... generation HYPERCOAGULABLE STATE Neonatal Purpura Fulminans Typical skin lesions of neonatal purpura fulminans Neonatal Purpura Fulminans Extensive full thickness necrosis of skin Initial treatment ... Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed: ACCP Guidelines) Thrombolytic therapy • Life-, organ-, limb-threatening condition • Not enough evidence for use in Neona...
... La Scala & Ein reviewed 150 boys with 20 5 retractile testes with a 7year follow-up period 23 % of retractile testes eventually becoming an acquired UDT [1] Agarwal et al a cohort of 122 boys ... with 20 4 retractile testes over years of follow-up: 32% of retractile testes eventually becoming acquired UDT [2] cord tautness as a risk for ascent Stec et al loo...
... The incidence of nosocomial infections, predominantly gastrointestinal and respiratory, in children in developed countries is high, ranging from 5% to 44% Gastrointestinal infections (4.5 22 .6 ... GG administration decreases the risk for nosocomial gastrointestinal and respiratory tract infections in hospitalized children LGG administration can be recommended as...
... Other MANAGEMENT OF VASCULAR ANOMALIES • Management of vascular malformations is dependent upon the type and location of the malformation as well as its depth • Observation and the use of supportive ... morphological development of the vascular system INTRODUCTION • Vascular tumors are broadly divided into hemangiomas and tumors VASCULAR ANOMALIES Vascular Malfom...
... intravenous lipid emulsions: Fig Characteristics of commercially available intravenous lipid emulsions used in reported randomized controlled trials (Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition ... 62 - 5 /20 16 • A systematic review: PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials CENTRAL search up to March 20 15 • The primary outcom...
... After being randomly assigned to treatment with orally disintegrating ondansetron tablets or placebo, the children received oralrehydration therapy according to a standardized protocol The primary ... critical overview of data available in the Cochrane database of systematic reviews showed that children who received oral ondansetron had lower hospital admission rates to ED compared...
... ? Administering COX inhibitors (indomethacin or ibuprofen) within the first 24 h of life irrespective of the diagnosis of PDA Indomethacin is the best studied with 28 72 babies randomised in 19 ... arteriosus in infants weighing ≤ kg JACC Cardiovasc Interv 20 10; 3: 129 5 2) Percutaneous Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) Closure in Very Preterm Infants: Feasibility...
... approved by the FDA ≥ months Ciprofloxacin: Second generation used in children (20 04) - 17 years of age OVERVIEW In 20 06, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics: Parenteral fluoroquinolones: ... ciprofloxacin (2) oral ciprofloxacin with oral cefixime or TMP - SMX No difference to suggest musculoskeletal toxicity with ciprofloxacin potential SAFETY A large cohort...
... continued for 14 -2 1 days (A, II), repeat LP • CSF PCR is still positive for HSV: aciclovir should continue, with weekly CSF PCR until it is negative (B, II) • months- 12 years a minimum of 21 days ... further diagnostic investigations are awaited (A, II) RECOMMENDATION • Dose? 3 months- 12 years 500mg/m2 hourly > 12 years 10mg/kg hourly reduced in patients with pre-existing ren...
... use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) for acute asthma underestimated their early clinical impact Objective: The analysis of the best evidence available on the early (1 to h) clinical impact of ICS ... at ≤ 30 minute intervals (“single-dose” 2 doses at ≤30-minute intervals or ≥1 dose at >30-minute intervals.) -Patients treated with ICS also displayed a faster clinical improv...
... in paroxysmal cough in the treatment group compared to the placebo group: MD-0.07 coughs per hour (95% CI -0 . 42 to 0 .27 ; P value = 0.65) 18 Pertussis-specific immunoglobulin 19 20 21 Corticosteroids ... each 24 hour period • There was no evidence of heterogeneity in paroxysmal cough per 24 hours (P value = 0.79) • There was no statistically significant difference in co...
... hours to seven days post -extubation (typical RR 0.71, 95% CI 0.61 to 0. 82; typical RD -0 . 12, 95% CI -0 .17 to -0 .07) Preventing extubation failure • Both trials used short binasal prongs and binasopharyngeal ... ratio (M-H, fixed, 95% CI) 1.76 [0.77, 4.05] Gastrointestinal perforation 1066 Risk ratio (M-H, fixed, 95% CI) 0.94 [0.60, 1.48] NEC 1147 Risk ratio (M-H, fixed, 95%...