The use of methadone to facilitate opioid weaning in pediatric critical care patients: a systematic review of the literature and meta‐analysis

The critical care room is an independent hospital with special staff and special equipment for observation, care and therapy of patients suffering from life-threatening illnesses, injuries or complications. Families in critical rooms usually experience anxiety, fear, and panic. One of the efforts to reduce anxiety is to get closer to God Almighty to increase spirituality. The review aims to obtain information about the spiritual level with anxiety in patients' families in critical care rooms at the hospital. A systematic review was carried out using the PRISMA (Prefered Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis) reporting technique with article selection using eligibility criteria. Search journals using Elsevier, PubMed, ScienceDirect, Google Scholar, Springer, and ProQuest databases from June to July 2021. Using English keywords, three journals are obtained; through Indonesian, six journals are obtained. The results of nine journals that have been analyzed by researchers as a whole are 57.5% of good family spiritual and 52.5% moderate family anxiety. This decrease in anxiety was caused by the spiritual services provided to respondents in the form of praying. The spiritual approach can be used as input for nurses to provide interventions to all patients' families in the hospital, especially those who experience anxiety.

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A Meta-analysis of the Utility of Red Cell Distribution Width as a Biomarker to Predict Outcomes in Pediatric Illness (PROSPERO CRD42020208777)

Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care ◽

10.1055/s-0041-1735876 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Devin Murphy ◽

Etan Orgel ◽

Wouter Koek ◽

Melissa Frei-Jones ◽

Christopher Denton ◽

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Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Critical Care ◽

Critically Ill ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Red Cell Distribution Width ◽

Critically Ill Children ◽

Red Cell ◽

Cell Distribution ◽

Pediatric Critical Care ◽

Distribution Width

AbstractRed cell distribution width (RDW) is an average of the variation in red blood cell (RBC) sizes reported on a complete blood count. An elevated RDW indicates a pathological process that is affecting erythropoiesis. Studies showed that as the severity of disease process increases, the RDW often increases as well. Particularly in resource-limited countries, RDW has been studied as an outcome predictor for conditions in a variety of disciplines and is offered as an adjunct monitoring tool that is cost effective, readily available, and indicative of pathological processes amenable to intervention. Particularly in pediatric critical care settings, RDW has been shown to be a reliable tool for surveillance of disease states such as sepsis. Despite the increased attention of RDW as a marker for disease outcome, collective evaluation on the utility of RDW as a marker for outcome in pediatric critical care settings is lacking. We offer a systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies to assess the ability of RDW to predict illness severity and mortality among pediatric critical care patients. Among eight studies of over 4,800 patients, we found over a two-fold increase in odds for mortality in critically ill children whose RDW was above 15.7%. This is the first systematic review of RDW being used to predict mortality in critically ill children and findings of this study may prompt early intervention in the pediatric critical care setting.

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Iron supplementation to treat anaemia in adult critical care patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Critical Care ◽

10.1186/s13054-016-1486-z ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

Akshay Shah ◽

Noémi B. Roy ◽

Stuart McKechnie ◽

Carolyn Doree ◽

Sheila A. Fisher ◽

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Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Critical Care ◽

Iron Supplementation ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Critical Care Patients

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Mannitol in Critical Care and Surgery Over 50+ Years: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials and Complications With Meta-Analysis.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.733525285.793563698 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Rafi Avitsian

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Critical Care ◽

Randomized Controlled Trials ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Controlled Trials ◽

Randomized Controlled

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Second Generation Antipsychotics in Asperger’s Disorder and High Functioning Autism: A Systematic Review of the Literature and Effectiveness of Meta-Analysis.

Current Clinical Pharmacology ◽

10.2174/15748847113086660073 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 370-379 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Natalie Sochocky ◽

Robert Milin

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Second Generation ◽

High Functioning Autism ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Asperger’S Disorder ◽

Asperger's Disorder ◽

Review Of The Literature ◽

High Functioning ◽

Second Generation Antipsychotics

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Indications and outcomes of enterovesical and colovesical fistulas: systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis of prevalence

BMC Surgery ◽

10.1186/s12893-021-01272-6 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Stefano Granieri ◽

Francesco Sessa ◽

Alessandro Bonomi ◽

Sissi Paleino ◽

Federica Bruno ◽

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Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Clinical Symptoms ◽

Rare Complication ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Treatment Options ◽

Palliative Surgery ◽

Review Of The Literature ◽

Colovesical Fistula ◽

Level Of Evidence ◽

Meta Analyses

Abstract Background Entero-colovesical fistula is a rare complication of various benign and malignant diseases. The diagnosis is prominently based on clinical symptoms; imaging studies are necessary not only to confirm the presence of the fistula, but more importantly to demonstrate the extent and the nature of the fistula. There is still a lack of consensus regarding the if, when and how to repair the fistula. The aim of the study is to review the different surgical treatment options, focus on surgical indications, and explore cumulative recurrence, morbidity, and mortality rates of entero-vesical and colo-vesical fistula patients. Methods A systematic review of the literature was conducted according to PRISMA guidelines. Random effects meta-analyses of proportions were developed to assess primary and secondary endpoints. I2 statistic and Cochran’s Q test were computed to assess inter-studies’ heterogeneity. Results Twenty-two studies were included in the analysis with a total of 861 patients. Meta-analyses of proportions pointed out 5, 22.2, and 4.9% rates for recurrence, complications, and mortality respectively. A single-stage procedure was performed in 75.5% of the cases, whereas a multi-stage operation in 15.5% of patients. Palliative surgery was performed in 6.2% of the cases. In 2.3% of the cases, the surgical procedure was not specified. Simple and advanced repair of the bladder was performed in 84.3% and 15.6% of the cases respectively. Conclusions Although burdened by a non-negligible rate of complications, surgical repair of entero-colovesical fistula leads to excellent results in terms of primary healing. Our review offers opportunities for significant further research in this field. Level of Evidence Level III according to ELIS (SR/MA with up to two negative criteria).

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