abstract to publication conversion in pediatric critical care medicine in Pakistan

Role of PSOFA-E Score in Predicting the Clinical Outcome of Critically Ill Children

Publications in pediatric critical care medicine: trends from Pakistan

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