Advances in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Pediatrics and Neonates

Dear Colleagues,

Critical challenges in neonatal and pediatric intensive care include early, precise diagnosis and providing adequate treatment. These diagnostic gaps persist despite rapid advances in medical technology, leading to ongoing concerns around treatment options, resource allocation, and the need for more personalized care strategies. Research efforts are focused on refining protocols, assessing diagnostic tools, exploring innovative interventions, and enhancing recovery processes to improve the quality of life for these vulnerable patients.

Critical care for children, particularly infants, demands a vital improvement, mainly due to the high rate of survival of extremely low-birth-weight infants. Also, practice in neonatal and pediatric critical care varies widely, highlighting the need for standardized, evidence-based guidelines. Therefore, research is essential to inform and unify care, ensuring that every patient receives effective treatment to achieve continuous improvement in clinical practices, and it is key to better outcomes in neonatal and pediatric intensive care.

We are pleased to invite you to submit your work to this Special Issue. You may submit original research articles, review articles, or comprehensive analyses that address interventions, monitoring, outcomes, or persistent challenges, such as resource constraints, personalized medicine, and ethical dilemmas in neonatal and pediatric intensive care. We invite you to share your expertise to advance best practices, novel insights, and evidence-based recommendations and join us in shaping the future of this fast-evolving field.

This Special Issue presents essential advances in critical care interventions, therapies, and monitoring, aiming to directly improve survival and long-term neurodevelopment in critically ill neonates and children. We focus on knowledge that addresses the unique complexities and vulnerabilities of this population, elevating neonatal and pediatric intensive care globally by building professional networks and fostering collaboration with experts.

We welcome original research articles and reviews for this Special Issue. If you plan to submit empirical research, please explain your sample size rationale—considering clinical significance, feasibility, or statistical principles—to ensure solid, interpretable findings. We encourage you to submit your manuscript to ensure that your research has an impact on this field.

* Cardiopulmonary care, post-resuscitation strategies, advanced mechanical ventilation, and non-invasive respiratory support in neonates and children, including critical care settings.

* Advanced mechanical ventilation and non-invasive respiratory support in critical care.

* Management of septic and non-septic shock, neuroprotection, advanced neuromonitoring, and intensive therapy for congenital and rare diseases in the NICU/PICU, including management of genetic disorders and malformations.

* Neuroprotection and advanced neuromonitoring techniques in critically ill patients.

* Intensive therapy for congenital malformations, genetic disorders, and rare diseases.

* Enteral and parenteral nutrition, infection prevention and control, and innovations in monitoring technology (including telemedicine and AI) in pediatric and neonatal critical care.

* Hospital-acquired infections, prevention, and control strategies in the ICU environment.

* Palliative care, ethical decision-making, communication, and follow-up, including long-term neurodevelopmental and functional outcomes for NICU/PICU graduates.

* Long-term neurodevelopmental and functional outcomes and follow-up programs for NICU/PICU graduates.

* Innovations in intensive monitoring technology, telemedicine, and artificial intelligence applications in critical care.

I look forward to hearing from you.  

Prof. Dr. Walusa Assad Gonçalves Ferri
Guest Editor

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