Stress hormones and posttraumatic stress symptoms following paediatric critical illness: an exploratory study.

In this exploratory case-control study, we investigated basal cortisol regulation in 5-16-year-old children, 3-6 months following PICU (paediatric intensive care) admission. This was nested within a study of child psychological and cognitive function; 47 children were assessed alongside 56 healthy c...

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Publicado en:European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Vol. 26; no. 5; pp. 511 - 520
Autores principales: Als, Lorraine, Picouto, Maria, O'Donnell, Kieran, Nadel, Simon, Cooper, Mehrengise, Pierce, Christine, Kramer, Tami, Glover, Vivette, Garralda, M.
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature May2017
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          Picouto, Maria
          O'Donnell, Kieran
          Nadel, Simon
          Cooper, Mehrengise
          Pierce, Christine
          Kramer, Tami
          Glover, Vivette
          Garralda, M.
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          Critical Illness
          Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
          Hydrocortisone Analysis
          Pediatric Care
          Human
          Exploratory Research
          Case Control Studies
          Child
          Child, Preschool
          Adolescence
          Saliva Analysis
          Scales
          Secondary Analysis
          Intensive Care Units, Pediatric
          Walking
          Multivariate Analysis
          Child: 6-12 years
          Child, Preschool: 2-5 years
          Adolescent: 13-18 years
      ab: In this exploratory case-control study, we investigated basal cortisol regulation in 5-16-year-old children, 3-6 months following PICU (paediatric intensive care) admission. This was nested within a study of child psychological and cognitive function; 47 children were assessed alongside 56 healthy controls. Saliva samples were collected three times per day (immediately after waking, waking +30 min, and waking +12 h) over two consecutive weekdays. In addition, data on posttraumatic stress symptoms were ascertained from 33 PICU admitted children using the Impact of Events Scale-8 (IES-8). Primary analysis revealed no significant differences in basal cortisol concentrations between PICU discharged children and healthy controls ( p > 0.05). Secondary analysis in the PICU group identified a significant positive association between posttraumatic stress symptoms and evening (waking +12 h) cortisol concentrations ( p = 0.004). However, when subject to multivariate analysis, evening cortisol was a modest independent predictor of IES-8 scores, relative to the presence of septic illness and poor pre-morbid health. We conclude that paediatric critical illness does not appear to result in marked perturbations to basal cortisol at 3-6 month following discharge. There was evidence of a link between evening cortisol and symptoms of PTSD, but this was not a robust effect and requires further elucidation.
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