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Cannula tip intravascular migration in an infant
No full textIn infants, the tip of a cannula is sometimes used as introducer during
peripherally inserted central catheters placement. We report a rare complication
of this procedure, characterized by intravascular migration of the cannula tip
during peripheral insertion of a central venous catheter. We review this unlikely
complication and treatment options
Effect of three-day course of dexamethasone on reticulocyte counts in preterm infants for bronchopulmonary dysplasia
No full textCorrelazione tra Lung to Head Ratio (LHR) e volume polmonare postdatate nei pazienti con ernia diaframmatica congenita (EDC)
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LUNG FUNCTION IN INFANTS OPERATED ON FOR CONGENITAL PULMONARY MALFORMATIONS: THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF LIFE
No full textFunctional residual capacity and lung clearance index in infants treated for esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula
No full textBackground: Newborn babies with esophageal atresia/tracheoesophageal fistula (EA/TEF) are prone to respiratory tract disorders. Functional residual capacity (FRC) and lung clearance index (LCI) are commonly considered useful and sensitive tools to investigate lung function and early detecting airways diseases. The aim of the present study is to report the first series of EA/TEF infants prospectively evaluated for FRC and LCI.Methods: Prospective observational cohort study of all patients treated for EA/TEF. Lung volume and ventilation inhomogeneity were measured by helium gas dilution technique using an ultrasonic flow meter. Babies were studied both in assisted controlled ventilation (sedated) and in spontaneous breathing (quiet sleep). Three consecutive FRC and LCI measurements were collected for each test at three different time points: before surgery (T0), 24 hours after surgery (T1) and after extubation (T2).Results: 16 EA newborns were eligible for the study between December 2011 and July 2013. Three were excluded because of technical problems. At T0 FRC values were in the normal range regardless the presence of TEF but worsened afterwards at T1, with a subsequent recovering after extubation; a significant improvement after surgery was observed concerning LCI while no differences were found in tidal volume.Conclusion: Helium gas dilution technique is a suitable method to measure the effect of surgery on lung physiology, even in ventilated infants with EA. The changes observed could be related to the ventilatory management and lung compression during surgical procedure. (c) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved
ROUTIN BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE (BAL) CULTURES FOR PREDICTION OF VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA
No full textGoing Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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