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Paediatric Intensive Care Optimising Long-term Outcomes. We are a multidisciplinary team of researchers and clinicians from Australia and New Zealand.

[Debbie Long @deblong_picu]

I have been reading "Any Ordinary Day" by Leigh Sales in an attempt to learn more about #survivorship. Leigh talks intimately with people who have faced the unimaginable. 🧵#PedsICU #PICSp https://t.co/Nqrj5mCPlw

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This paper also helps us direct care to the brain.https://t.co/vQOmdnGNnt #PedsICU

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The title of this 2017 paper caught my attention. Critical illness: The brain is always in the line of fire. https://t.co/2TXx8pShxc

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We also talk about brain-directed care!

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Our paper talks about the neuroscience of brain development. https://t.co/72PV2jLNVd

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Critical illness always puts the brain in the line of fire and it has been suggested that a brain-oriented approach should be a unifying concept in the management of all critically ill patients.

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Care protocols that aim to optimize cerebral physiology are routinely applied during the management of acute brain injury, and similar approaches are likely to be relevant more widely.

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Whatever the cause of admission to the ICU, there is increasing awareness of the importance of the adverse effects of critical illness and its treatment on both short- and long-term brain function.

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It may relate to critical illness-related inflammatory changes, neurotransmitter imbalances, or failure of adequate energy substrate delivery, as well as to the applied treatments, pharmacological neurotoxicity, or the hostile ICU environment.

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The pathophysiology is complex and incompletely understood.

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Life-threatening systemic insults or diseases often affect the brain. In critically ill patients, acute brain dysfunction manifests in several ways including reduced consciousness, coma, or delirium.

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ICU Rehabilitation = Only through partnership with patients, families & MDT can we understand expectations, needs & goals to optimise lives & outcomes.

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@JaneHarnischfeg @alifergly @MichaelaWaak @deblong_picu #PedsICU

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Have you had a child admitted to the #PedsICU? How should we be monitoring their #safety? Please let us know your thoughts in a short survey. https://t.co/vKsGLEnoYK
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[Ali Ferguson PICU PT @alifergly]

Thanks to the parents of our amazing little patient for allowing us to share her #picurehab today active cycling on VV ECMO 🤩 #PedsICU #earlymobility #picuphysio #picuteam @EmmaHaisz @MichaelaWaak @deblong_picu @JaneHarnischfeg @CreeMichele @CucchiMarta @SarahWright1970

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Sharing our newly published 🌼DAISY study protocol. We are really excited about this GP shared care pilot RCT for #PedsICU #PICSp https://t.co/PGKFB8v9wP @deblong_picu @krisgibbons84 @belinda_dow @DebraThoms @Isabel_r80 @tyack_z

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Rehabilitation from the beginning of the PICU journey
By Ali Ferguson, Advanced Physiotherapist

Read the full blog post here 👉 https://t.co/Rrq1fa2FDF

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#experience #nurse #researchimpact

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DAISY Study update! 🌼
84 patients recruited! Amazing work 🙌 💙 😊

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