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CC BY 4.0 · Journal of Child Science 2022; 12(01): e161-e169
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1757915
Original Article

A Retrospective Cohort Study Comparing Outcomes of Pediatric Intensive Care Patients after Changing from Higher to Permissive Blood Pressure Targets

Ahmed Shakir Mohammed 
1   Department of Paediatrics, Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby, United Kingdom
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Hilary Klonin 
2   Department of Paediatrics, Hull and East Yorkshire, Hull, United Kingdom
› Author Affiliations Funding No external funding was received. The research was supported by the University of Leeds as part of submission toward the degree of Master of Medical Science for Ahmed Shakir Mohammed.
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Abstract

New neurological morbidity post pediatric intensive care (PIC) poses substantial problems, with a need to understand the relationship of outcome to blood pressure (BP) targets. The aim of the study is to see whether a change from a higher BP targeted strategy to a permissive one improved outcomes for development of new neurological morbidity, length of stay (LOS), and PIC-acquired infection. A retrospective cohort analysis was undertaken, comparing outcomes before and after the change. The higher BP cohort targets were set using standardized age-based centiles. In the permissive cohort, lower BPs were allowed, dependent on physiological variables. Targeted treatment continued throughout the critical illness. New neurological morbidity was defined as any deterioration from baseline, attributable to the admission, measured by post discharge clinical and records review over a minimum period of 4 years. Results were analyzed with IBM SPSS Statistics v26. Of 123 admissions in the permissive and 214 admissions in the higher BP target cohorts, 88 (72%) and 188 (88%) survived without new neurological morbidity (permissive vs. higher cohort OR 0.348 [95% CI 0.197–0.613] p <0.001). Median LOS was 2 (interquartile [IQ] range 2–5) and 3 (IQ range 2–6) days for the permissive and higher cohorts, respectively (p = 0.127). Three (2.4%) and 7 (3.3%) admissions in the permissive and higher BP cohorts respectively suffered PIC-acquired infection (p = 0.666). A higher BP targeted strategy was associated with protection from new neurological morbidity as compared with a permissive strategy, supporting the need for prospective studies into BP targets.

Keywords

post-intensive care syndrome - new neurological morbidity - sepsis - outcome - pediatric intensive care

Ethics Approval

Formal approval was obtained from the hospital clinical governance department, reference number, NA.2015.012. The supervising university for submission for thesis contribution for Master of Science waived requirement for further ethical approval. PICanet has permission to collect data under section 251 of the NHS Act 2006 (originally enacted under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2001).[22]


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Received: 11 July 2022

Accepted: 09 September 2022

Article published online:
01 November 2022

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