[PDF] Top 20 J. Pediatr. (Rio J.) vol.81 número1 suppl.1 en v81n1s1a07

... Diagnosis of systemic candidiasis is not easy, which complicates the decision about when to start treatment. The mean time between a positive blood culture and the onset of treatment ranges from 2.1±1.3 days to 5.1±3 ... See full document

... from the tracheal tube) and usual laboratory criteria (two chest x-rays with new or progressive or persistent pulmonary infiltrate and blood test indicating infection) are not so specific and are relatively subjective ... See full document

... Type 1, which truly represents glossoptosis as the cause for airway obstruction, is the most frequent type observed in ...type 1 cases that do not resolve after nasopharyngeal intubation after a maximum ... See full document

... A view of well-child care that recognizes all threats to children’s health and establishes medical practices to resolve them, and which is essentially scientific and neutral from the pol[r] ... See full document

... inappropriate living conditions (mainly socioeconomic ones) of large populations, especially in developing countries. While preterm birth is the main cause of low birthweight in industrialized countries, the UN Standing ... See full document

... Methods: Children aged 2 to 13 years who had received a clinical diagnosis of sore throat and sought treatment at the pediatric emergency unit of São Paulo Santa Casa were evaluated and[r] ... See full document

... The extent of the etiological investigation depends on the goals to be achieved with the available technical and financial resources. It should be noted that 20% of children with streptococcal pharyngitis (5% of the ... See full document

... J e t v e n t i l a t i o n , a l o n g w i t h p e r c u t a n e o u s cricothyroidotomy, is a temporary form of oxygen supply when it is difficult to secure a definitive airway in the pediatric patient. However, ... See full document

... Sulfonylureas are commonly used in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, and act by increasing the amount of intracellular ATP and the sensitivity of insulin receptor. 3,9 The most widely prescribed ... See full document

... Figure 1 demonstrates the microbiological profile of the first tracheal secretion culture for the groups of patients who had used antimicrobials for more than 48 hours before admission and for those who had not ... See full document

... countries. 1 Moreover, there has been a growing concern all over the world in the last decades with environmental contamination by chemical agents produced by industrial, mining and agricultural activities, and ... See full document

... 7. Thompson RA, Lima JWO, Maguire JH, Braud DH, Scholl DT. Climatic and demographic determinants of American visceral leishmaniasis in northeastern Brazil using remote sensing technology for environmental categorization ... See full document

... An eight-year-old child was admitted at the pediatric emergency room complaining of ocular hyperemia, pain, right palpebral edema and fever lasting 3 days (Figure 1). Ophthalmological investigation and ... See full document

... Children with elevated TSH levels (above 5 µU/ml) in at least one test, as reported on the medical chart, were called for a new assessment of their thyroid function. Forty-six children, aged between 1 and 16 years ... See full document

... Comparing the two groups – malnourished and well- nourished – differences were observed in the following variables: birth weight, gestational age at birth, CRIB, time taken to achieve a complete enteral diet and length ... See full document

... The retinol concentration observed for milk prior to pasteurization was 55.4±34.0 µg/100 ml, whereas the level present in the processed milk was 36.6±26.1 µg/100 ml, equivalent to a reduction of 34%. The difference ... See full document

... Comparative analyses revealed that the incidence of macrossomia and means for birth weight did not differ between the children who participated in the study (n = 230) and those considered as losses or those for whom ... See full document

... – Group receiving albumin (A): received standardized TPN combined with 1g/kg/day of human albumin (Zenalb ® 20- Human Albumin 20%, Bio Products Lab.), given daily at every 12 hours, throughout the study period. After the ... See full document

... The consequences of sexual abuse of children and adolescents may be characterized by signs and symptoms that originate from psychological injury to which the victims are subjected, such [r] ... See full document

... As examples of the high frequency of nosocomial infection in extremely preterm newborn infants, recent data from U.S. neonatal surveys 2 indicate an overall sepsis incidence of 21%, with a significantly higher frequency, ... See full document