Abstract Objectives To study the impact of the implementation of the Pediatric Surviving Sepsis Campaign protocol on early recognition of sepsis, 1 -h treatment bundle and mortality. Methods Retrospective, single-center study, before and after the implementation of the sepsis protocol. Outcomes: sepsis recognition, compliance with the 1 -h bundle (fluid resuscitation, blood culture, antibiotics), time interval ...
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular risk factors are frequently associated with lowered cognitive performance among elderly people, but rarely among middle-aged adults. OBJECTIVES: To investigate associations between cardiovascular risk factors (age, physical inactivity, smoking, alcohol use, hypertension and diabetes) and lower cognitive performance among middle-aged (45-64 years) Brazilian adults. DESIGN AND ...
Abstract Objective: To describe the clinical characteristics of children and adolescents admitted to intensive care with confirmed COVID-19. Method: Prospective, multicenter, observational study, in 19 pediatric intensive care units. Patients aged 1 month to 19 years admitted consecutively (March-May 2020) were included. Demographic, clinical-epidemiological features, treatment, and outcomes were collected. Sub...
ABSTRACT Objectives: The role of viral co-detection in children with severe acute respiratory infection is not clear. We described the viral detection profile and its association with clinical characteristics in children admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) during the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic. Method: Longitudinal observational retrospective study, with patients aged 0–18 years, admitted ...
RESUMO Objetivo: Avaliar a validade e a confiabilidade de um sistema de classificação de risco para emergências pediátricas (CLARIPED) desenvolvido no Brasil. Métodos: Fase de validade: estudo observacional prospectivo em crianças de 0 a 15anos atendidas consecutivamente no serviço de emergência pediátrica (SEP) de um hospital terciário entre 2 e 18de julho de 2013. Avaliou-se a associação dos níveis de urgênci...
OBJETIVOS: identificar os códigos de procedimentos constantes no Sistema de Informação Hospitalar - Sistema Único de Saúde (SIH-SUS) considerados como Morbidade Materna Extremamente Grave (MMEG) e construir um algoritmo para o manejo/preparação da base de dados de Autorização de Internação Hospitalar visando a captura dos casos de MMEG neste banco de dados. MÉTODOS: utilizaram-se os dados do SIH-SUS fornecidos ...