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End-of-life practices in patients admitted to pediatric intensive care units in...
Furtado,Roiter de Albernaz; Tonial,Cristian Tedesco; Costa,Caroline Abud Drumond; Andrades,Gabriela Rupp Hanzen; Crestani,Francielly; Bruno,FranciscoAbstract Objective: To determine the prevalence of life support limitation (LSL) in patients who died after at least 24 h of a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) stay, parent participation and to describe how this type of care is delivered. Methods: Retrospective cohort study in a tertiary PICU at a university hospital in Brazil. All patients aged 1 month to 18 years who died were eligible for inclusion. The ...
Rapid diagnosis of respiratory distress syndrome by oral aspirate in premature ...
Ribeiro,Manoel Antonio da Silva; Fiori,Humberto Holmer; Luz,Jorge Hecker; Garcia,Pedro Celiny Ramos; Fiori,Renato MachadoAbstract Objective: The stable microbubble test on gastric aspirate and on amniotic fluid has been used for the diagnosis of respiratory distress syndrome in the newborn. However, no study has performed this test on oral aspirates from premature infants. The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of the stable microbubble test on oral aspirates from preterm newborns to predict respiratory distr...
Scores TISS-28 versus NEMS to size the nursing team in a pediatric intensive ca...
Velozo,Kelly Dayane Stochero; Garcia,Pedro Celiny Ramos; Piva,Jefferson Pedro; Fiori,Humberto Holmer; Cabral,Daiane Drescher; Einloft,Paulo RobertoABSTRACT Objective: To estimate the workload and size the nursing team using the scales TISS-28 and NEMS in a pediatric intensive care unit. Methods: An observational prospective study with a quantitative approach was conducted at the pediatric intensive care unit of a university hospital from Jan 1st, 2009 to Dec 31st, 2009. All children who remained hospitalized for more than 8 hours were included, with lengt...
Microcephaly and Zika virus: a clinical and epidemiological analysis of the cur...
Nunes,Magda Lahorgue; Carlini,Celia Regina; Marinowic,Daniel; Kalil Neto,Felipe; Fiori,Humberto Holmer; Scotta,Marcelo ComerlatoAbstract Objective: This study aimed to critically review the literature available regarding the Zika virus outbreak in Brazil and its possible association with microcephaly cases. Sources: Experts from Instituto do Cérebro do Rio Grande do Sul performed a critical (nonsystematic) literature review regarding different aspects of the Zika virus outbreak in Brazil, such as transmission, epidemiology, diagnostic c...
Gestações subsequentes em mulheres que tiveram sífilis na gestação
Hebmuller,Marjorie Garlow; Fiori,Humberto Holmer; Lago,Eleonor GastalResumo Este estudo incluiu gestantes positivas para sífilis atendidas por parto ou aborto, entre 1997 e 2004, no Hospital São Lucas, Porto Alegre, RS. Foram levantados desfechos obstétricos subsequentes das mesmas, até dezembro 2011, para investigar a recorrência da doença. De 450 gestantes com sorologia positiva, atendidas de 1997 a 2004, 166 tiveram pelo menos mais um atendimento obstétrico até dezembro de 20...
Terapia com surfactante pulmonar exógeno em pediatria
Freddi,Norberto A.; Proença Filho,José Oliva; Fiori,Humberto HolmerOBJETIVO: Revisar o estágio atual do conhecimento sobre a utilização do surfactante exógeno nas diferentes doenças pulmonares que levam à insuficiência respiratória aguda em crianças. FONTES DOS DADOS: Este manuscrito baseia-se na experiência clínica dos autores sobre o assunto e na revisão da literatura recente através de consulta aos bancos de dados ONIA, Mdconsult, Medline e Cochrane Database Library. SÍNTES...
Neurocristopatia no diagnóstico diferencial das apnéias do recém nascido: relat...
Nunes,Magda Lahorgue; Fiori,Humberto Holmer; Holzhey,ChristineOBJETIVO: incluir a neurocristopatia na investigação etiológica das apnéias refratárias do recém nascido e discutir o valor diagnóstico da polissonografia. MÉTODO: relato de caso e discussão crítica da literatura. RESULTADOS: relatamos o caso de um recém-nascido que apresentou disfunção ventilatória nas primeiras horas de vida associada a distensão abdominal, necessitando de ventilação mecânica contínua com pio...