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Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in a pediatric intensive care unit

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2011
Introduction: Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infection is an increasing problem worldwide. In developing countries, there is little data on CA-MRSA infection in children.
Khaled Menif, Asma Bouziri, Ammar Khaldi, Asma Hamdi, Sarra Belhadj, Aida Borgi, Zahra Fitouri, Najla Ben Jaballah   +7 more
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Transfusion strategies for patients in pediatric intensive care units

, 2007
Background: The optimal hemoglobin threshold for erythrocyte transfusions in critically ill children is unknown. We hypothesized that a restrictive transfusion strategy of using packed red cells that were leukocyte-reduced before storage would be as safe
Gauvin, France, Meert, Kathleen, Lacroix, J, Hume, HA, Lacroix, Jacques, Hutchinson, James S., Toledano, BJ, Peters, Mark J, Joffe, Ari, Collet, Jean-Paul, Gauvin, F, Ducruet, T, Hurne, Heather A., Robillard, P, Biarent, Dominique, Peters, MJ, Hutchison, JS, Toledano, Baruch J., Hebert, PC, Joffe, A, Biarent, D, Ducruet, Thierry, Collet, J-P, Meert, K, Tucci, Marisa, Robillard, Pierre, Hebert, Paul C., Tucci, M   +27 more
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Making co-enrolment feasible for randomised controlled trials in paediatric intensive care. [PDF]

, 2012
Enrolling children into several trials could increase recruitment and lead to quicker delivery of optimal care in paediatric intensive care units (PICU).
Ball, T, Mok, Q, Twin Lee, Gamble, Carrol, Carrol Gamble, Gamble, C, Gilbert, R, Ruth Gilbert, Macrae, Duncan, Tracy Ball, Katie Harron, Ball, Tracy, Harron, Katie, Harron, K, CATCH team, Lee, Twin, Macrae, D, Quen Mok, Lee, T, Mok, Quen, Gilbert, Ruth, Duncan Macrae   +21 more
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Late-preterm birth in a level III hospital: incidence and associated morbidity

Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine, 2016
Introduction: Late-preterm infants are physiologically and metabolically immature and have important risk of morbidity and mortality. Aim: To analyze the incidence of late prematurity and its associated morbidity and mortality at a level III hospital ...
Carla Garcez, Nicole Silva, Liliana Pinheiro, Miguel Costa, Carla Sá, Eduarda Abreu, Albina Silva, Almerinda Pereira   +7 more
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Retrospective Analysis of Cases with Guillain-Barré Syndrome in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

, 2017
Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate treatment approaches towards Guillain-Barré syndrome and treatment response in patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit. Methods: We retrospectively evaluated
Nermin Ankay, Esra Şevketoğlu, Osman Yeşilbaş, Mey Talip Petmezci, Hasan Serdar Kıhtır, Zeynep Kıhtır   +5 more
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Development and evaluation of the focused assessment of sonographic pathologies in the intensive care unit (FASP-ICU) protocol

, 2023
Background The use of ultrasonography in the intensive care unit (ICU) is steadily increasing but is usually restricted to examinations of single organs or organ systems.
Quintel, Michael, Schmidt, Stefan, Dieks, Jana-Katharina, Moerer, Onnen, Schmidt, Stefan; Department of Anesthesiology, Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Goettingen, Georg August University, Goettingen, Germany, Quintel, Michael; Department of Anesthesiology, Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Goettingen, Georg August University, Goettingen, Germany, Moerer, Onnen; Department of Anesthesiology, Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Goettingen, Georg August University, Goettingen, Germany, Dieks, Jana-Katharina; Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Goettingen, Georg August University, Goettingen, Germany   +7 more
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Leukemoid Reaction in Infant Pertussis: Is There a Place for Hydroxyurea? A Case Report

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2018
A 73-days old infant of 34 weeks' gestation was hospitalized with a co-infection of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and Bordetella pertussis (BP).
Guillaume Maitre, Damien Schaffner, Julia Natterer, David Longchamp, Thomas Ferry, Manuel Diezi, Stefano Di Bernardo, Marie-Hélène Perez, Vivianne Amiet   +8 more
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Diagnostic value of ferritin for the severity of dengue infection in children

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Journal, 2019
The study was conducted to evaluate whether the severity of dengue fever can be predicted by serum ferritin level or not. This prospective observational study was conducted during the endemic period of dengue fever in 2019.
Farzana Ahmed, Nargis Ara Begum, Md.  Moshiur Rahman, Md.  Salim Shakur, Shabrina Sharmin   +4 more
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Making care better in the pediatric intensive care unit [PDF]

Translational Pediatrics, 2018
The relatively young field of pediatric critical care has seen a shift from an approach with little consideration for the complications and adverse effects resulting from the procedures and medications to a more cautious approach with careful concern for the associated risks.
Heather A, Wolfe, Elizabeth H, Mack
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Nutrition in Pediatric Intensive Care Units

, 2023
The limited energy stores and fast metabolism of sick children in the intensive care unit, as well as the intense stress caused by the critical illness, reveal the importance of nutrition.
Oğuz Dursun, Ali Ertuğ Arslanköylü, Tanıl Kendirli, Nazik Aşılıoğlu Yener, Hasan Ağın, Dinçer Yıldızdaş, Ayşe Berna Anıl   +6 more
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