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Clinical Scores for Predicting Outcomes in Pediatric Oncology Sepsis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. [PDF]
Background Pediatric oncology patients with sepsis are at high risk of morbidity and mortality due to immunosuppression and acute or fulminant multiorgan dysfunction. There have been many clinical scores proposed for risk of mortality prediction (PELOD‐2, pSOFA, and Phoenix), but it remains unknown how well these scores predict risk in pediatric ...
Domínguez-Rojas JÁ +8 more
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Transcriptome analysis of six tissues obtained post‐mortem from sepsis patients
Abstract Septic shock is a life‐threatening clinical condition characterized by a robust immune inflammatory response to disseminated infection. Little is known about its impact on the transcriptome of distinct human tissues. To address this, we performed RNA sequencing of samples from the prefrontal cortex, hippocampus, heart, lung, kidney and colon ...
Fabiano Pinheiro da Silva +8 more
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Discounted Deaths: The Eruption of COVID‐19 in the Geriatric System of the Community of Madrid
Abstract In this article, we explore a new category of analysis that we have called “discounted deaths,” with which we seek to examine forms of dying occurring outside the scope of the triple meaning of the term “to count”—i.e., deaths that did not count, deaths that were not counted, and deaths for which there was no account.
Iñaki Rubio‐Mengual +1 more
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Abstract Background With the emergence of SARS‐CoV‐2, influenza surveillance systems in Spain were transformed into a new syndromic sentinel surveillance system. The Acute Respiratory Infection Surveillance System (SiVIRA in Spanish) is based on a sentinel network for acute respiratory infection (ARI) surveillance in primary care and a network of ...
Clara Mazagatos +29 more
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Background. The aim of this study was to assess the role of prehospital point‐of‐care N‐terminal probrain natriuretic peptide to predict sepsis, septic shock, or in‐hospital sepsis‐related mortality. Methods. A prospective, emergency medical service‐delivered, prognostic, cohort study of adults evacuated by ambulance and admitted to emergency ...
Francisco Martín-Rodríguez +10 more
wiley +1 more source
Randomized trials of therapeutic heparin for COVID‐19: A meta‐analysis
Abstract Background Pulmonary endothelial injury and microcirculatory thromboses likely contribute to hypoxemic respiratory failure, the most common cause of death, in patients with COVID‐19. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) suggest differences in the effect of therapeutic heparin between moderately and severely ill patients with COVID‐19.
Michelle Sholzberg +19 more
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Resumen Aunque se han hecho avances en el desarrollo y aplicación a gran escala de intervenciones eficaces contra la obesidad infantil, los retos siguen siendo importantes. Nuestro objetivo era comprender las causas del éxito de Estados Unidos y los países latinoamericanos en la implementación de políticas y programas (PYP) contra la obesidad e ...
Rafael Pérez‐Escamilla +6 more
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Hospital costs of renal colic diagnosis and management in a Brazilian private emergency service [PDF]
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The incidence of renal colic is increasing in developing countries due to several factors, and takes people to the emergency service to relieve the acute and severe pain it induces.
Bussotti, Edna Aparecida +4 more
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PEDIATRIC PREHOSPITAL ASSISTANCE CONDUCTED BY THE MOBILE EMERGENCY CARE SERVICE (SAMU)
Objetivo: descrever o atendimento pré-hospitalar pediátrico realizado pelo SAMU no município de Feira de Santana-BA em 2009. Métodos: pesquisa quantitativa, retrospectiva, descritiva, baseada nos registros dos atendimentos pediátricos realizados pelo ...
Juliana Oliveira Freitas Miranda +2 more
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Impact of A/H1N1 influenza in children at a Brazilian University Hospital
Background: A/H1N1 influenza is a viral disease that affects a significant part of the population mainly in winter, leading to increased number of medical consultations, hospitalizations and consequently care spending in emergency.
Gabriela Fontanella Biondo +6 more
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