Necrotising enterocolitis suspicion in newborns with duct-dependent congenital heart disease: prognosis and risk factor.

Introduction: The main risk factors of necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) are prematurity and low birth weight. The aim of our study was to identify risk factors for NEC in patients with duct-dependent congenital heart disease (CHD).

Study Design: Newborns with duct-dependent CHD and NEC were matched 1:1 to those without NEC.

Pediatric anesthetic for tracheobronchial foreign body extraction: A survey of practice in France.

Background: Tracheobronchial foreign body aspiration is a classic pediatric emergency, and its associated morbidity particularly depends on the anesthetic management, which differs according to the center and the practitioner.

Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the different anesthetic practices for tracheobronchial foreign body extraction.

Methods: A survey was sent via email to the member physicians of the Association des Anesthésistes Réanimateurs Pédiatriques d'Expression Française (ADARPEF).

Systematic Endotracheal Aspiration in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Reduces Broad-spectrum Antibiotic Use for Ventilator-associated Pneumonia.

Aim: To determine the impact of a systematic endotracheal aspiration (ETA) sampling program for mechanically ventilated patients on initial antibiotic therapy for ventilator-acquired pneumonia (VAP).

Design: Retrospective cohort study; before-after study design.

Setting: Pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) with 16 medical and surgical beds in a tertiary teaching hospital.