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Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) pediatric resident training course: a cross-sectional survey

Italian Journal of Pediatrics
Background Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is becoming increasingly crucial in the Pediatric Emergency Department for objective patient examination. However, despite its growing interest and wide-ranging applications, POCUS remains relatively unexplored
Manuela Lo Bianco, Santiago Presti, Maria Carla Finocchiaro, Gian Luca Trobia, Tiziana Virginia Sciacca, Maria Elena Cucuzza, Elia Caudullo, Giacomo Calcara, Martino Ruggieri, Vita Antonella Di Stefano   +9 more
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Antithrombotic drugs with adjuvant action against COVID-19

Italian Journal of Medicine, 2020
Waiting for the vaccine and/or the best antiviral treatment for coronavirus infection disease 2019 (COVID-19), after its outbreak in China at the beginning of 2020 and its viral diffusion around the world in the following weeks, several drugs have been ...
Pierpaolo Di Micco, Gianluca Di Micco, Vincenzo Russo, Andrea Fontanella   +3 more
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Inpatient Food Insecurity and Pediatric Hematology Oncology Hospitalization Outcomes

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children with cancer and blood disorders are at risk for food insecurity (FI). We aimed to describe the association of inpatient food insecurity (IFI) and hospitalization outcomes among patients admitted to the pediatric hematology oncology service. Of 325 caregivers screened for IFI, 60 (18.6%) screened positive.
Joanna M. Robles, Greg Russell, Leila H. DeWitt, Kimberly Montez, Callie L. Brown   +4 more
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The usefulness of point-of-care ultrasound in dehydrated patients in a pediatric emergency department

The Ultrasound Journal
Backgrounds Dehydration is among the most common causes of Pediatric Emergency Department admission; however, no clinical signs, symptoms, or biomarkers have demonstrated sufficient sensitivity, specificity, or reliability to predict dehydration. Methods
Tommaso Bellini, Benedetta Chianucci, Matteo D’Alessandro, Margherita Ricci, Maria Grazia Calevo, Silvia Misley, Emanuela Piccotti, Andrea Moscatelli   +7 more
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Emergency and critical care services in Tanzania: a survey of ten hospitals. [PDF]

, 2013
While there is a need for good quality care for patients with serious reversible disease in all countries in the world, Emergency and Critical Care tends to be one of the weakest parts of health systems in low-income countries.
A Iddriss, AC Cheng, AF Merry, AP Farmer, C Mock, D Konrad, D Watters, David Konrad, E Molyneux, E Molyneux, ED Riviello, Edwin Lugazia, F Abdullah, I Baelani, J Rylance, JA Crump, JA Razzak, Jaran Eriksen, JH Requejo, L Liu, L Pearson, Lars Irestedt, M Cherian, M English, M English, MW Dunser, MW Dunser, NK Adhikari, O Bataar, OC Kobusingye, P Ayieko, PS Chan, RP Dellinger, S Gove, S Jochberger, T Baker, T Nolan, Tanzania Service Provision Assessment Survey, Tim Baker, United Republic of Tanzania, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, United Republic of Tanzania, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, United Republic of Tanzania, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Victor Mwafongo, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, Y Amoateng-Adjepong   +50 more
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Defining Roles in Pediatric Palliative Care: Perspectives From Oncology and Palliative Care Teams

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Early integration of pediatric palliative care (PPC) is associated with improved symptom management, quality of life, and healthcare utilization for children with cancer. Despite this, variation persists in how PPC is understood, operationalized, and integrated within pediatric oncology programs. In particular, ambiguity surrounding
Leeat Granek, Lori Wiener, Stephanie Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Donna Johnston, Fyeza Hasan, Adam Rapoport, Nathasha Datoo, Kimberley Widger, Sumit Gupta, Karen Fergus, Anthony K. C. Chan, Alisha Kassam, Emily McCullogh, Dave Lysecki   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of air pollution on diabetes and cardiovascular diseases in São Paulo, Brazil [PDF]

, 2008
Type 2 diabetes increases the risk of cardiovascular mortality and these patients, even without previous myocardial infarction, run the risk of fatal coronary heart disease similar to non-diabetic patients surviving myocardial infarction.
ARBEX, F.F., ARBEX, M., BRAGA, A.L.F., CENDON, S., CONCEIÇÃO, G.M., LOPES, A.C., PEREIRA FILHO, M.A., PEREIRA, L.A.A., SALDIVA, P.H.N., SANTOS, U.P.   +9 more
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Septic complications of head and neck infections as emerging conditions in the post-COVID-19 era: an epidemiological study in a pediatric care center in Sicily

Italian Journal of Pediatrics
Background Head and neck area abscesses are severe bacterial infections that commonly arise as complications of viral upper respiratory tract infections in pediatric patients.
Daria La Cognata, Maria Carla Finocchiaro, Gian Luca Trobia, Alfio Alfonso Azzolina, Vita Antonella Di Stefano   +4 more
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Predictors of Emergency Room Access and Not Urgent Emergency Room Access by the Frail Older Adults

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
Background: Emergency rooms (ERs) overcrowded by older adults have been the focus of public health policies during the recent COVID-19 outbreak too. This phenomenon needed a change in the nursing care of older frail people.
Susanna Gentili, Leonardo Emberti Gialloreti, Fabio Riccardi, Paola Scarcella, Giuseppe Liotta   +4 more
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The Role of Invasive Procedures in the Treatment of Complicated Gastrointestinal Graft‐Versus‐Host Disease in Pediatric Patients

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Gastrointestinal graft‐versus‐host disease (GI GVHD) following hematopoietic stem cell transplant is typically managed with medical therapy, but surgery and angioembolization may be warranted in selected cases with life‐threatening complications.
Gaia Brunetti, Giorgio Persano, Chiara Grimaldi, Pier Luigi Di Paolo, Carmen Malaspina, Francesco Quagliarella, Valerio Balassone, Anna Chiara Iolanda Contini, Gian Luigi Natali, Rita Alaggio, Ivan Pietro Aloi, Tamara Caldaro, Alessandro Crocoli   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source