Focus on paediatrics.

Since a wise man or woman proportions his or her belief to the evidence [[1]], this focus on paediatrics discusses interesting and influential papers that have been published in important journals in 2018, related to paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) clinical research. The pilot trials for conservative versus liberal oxygenation targets in critically ill children (oxy-PICU) [[17]] and high flow nasal cannula oxygen versus CPAP (first ABC) [[18]], represent "for runners" to multi centre RCT starting in 2019. Overview of studies in critically ill children (search terms child, critical care OR intensive care) that are currently recruiting. 18 Ramnarayan P, Lister P, Dominguez T, Habibi P, Edmonds N, Canter RR, Wulff J, Harrison DA, Mouncey PM, Peters MJ United Kingdom Paediatric Intensive Care Society Study G. FIRST-line support for Assistance in Breathing in Children (FIRST-ABC): a multicentre pilot randomised controlled trial of high-flow nasal cannula therapy versus continuous positive airway pressure in paediatric critical care. [Extracted from the article]