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Anomalies in inflammatory profiles are an established finding in these childhood psychiatric conditions.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>This exploratory study aimed to investigate whether abnormal peripheral blood inflammatory markers measured during paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admission were associated with psychiatric symptoms after discharge.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We performed a prospective observational cohort study on 71 children with septic illness, meningoencephalitis and other critical disorders admitted to two PICUs between 2007 and 2010. 3\u20136 months following discharge, subjects were assessed for global psychiatric risk (ie, presence of emotional and behavioural difficulties on the parental Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)), and for PTSD risk using the child-rated Impact of Events Scale (IES-8). Inflammatory and related biological markers were transcribed from PICU admission notes (white cell count, lymphocytes, neutrophils, C reactive protein (CRP), platelets, fibrinogen and lactate).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Findings<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Global psychiatric risk at follow-up was associated with abnormal lymphocyte count during admission (\u03c7<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>=6.757, p=0.014, n=48). In children with sepsis, partial correlation analyses controlling for age and gender highlighted associations between (i) SDQ scores and low lymphocyte count (r=\u22120.712; p=0.009, n=14), and (ii) IES-8 score and high CRP levels (r=0.823; p=0.006, n=11). These associations remained after correction for multiple comparisons.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>These results support the hypothesis that acute inflammation may play a role in determining the development of psychopathology following PICU admission.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Clinical implications<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>If the findings are replicated, they may help to better highlight which children are at risk of post-PICU psychopathology and appropriately target follow-up.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/ebmental-2018-300027","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,10,10]],"date-time":"2018-10-10T07:42:38Z","timestamp":1539157358000},"page":"139-144","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Inflammation and psychopathology in children following PICU admission: an exploratory study"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"21","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1697-1437","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Giorgia","family":"Caspani","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Georgina","family":"Corbet Burcher","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Psychiatry, Imperial College London, London, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"M Elena","family":"Garralda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Psychiatry, Imperial College London, London, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mehrengise","family":"Cooper","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Paediatric Intensive Care, St Mary\u2019s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Christine M","family":"Pierce","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Paediatric Intensive Care, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Lorraine C","family":"Als","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Psychiatry, Imperial College London, London, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Simon","family":"Nadel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Paediatric Intensive Care, St Mary\u2019s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,10,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025082623335298000_21.4.139.1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e141","DOI":"10.1097\/PCC.0000000000000424","article-title":"Mental and physical well-being following admission to pediatric intensive care","volume":"16","author":"Als","year":"2015","journal-title":"Pediatr Crit Care Med"},{"key":"2025082623335298000_21.4.139.2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Rees G , Gledhill J , Garralda ME , et al . 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