Olivier Brissaud, Astrid Botte, Gilles Cambonie, Stéphane Dauger, Laure de Saint Blanquat, Philippe Durand, Véronique Gournay, Elodie Guillet, Daniela Laux, Francis Leclerc, Philippe Mauriat, Thierry Boulain, Khaldoun Kuteifan
Cardiogenic shock which corresponds to an acute state of circulatory failure due to impairment of myocardial contractility is a very rare disease in children, even more than in adults. To date, no international recommendations regarding its management in critically ill children are available. An experts' recommendations in adult population have recently been made (Levy et al. Ann Intensive Care 5(1):52, 2015; Levy et al. Ann Intensive Care 5(1):26, 2015). We present herein recommendations for the management of cardiogenic shock in children, developed with the grading of recommendations' assessment, development, and evaluation system by an expert group of the Groupe Francophone de Réanimation et Urgences Pédiatriques (French Group for Pediatric Intensive Care and Emergencies)...
December 2016: Annals of Intensive Care