A study of acceptance and hesitation factors towards tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) and influenza vaccines during pregnancy.

Introduction: Vaccination of pregnant women with tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) and influenza vaccines is desirable to reduce neonatal and maternal morbidity and mortality. However, vaccine coverage rates and acceptance are frequently below recommended rates.

Objectives: To ascertain Tdap and influenza vaccine coverage rates in our population and to study the reasons behind sub-optimal rates.

Pediatric palliative care and end-of-life: a systematic review of economic health analyses.

Objective: To perform a systematic review of the health economic evidence on the care of children and adolescents with complex clinical conditions, comparing groups included and not included (control group) in palliative care at the end of life.

Data Source: The seven databases searched were PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Virtual Health Library-Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (VHL-LILACS), EBSCOhost, and Paediatric Economic Database Evaluation, following recommendations of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) Statement, from January 1979 to November 2020. The review included studies of patients under 18 years of age with complex clinical conditions that compared a palliative care group with a control group.

Clinical and laboratory features of urinary tract infections in young infants.

Introduction: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common serious bacterial infection in young infants. Signs and symptoms are often nonspecific.

Objectives: To describe clinical, demographic and laboratory features of UTI in infants ≤ 3 months old.

Acute Hemorrhagic Edema of Infancy: an unusual diagnosis for the general pediatrician.

Acute Hemorrhagic Edema of Infancy (AHEI) is a rare leukocytoclastic vasculitis, clinically characterized by the classical triad: palpable purpuric skin lesions, edema and fever, and is commonly misdiagnosed as Henoch-Schönlein purpura. In addition to its sudden onset, AHEI is also characterized by its self-limited course with complete and spontaneous recovery occurring between 1 and 3 weeks. Because of the scarcity of studies on therapy with corticosteroids, the conservative approach is usually recommended.

Dengue fever as a cause of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.

Dengue is endemic in more than 100 countries in Southeast Asia, the Americas, the western Pacific, Africa and the eastern Mediterranean regions. The virus is transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. Dengue disease is the most prevalent arthropod-borne viral disease in humans and is a global and national public health concern in several countries.

High Frequency of Staphylococcus Saprophyticus Urinary Tract Infections Among Female Adolescents.

Staphylococcus saprophyticus is a rarely reported agent of urinary tract infection (UTI) in the pediatric population. In our retrospective 3-year study, S. saprophyticus comprised 24.

[Nutritional status, nutritional self-perception, and use of licit drugs in adolescents].

Objective:: To associate the nutritional status and the self-perception of nutritional status with the use of licit drugs among adolescents.

Methods:: A cross-sectional study was conducted in which 210 adolescents answered a questionnaire on alcohol and tobacco experimentation and self-perceptions about their nutritional status. The correspondence between the adolescents' perception of their own nutritional status and actual nutritional status was analyzed, as well as associations between nutritional status, self-perception of nutritional status, gender, age, and presence of smokers at home with alcohol and tobacco use.

Otomastoiditis caused by : case report and literature review.

is an aerobic Gram-negative bacillus that, although rare in humans, most commonly infects immunocompromised and hospitalized patients. Among the 59 pediatric cases of infection reported in the literature, the most common diagnosis involves isolated bacteremia. These cases are related to sporadic or epidemic infections.

Cat-scratch disease presenting as multiple hepatic lesions: case report and literature review.

Although infectious diseases are the most prevalent cause of fevers of unknown origin (FUO), this diagnosis remains challenging in some pediatric patients. Imaging exams, such as computed tomography (CT) are frequently required during the diagnostic processes. The presence of multiple hypoattenuating scattered images throughout the liver associated with the history of cohabitation with cats should raise the suspicion of the diagnosis of cat-scratch disease (CSD), although the main etiologic agent of liver abscesses in childhood is S.