Collaborative pediatric critical care research network: looking back and moving forward.
OBJECTIVE
To update the pediatric critical care community on the progress of the Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network and plans for the future.


METHODS
The six sites, seven hospitals of the Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network.


RESULTS
From the time of its inception in August 2005, the Network has engaged in a number of observational and interventional trials, several of which are ongoing. Additional studies are in the planning stages. To date, these studies have resulted in the publication of six manuscripts and five abstracts, with five additional manuscripts accepted and in press.


CONCLUSIONS
The Network remains committed to its stated goal "to initiate a multicentered program designed to investigate the safety and efficacy of treatment and management strategies to care for critically ill children, as well as the pathophysiologic basis of critical illness and injury in childhood."
Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia Children's Hospital, Charlottesville, VA, USA. dfw4m@virginia.edu
Douglas F
DF
Willson
J Michael
JM
Dean
Kathleen L
KL
Meert
Christopher J L
CJ
Newth
Kanwaljeet J S
KJ
Anand
John
J
Berger
Rick
R
Harrison
Jerry
J
Zimmerman
Joseph
J
Carcillo
Murray
M
Pollack
Richard
R
Holubkov
Tammara L
TL
Jenkins
Carol
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Nicholson
D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001249:Asthma / Q000503:physiopathology; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003422:Critical Care; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006323:Heart Arrest; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D007107:Immune System / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000941:ethics; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D015300:Ventilator Weaning; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology
D000701:Analgesics, Opioid