Predictive factors for complications in children with laryngeal damage at extubation.

Objectives: To determine which factors contribute to early complications when intubated children show macroscopic lesions at extubation.

Study Design: Retrospective review of 96 consecutive medical records of children aged 1 day to 15 years. Patients were divided into three groups depending on the extent of the subsequent treatment required: medical, reintubation, and surgical.

[Necessity of auditory and academic supervision in patients with unilateral hearing disorder. Retrospective study of 175 children].

This report reviews a consecutive series of 175 children suffering from unilateral hearing loss of 20 dB or more evaluated at the Clocheville Hospital between 1980-1991. We found no numerical preponderance of gender nor of side impairment. The mean age of diagnosis was 6.