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Dusan Raffaj

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Articles 7
Citations 184
Followers 0
Related Specialties
Pediatrics
Critical Care
Health Services
Top 10 Co-Authors
Patrick Davies
Avishay Sarfatti
Oliver Ross
Michael J Griksaitis
Shelley Riphagen
Santosh Sundararajan
Padmanabhan Ramnarayan
Marek Czosnyka
Mark Terris
Jon Lillie
Published In
Arch Dis Child
BMJ Paediatr Open
Crit Care Med
Crit Care
J Patient Saf
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Recent Articles
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Status of cerebrovascular autoregulation relates to outcome in severe paediatric head injury: STARSHIP, a prospective multicentre validation study
Agrawal S, Smith C, Bogli S, Placek M, Cabeleira M, White D, et al.
EClinicalMedicine . 2025 Feb; 81:103077. PMID: 39996125
Background: Continuous assessment of cerebral autoregulation (CA) using pressure reactivity index (PRx), is a promising tool for individualized management to improve outcome after traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, experience with...
2.
Citrate versus heparin anticoagulation in paediatric continuous renal replacement therapy
Roberts M, Peace K, Davies P, Silvestre C, Raffaj D
Arch Dis Child . 2024 May; 109(10):868-869. PMID: 38816069
No abstract available.
3.
Can critical care transport be safely reduced in children intubated during emergency management of status epilepticus in the United Kingdom: a national audit with case-control analysis
Knight P, Norman V, Gully R, Wood D, Raffaj D, Riddick L, et al.
Arch Dis Child . 2024 Mar; 109(6):476-481. PMID: 38448198
Objective: This study describes the baseline clinical characteristics, predictors of successful extubation at referring hospitals and short-term outcomes of children intubated for status epilepticus and referred to United Kingdom (UK)...
4.
Development of the Children's ACuTe UltraSound (CACTUS) point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS)-accredited training in the UK: a descriptive study
Griksaitis M, Zoica B, Raffaj D, Stephens J, Sarfatti A, Rajagopal V, et al.
Arch Dis Child . 2024 Mar; 109(7):543-549. PMID: 38442949
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is an established, evidence-supported tool that can be used in neonatal and paediatric medicine, offering clinicians immediate diagnostic insights, assessment of interventions and improved safety profiles and...
5.
Acute Kidney Injury in Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome Temporally Associated With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 Pandemic: Experience From PICUs Across United Kingdom
Deep A, Upadhyay G, du Pre P, Lillie J, Pan D, Mudalige N, et al.
Crit Care Med . 2020 Oct; 48(12):1809-1818. PMID: 33044282
Objectives: To study the prevalence, evolution, and clinical factors associated with acute kidney injury in children admitted to PICUs with pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with severe acute respiratory...
6.
Continuous Drug Delivery is Significantly Affected by Relative Height Changes Between Patient and Syringe Driver
Zahid A, Raffaj D, Wignell A, Davies P
J Patient Saf . 2020 Mar; 17(1):e15-e19. PMID: 32175967
Objective: Syringe drivers are the principle method of giving small-volume continuous infusions of important drugs to patients. Many of these drugs are critical for the maintenance of normal physiology. Anecdotal...
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International evidence-based guidelines on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) for critically ill neonates and children issued by the POCUS Working Group of the European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC)
Singh Y, Tissot C, Fraga M, Yousef N, Cortes R, Lopez J, et al.
Crit Care . 2020 Feb; 24(1):65. PMID: 32093763
Background: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is nowadays an essential tool in critical care. Its role seems more important in neonates and children where other monitoring techniques may be unavailable. POCUS Working...
8.
Pressure-related flow rates for continuous renal replacement therapy in very small children: an in vitro study
Stevens-Harris I, Raffaj D, Davies P
BMJ Paediatr Open . 2018 Apr; 1(1):e000013. PMID: 29637092
Objective: Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) is extremely challenging in very small children, as most CRRT intravascular access devices are too large. We aimed to quantify flow rates through several...