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Using Student Produced Video Clips In Class Jan 2026

Using Student Produced Video Clips In Class

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

The author describes a teaching method using video clips of students teaching other students important economic concepts in class. This paper discusses the use of student- made videos to explain difficult concepts in economics. This simple exercise may offer an effective learning tool for a number of difficult concepts that students often struggle to master in the principles class.

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Use Of Review Videos To Reinforce Basic Concepts In Economics Jan 2026

Use Of Review Videos To Reinforce Basic Concepts In Economics

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

Short, weekly review videos were incorporated into two sections of introductory Microeconomics. These videos represent a form of technology for students to review concepts already covered, rather than in the initial teaching of material. The purpose of these videos was to improve the knowledge and comprehension levels of learning for the material, thus providing space for increased breadth and depth in the classroom. Students in the class had a positive reception to the video, as show in the high level ofutilization throughout the semester. Additional analysis did not find a statistically significant impact on student performance.

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Mimic Excel Jan 2026

Mimic Excel

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

Although Excel is an excellent tool to teach finance, some of its properties really confuse my students, such as its sign convention and no clear explanation accompanying an error message. In addition, typing =fa(0.1,2,0,100) offers no clue about the formula being used. In this short paper, I will replicate several common Excel functions with and without sign convention. The beauty of functions without sign convention is that they come directly from our textbooks. In other words, an exact formula will accompany a result. When typing =rateExcel(3,10,100), we will see the same error message plus a short explanation.

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Common Resource Bargaining: A Collective-Action Game Jan 2026

Common Resource Bargaining: A Collective-Action Game

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

We present an intuitive, time-efficient common pool resource game set in a flexible framework that illustrates collective-action conflicts. The game's interactions demonstrate that not all economic markets yield privately or socially efficient results. Students own tracts of land with access to oil. In the first (optional) stage, students manage the resource rights; in the second stage they make resource extraction decisions. Students' understanding of markets deepens via the conflicts from interdependency versus incentives in common resource allocation. Economic issues addressed include collective action, contracting problems, game theory and externalities.

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Utilizing Fantasy Sports To Enhance Student Learning Jan 2026

Utilizing Fantasy Sports To Enhance Student Learning

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

Over the past 20 years, participation in fantasy football has increased dramatically. During this timeframe, many universities have encouraged instructors to diminish the importance of the traditional "lecture format" in the classroom. Many institutions have begun to insist that the most effective teaching involves active student participation rather than one-way communication (Rocca 2010). This paper discusses the implementation of a semester-long fantasy football exercise that is primarily designed to require students to demonstrate their understanding of strategic management and basic economic principles by mandating they apply those principles to situations such as an auction draft and labor disputes.

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Using The Automobile Lease To Illustrate Topics In Corporate Finance Jan 2026

Using The Automobile Lease To Illustrate Topics In Corporate Finance

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

Despite the growing popularity of consumer automobile leases, they remain poorly understood by many consumers. This teaching note describes a possible spreadsheet assignment based on an ordinary automobile lease advertisement. With careful analysis of the proposed lease, several important fmancial concepts are revealed, including: internal rate of return, net advantage to leasing, opportunity cost, sunk costs, liquidity, equivalent annual cost, crossover rate, and real option value. By using the familiar and relatable auto lease example, student engagement with the material is improved. The examples and associated problems given are suitable for intermediate-level students of managerial finance, personal finance, or capital …

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Bond Duration: Constructivist Learning Using Excel Jan 2026

Bond Duration: Constructivist Learning Using Excel

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

Duration is significant in that it summarizes a bond or a portfolio's sensitivity to interest rates. Based on the constructivist learning approach, we propose an Excelbased assignment that encourages student interaction and active learning which leads to individual discovery regarding the properties of bonds and their effects on duration. Students receive immediate feedback by constructing dynamic Excel tables and figures to calculate duration for bonds with various maturity terms, coupon rates, yields to maturity, and frequencies of coupon payments. The constructivist approach to teaching bond duration is valuable because it requires students to actively acquire and construct knowledge.

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A Classroom Property Title Experiment Jan 2026

A Classroom Property Title Experiment

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

Economists such as de Soto (2000) posit that property titles are among the institutions that enhance human well-being. This paper presents a classroom property title exercise in which students may uncover for themselves the potential benefits of property titling on residential investment incentives. Players are faced with a series of rounds in which they must choose to build a low quality or high quality dwelling. Players are initially titleless squatters, but some property titles are randomly distributed between rounds. In each round, players receive a payoff from their housing investment but untitled properties also run the risk of confiscation.

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A Faculty-Driven Approach To Starting And Operating A Student Managed Investment Fund Jan 2026

A Faculty-Driven Approach To Starting And Operating A Student Managed Investment Fund

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

Student managed investment funds have proven to be very strong learning experiences that bridge the gap between class-room finance knowledge and hands-on application of financial theories and tools. Though more widely utilized now than in the past, there are still many schools that do not offer such a program for students. This paper describes the approach utilized at one school to start, evolve, and operate a student managed investment fund. The experience gained from over twenty years of developing a program and experimenting with various approaches can be useful to faculty members and schools looking to implement such a program.

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French Fried Potatoes As Lecturecraft: A Lesson On Product Homogeneity In Competition From Five Guys® Jan 2026

French Fried Potatoes As Lecturecraft: A Lesson On Product Homogeneity In Competition From Five Guys®

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

This study provides an interesting vignette for using the Five Guys® French fry for discussing an aspect of market structure - that of product homogeneity - in the economics principles classroom. In our view, this vignette is not only both clear and concise, it also allows for the use of humor in what is perhaps an otherwise dry lecture/discussion.

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Bootstrap Simulation With Spreadsheet Application Jan 2026

Bootstrap Simulation With Spreadsheet Application

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

This study provides an easy and effective way to simulate distributions of future stock price and return. Using a bootstrapping approach for simulation, we generate one thousand different scenarios for Google's price after one year and the corresponding percentage return. The simulated return distribution provides a comprehensive risk-return profile that includes probabilities associated with achieving a specific return in these uncertain times. We explain and create an excel template showing the bootstrapping simulation that can be readily used in finance classrooms. Using the same methodology, students can conduct their own simulations of different assets and compare their risk-return tradeoffs.

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Choosing Political Rules Under Rule Utilitarianism: Constitutional Political Economy And The Moral Foundations Of Capitalism Jan 2026

Choosing Political Rules Under Rule Utilitarianism: Constitutional Political Economy And The Moral Foundations Of Capitalism

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

Economics is positive analysis. Undergraduates, however, are ultimately interested in economics because it informs normative worldviews. Many undergraduates begin, at least implicitly, with consequentialism (and, more specifically, utilitarianism) as an ethical framework. Principles-level analysis informs what Yeager (2001) refers to as act utilitarianism, but exploring broad political ethical questions with act utilitarianism is problematic. I argue that the alternative rule utilitarianism is preferable and can be informed by a constitutional political economy analysis. I give examples based on Buchanan and Tullock's (1962) framework for considering government decision-making rules.

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Teaching Students To "Do" Public Choice In An Undergraduate Public Sector Course Jan 2026

Teaching Students To "Do" Public Choice In An Undergraduate Public Sector Course

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

This paper discusses one approach to using writing assignments in an undergraduate public economics course to get students actively involved in doing public choice. Our goal is to provide an overview of the course and its writing assignments with an emphasis on how the scaffolding of assignments helps contribute to the development of interesting and publishable ideas in public choice. A course in public economics provides a good opportunity for an instructor to develop student interest in applied public choice.

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Teaching Mathematical Economics Using Public Choice: The Median Voter Model Jan 2026

Teaching Mathematical Economics Using Public Choice: The Median Voter Model

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

The median voter model (MVM) is a core model in public choice comparable to the demand and supply competitive market model in microeconomics. In this paper I introduce and discuss the mathematical treatment of a simple version of the model. This allows instructors to apply a wide range of concepts commonly introduced in a first undergraduate class in mathematical economics. The approach will help students to understand the interplay of concepts separately introduced during the first phase of the course. Hopefully the method will foster an interest in public choice through the study of one of its most important benchmark …

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Political Failure In The Short- And Long-Run Jan 2026

Political Failure In The Short- And Long-Run

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

This paper reviews the use of public choice throughout my principles of macroeconomic course. I highlight the numerous avenues that public choice can be used to explain macroeconomic policies and their consequences. These include fiscal, monetary, and trade policy and economic growth and development. By emphasizing the self-interested behavior of public officials, public choice can illuminate both shortand long-run macroeconomic outcomes.

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Can Public Choice Theory Help Make Classroom Macroeconomics More Useful? Jan 2026

Can Public Choice Theory Help Make Classroom Macroeconomics More Useful?

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

Classes in macroeconomics typically present versions of the dynamic aggregate demand/ aggregate supply framework to analyze short term fluctuations and optimal monetary policy responses to economic conditions. In these models an output market equilibrium condition is usually combined with a short run Phillips Curve and a monetary policy reaction function. Output, inflation and real and nominal interest rates are shown to respond to (exogenous) supply and demand shocks and interact with one another over time. These models fail to incorporate the fact that policymakers must be modeled as responding to their incentives given their constraints. Policy isn't usefully modeled as …

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Teaching Public Choice Economics In A Public Finance Course Jan 2026

Teaching Public Choice Economics In A Public Finance Course

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

Public choice economics is often considered a sub or a separate field from public finance. Traditional public finance courses focus on public goods, externalities, and the solutions to these issues with an emphasis on expenditure and tax policy, addressing different types of taxation at different levels of government. This paper provides a means of integrating public choice theory into a public finance course to highlight the differences in these fields, but also the complementarity. While traditional textbooks touch on political decision-making and themes of public choice, I will explain how an instructor could incorporate these themes throughout the course.

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Teaching Public Choice At The Master's Level Jan 2026

Teaching Public Choice At The Master's Level

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

This article summarizes the pedagogical approaches I have taken in teaching public choice in a course that enrolls advanced business school undergraduates (majors in economics, mainly) as well as master's students in economics and political science. It starts with a brief overview of the field and then describes the course's content. I reproduce a recent syllabus and two representative homework assignments. Some learning "modules" are suggested and ways of evaluating students' mastery of public choice principles are discussed.

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Using Film Clips To Teach Public Choice Economics: Take Two Jan 2026

Using Film Clips To Teach Public Choice Economics: Take Two

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

Recent years have seen a trend away from "chalk and talk" toward alternative pedagogical approaches to teaching economics. Media clips, in particular, have been touted as a way to provide students with memorable and exciting exposure to economic concepts. Media clips are especially well-suited for teaching public choice economics because of the plethora of films and television shows depicting government activity. This paper documents how clips from popular movies and series such as "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" and "House of Cards" can be used to teach public choice economics.

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Ways Of Teaching Public Choice: Introduction To The Symposium Jan 2026

Ways Of Teaching Public Choice: Introduction To The Symposium

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

This symposium intends to shed light on distinctively public choice approaches to economic education. This introductory essay provides an overview of this symposium and its contributors. We first provide our rationale and motivation for assembling the special issue. We then describe the papers and their interactions.

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A Clinical Mathematical Model Estimating Postoperative Urine Output In Children Underwent Cardiopulmonary Bypass For Congenital Heart Surgery, Orkun Baloglu, Shawn D. Ryan, Ali M. Onder, David Rosen, Charles J. Mullett, Daniel S. Munther Jan 2026

A Clinical Mathematical Model Estimating Postoperative Urine Output In Children Underwent Cardiopulmonary Bypass For Congenital Heart Surgery, Orkun Baloglu, Shawn D. Ryan, Ali M. Onder, David Rosen, Charles J. Mullett, Daniel S. Munther

Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care

Objectives: To build a proof of concept clinical mathematical model estimating postoperative urine output (UOP) utilizing pre-operative, intra-operative and immediate postoperative variables in children underwent cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) for congenital heart surgery. Methods: Single-center, retrospective cohort study in a university-affiliated children’s hospital. Patients younger than 21 years old who underwent CPB for congenital heart surgery and were postoperatively admitted to West Virginia University Children’s Hospital`s pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) between September 1, 2007, and June 31, 2013 were included in the study. Body surface area, CPB duration, first measured hematocrit, serum pH, central venous pressure and vasoactive-inotropic score in …

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Practice Variability And Unplanned Extubation Rates Across Pediatric Intensive Care Units, Krista Wollny, Amy Metcalfe, Karen Benzies, Simon J. Parsons, Tolulope Sajobi, Deborah Mcneil Jan 2026

Practice Variability And Unplanned Extubation Rates Across Pediatric Intensive Care Units, Krista Wollny, Amy Metcalfe, Karen Benzies, Simon J. Parsons, Tolulope Sajobi, Deborah Mcneil

Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care

Objectives The purpose of this study was to describe the care of intubated patients in pediatric critical care. Acknowledging there are several perceived factors that contribute to unplanned extubations, a secondary objective was to describe how practice variation may relate to observed differences in unplanned extubation rates. Methods A survey about practices related to the care of intubated patients was distributed to all PICUs participating in the Virtual Pediatrics System (VPS, LLC). Unplanned extubation rates for 2019-2020 were obtained from VPS. Univariate and bivariate analyses were performed to describe the responses, with unplanned extubation rates calculated as means. The text …

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Development And Optimization Of A Remote Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Bootcamp Using Telesimulation, Felina Mille, Amy Romer, Tarif A. Choudhury, Adrian D. Zurca, Stacie B. Peddy, Keith Widmeier, Marjorie Hamburger, Venkat Shankar Jan 2026

Development And Optimization Of A Remote Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Bootcamp Using Telesimulation, Felina Mille, Amy Romer, Tarif A. Choudhury, Adrian D. Zurca, Stacie B. Peddy, Keith Widmeier, Marjorie Hamburger, Venkat Shankar

Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care

Objectives: We developed a novel cardiac critical care bootcamp consisting of didactic, small-group and simulation sessions. The bootcamp was remote due to the COVID-19 pandemic and included telesimulation. We aimed to assess learners’ reactions to the bootcamp and their perception of telesimulation. Methods: Paired anonymous surveys were administered before and after participation. Surveys assessed participants’ comfort in independently managing cardiac critical care scenarios, perceptions of telesimulation, barriers to its effectiveness, and specific feedback on course components. Results: Forty-three fellows from 10 institutions joined the bootcamp over two years. 38 pre- and 28 post-course surveys were completed. The course was rated …

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The Association Of Teamwork And Adverse Tracheal Intubation–Associated Events (Tiaes) In Advanced Airway Management In The Pediatric Icu, John F. Jennings, Sholeen Nett, Rachel Umoren, Robert Murray, Aaron Kessel, Natalie Napolitano, Michelle Adu-Darko, Katherine Biagas, Philipp Jung, Debra Spear, Simon Parsons, Ryan Breuer, Keith Meyer, Matthew Malone, Asha Shenoi, Anthony Lee, Palen Mallory, Awni Al-Subu, Keiko Tarquinio, Lily Glater, Megan Toal, Jan Hau Lee, Matthew Pinto, Lee Polikoff, Erin Own, Iris Toedt-Pingel, Mioko Kasagi, Laurence Ducharme-Crevier, Makoto Motomura, Masafumi Gima, Serena Kelly, Josep Panisello, Gabrielle Nuthall, Kelsey Gladen, Justine Shults, Vinay Nadkarni, Akira Nishisaki Jan 2026

The Association Of Teamwork And Adverse Tracheal Intubation–Associated Events (Tiaes) In Advanced Airway Management In The Pediatric Icu, John F. Jennings, Sholeen Nett, Rachel Umoren, Robert Murray, Aaron Kessel, Natalie Napolitano, Michelle Adu-Darko, Katherine Biagas, Philipp Jung, Debra Spear, Simon Parsons, Ryan Breuer, Keith Meyer, Matthew Malone, Asha Shenoi, Anthony Lee, Palen Mallory, Awni Al-Subu, Keiko Tarquinio, Lily Glater, Megan Toal, Jan Hau Lee, Matthew Pinto, Lee Polikoff, Erin Own, Iris Toedt-Pingel, Mioko Kasagi, Laurence Ducharme-Crevier, Makoto Motomura, Masafumi Gima, Serena Kelly, Josep Panisello, Gabrielle Nuthall, Kelsey Gladen, Justine Shults, Vinay Nadkarni, Akira Nishisaki

Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care

Background: Tracheal intubation in critically ill children is a life-saving, but high-risk procedure that involves multiple team members with diverse clinical skills. We aim to examine the association between the provider-reported teamwork rating and the occurrence of adverse tracheal intubation–associated events (TIAEs). Methods: A retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data from 45 pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) in the National Emergency Airway Registry for Children (NEAR4KIDS) database from January 2013 to March 2018 was performed. A composite teamwork score was generated using the average of each of five (7-point Likert scale) domains in the teamwork assessment tool. Poor teamwork was …

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Complications Of Peripheral Arterial Access In Preterm And Term Neonates: A Systematic Review, Yangmyung Ma, Ahmed Salem, Andrea Jester Jan 2026

Complications Of Peripheral Arterial Access In Preterm And Term Neonates: A Systematic Review, Yangmyung Ma, Ahmed Salem, Andrea Jester

Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care

Aims: To provide a comprehensive review of vascular complications secondary to peripheral arterial catheterisation in preterm and term neonates. Methods: The systematic review consisted of searching PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and references of journals using pre-trialled MeSH terms and articles. Results: Eight studies were included for full text analysis from 2369 initial articles: 6 retrospective reviews and 2 prospective studies. The rate of complication was 8.6% and all complications were ischemic in nature. Complications most often occurred in neonates with pulmonary/cardiac comorbidities and lower gestational ages. No association was found for weight and sex of …

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Outcomes Of Pediatric Patients With Sepsis Managed On Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: An Analysis Of The Elso Registry, Adrian Holloway, Jason Custer, Ripal Patel, Peta Alexander, Peter Rycus, Cortney Foster, Dayanand Bagdure, Angelina June, Vladimir Michtcherkin, William Blackwelder, Carissa Baker-Smith, Adnan Bhutta Jan 2026

Outcomes Of Pediatric Patients With Sepsis Managed On Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: An Analysis Of The Elso Registry, Adrian Holloway, Jason Custer, Ripal Patel, Peta Alexander, Peter Rycus, Cortney Foster, Dayanand Bagdure, Angelina June, Vladimir Michtcherkin, William Blackwelder, Carissa Baker-Smith, Adnan Bhutta

Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care

Objective: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) support is increasingly used for refractory septic shock. There is lack of data on the outcomes of children requiring ECMO support for refractory septic shock. Our study objective was to describe the variables associated with survival, risk factors for mortality and outcomes of children requiring ECMO support for refractory shock. Materials and Methods: Retrospective registry study of 340 international centers contributing data to the ELSO Registry, analyzing children <18 years who received ECMO with septic shock, severe sepsis, sepsis, SIRS, toxic shock syndrome, shock associated with infection and septicemia from any organism from 1990 to 2015. Outcomes were analyzed by categorizing the data into survivors and non-survivors. Logistic regression models were used to describe the association of dependent variable and multiple independent variables. Results: A total of 1928 patients were identified which met the inclusion criteria. 744 (38.5%) of the cohort survived. Survivors in this cohort tend to have longer duration of ECMO (230 hrs vs 201 hrs, p =0.005) and shorter time from intubation to ECMO cannulation (87 hrs vs 116 hrs, p =0.0033) when compared to non-survivors. Survivors were also noted to have higher pH, higher serum bicarbonate, higher saturations, and higher systolic, diastolic, and mean arterial pressures compared to non-survivors. Conclusions: These results suggest that early initiation of ECMO therapy for refractory sepsis is associated with better patient outcomes. ECMO is unlikely to recover patients once circulatory and metabolic collapse has developed.

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Postoperative Inhaled Nitric Oxide Use And Early Outcomes After Fontan Surgery Completion, Kamalvir Gill, Estefania Rivera, Nicolas Ortiz Flores, Amro Alashi, Anthony Rossi, Jun Sasaki Jan 2026

Postoperative Inhaled Nitric Oxide Use And Early Outcomes After Fontan Surgery Completion, Kamalvir Gill, Estefania Rivera, Nicolas Ortiz Flores, Amro Alashi, Anthony Rossi, Jun Sasaki

Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care

A considerable number of patients after the Fontan operation require prolonged hospitalization due to significant perioperative morbidities. The early postoperative morbidity can be attributed to elevated pulmonary vascular resistance. We hypothesized that the postoperative outcomes would improve with the routine use of inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) to decrease pulmonary vascular resistance. From January 2015 to November 2017 (Group 1), 37 patients underwent Fontan operation, and from December 2017 to December 2019 (Group 2), 34 patients underwent Fontan operation. All patients in Group 2 received iNO in the immediate perioperative period as part of a standardized postoperative pathway. There was no …

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Decompressive Craniectomy In Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: A Retrospective Cohort Study, Wan Xin Yew, Jan Hau Lee, Hongxing Dang, Sharon Yin Yee Low, Dianna Sri Dewi, Shu-Ling Chong Jan 2026

Decompressive Craniectomy In Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: A Retrospective Cohort Study, Wan Xin Yew, Jan Hau Lee, Hongxing Dang, Sharon Yin Yee Low, Dianna Sri Dewi, Shu-Ling Chong

Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care

Introduction: Decompressive craniectomy in children with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and refractory raised intracranial pressure (ICP) remains controversial. We aimed to describe the clinical and operative characteristics of children with moderate to severe TBI who underwent decompressive craniectomy, and compare outcomes with those who received medical therapy. Methods: We performed a retrospective observational cohort study on children < 16 years old with moderate to severe TBI (Glasgow Coma Scale, GCS ≤ 13 who underwent DC in 2 pediatric centers in Singapore and China between 2014 and 2017, and compared their outcomes to children who underwent medical treatment, among participating centers of the Pediatric Acute and Critical Care Medicine Asian Network (PACCMAN). We defined poor functional outcomes as moderate, severe disability, vegetative or comatose state, or mortality, using the Pediatric Cerebral Performance Category scale. We performed multivariable logistic regression to identify predictors for poor functional outcomes. Results: We analyzed 18 children who underwent DC with 214 who had medical therapy. A greater proportion of children with DC (14, 77.8%) experienced poor functional outcomes, compared to those with medical therapy (87, 41.2%, p=0.003). Children who underwent DC had fewer median 14-day ICU-free days (2.5 days, interquartile range, IQR 0.0 – 5.8 vs 8.0, IQR 0.0 – 11.0, p=0.033), median 28-day hospital-free days (0 days, IQR 0.0-3.5 vs 11.0, IQR 0.0 – 21.0, p=0.002) and 14-day mechanical ventilation-free days (6.5 days, IQR 0.0 – 12.3 vs 11.0, IQR 3.0 – 14.0, p=0.011). After accounting for age, sex, GCS, cerebral edema, uncal herniation, nonaccidental injury (NAI) and need for intubation, there was no significant association between decompressive craniectomy and poor functional outcomes (aOR 1.59, 95% CI 0.35 – 7.24, p = 0.548). Conclusions: Children with DC had severe injuries, prolonged hospital and ICU stays. Future studies are needed to understand the effectiveness of DC on children with TBI.

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Performance Of The Mean, Highest, And Admission Day Pediatric Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (Psofa) Scores As Outcome Predictors In A Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: A Prospective Observational Study, Debasis Maity, Moumita Samanta, Sandipan Sen, Tapan Kumar Sinha Mahapatra, Asim Kumar Mallick Jan 2026

Performance Of The Mean, Highest, And Admission Day Pediatric Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (Psofa) Scores As Outcome Predictors In A Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: A Prospective Observational Study, Debasis Maity, Moumita Samanta, Sandipan Sen, Tapan Kumar Sinha Mahapatra, Asim Kumar Mallick

Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care

Objectives: The Pediatric Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score (pSOFA) has been recently validated from its adult version having included the six clinical and biochemical parameters of organ dysfunction (respiratory, coagulation, cardiovascular, neurological, hepatic, and renal) and adapting age-adjusted cutoffs. Our goal was to find out which among the pSOFA scores (recorded on admission, highest score, and the mean score i.e., pSOFA1, pSOFAh, and pSOFAm respectively) performed better to predict mortality among the patients admitted in our pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Methods: This prospective observational study was conducted on 104 patients (1 month to 12 years of age) admitted in …

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Metabolic Abnormalities In Association With Clinical Neonatal Seizures In An Indian Tertiary Care Center, Ramesh Bhat. Y., Sandeep Pd Jan 2026

Metabolic Abnormalities In Association With Clinical Neonatal Seizures In An Indian Tertiary Care Center, Ramesh Bhat. Y., Sandeep Pd

Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care

Background: Metabolic disturbances frequently occur in neonatal seizures either as an underlying cause or as an associated abnormality. A prompt recognition of metabolic abnormalities and early therapy are necessary to avoid poor neurological outcome. Methods: Neonates with clinical seizures were enrolled in the study. Diagnostic evaluation included complete blood count, sepsis screen, and estimation of blood glucose, serum sodium, calcium and magnesium before instituting any specific treatment. Metabolic abnormalities, were considered as isolated when hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), sepsis, intracranial hemorrhage and polycythemia were ruled out. Results: Among 80 newborns with clinical seizures, one metabolic abnormality was detected in 46 (57.5%). …

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