Abstract Objective: To analyze the level of sedation in intubated children as a risk factor for the development of subglottic stenosis. Methods: All patients between 30 days and 5 years of age who required endotracheal intubation in the pediatric intensive care unit between 2013 and 2014 were included in this prospective study. They were monitored daily and COMFORT-B scores were obtained. Flexible fiber-optic l...
The objective of this work was to evaluate the diagnostic and prognostic performance of a traditional imaging staging system for rhinosinusitis in the bone marrow transplantation (BMT) scenario. A retrospective cohort study was carried out at a bone marrow transplantation referral center involving subjects who underwent allogeneic or autologous BMT from September 1st 2005 to September 31st 2007 and later evolve...
O uso de hemocomponentes em hospitais de alta complexidade é elevado, sendo necessário controle e racionalização de sua utilização, dada sua escassez e alto custo. Para tal, muitos hospitais desenvolveram protocolos para uso de hemocomponentes. O objetivo deste trabalho foi descrever as características epidemiológicas das solicitações de hemoderivados e sua adequação em conformidade ao protocolo vigente no Hosp...