Introduction: Head circumference is widely used as a marker of brain growth in very preterm infants (VPT). We aimed to evaluate the progression of head circumference (HC), extra-cerebral space (ECS) and estimated brain volume (EBV) of VPT between birth and term equivalent age (TEA) in comparison to term-born controls. Methods: We assessed prospectively a cohort of infants born at ≤32 weeks gestation and term co...
Objective: Sleep disturbances are frequent in infants. Early development of sleep routines has a positive effect on sleep quality. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of maternal education on the development of infants' sleep habits (SHs). Methods: This was an experimental, longitudinal study. Postnatal mothers were allocated into two groups: to receive (intervention group, IG), or not receive ...
Introdução: A perturbação respiratória do sono é frequente em crianças e associa-se a diversas complicações. A hipertrofia adenoamigdalina é o principal fator de risco, sendo a adenoamigdalectomia o tratamento de primeira linha. Vários autores têm mostrado moderada taxa de persistência de sintomas pós-cirurgia. O objetivo desde estudo foi analisar a persistência de sintomas pós-cirurgia e identificar possíveis ...
Unidade de Pneumologia. Departamento de Pediatria, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal; Unidade de Pneumologia. Departamento de Pediatria, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
A 4-year-old boy presented to the hospital in the sixth day of ongoing varicella infection with high fever, respiratory distress, and hypoxemia. Physical examination showed tachypnea, a generalized vesicular exanthema, perioral impetigo, bilateral rales, and diminished breath sounds at pulmonary auscultation. Chest radiograph revealed bilateral, multifocal, heterogeneous alveolar opacities with nodular pattern,...