Front Public Health
September 2024
An Pediatr (Engl Ed)
August 2024
Background: In recent decades, the increase in population movements has turned the focus to imported diseases. The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the access to health care systems, especially in highly vulnerable populations. We address the effects of the pandemic on the health screening of migrant unaccompanied minors (UM) in Spain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: The main objective of this study was to analyze the degree of knowledge and compliance of Spanish pediatricians with the "do not do" recommendations of the Spanish Association of Pediatrics. A nationwide cross-sectional, descriptive study was carried out using a 25-item questionnaire among Spanish pediatricians. Univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analyses were performed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHere, we present a case of off-label successful use of the T2 MR (T2Candida test) for the diagnosis of invasive candidiasis ( endolphthalmitis). This case demonstrates that T2Candida could be performed in sterile body fluids to improve microbiological diagnosis of invasive candidiasis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To analyze the assessment of the care of children with medical complexity (CMC) in Primary Care (PC), from the point of view of their doctors and their families.
Design: Observational, descriptive and transversal study. SITE: PC Pediatrics and Complex Chronic Pathology Unit (UPCC) of Hospital Universitario La Paz (HULP).
Pyogenic sacroilitis is an infrequent osteoarticular infection, and its diagnosis is a challenge in young children. A series of 20 cases is described. The median age was 15 months, 75% of them being under 2 years old.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: In 2014 the Consensus Document produced by the Spanish Paediatric Societies (SEIP-SERPE-SEOP) was published to help in the diagnosis and treatment of osteoarticular infections (OAI). In 2015 the RIOPed was considered as a multidisciplinary national network for the investigation into OAI. The aim of this study was to assess the level of adaption to the recommendations established in the Consensus during one year of follow-up.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: PFAPA syndrome is an autoinflammatory disease whose diagnosis is mainly clinical. Several treatments have been proposed; among them, tonsillectomy could be an effective one.
Material And Methods: Retrospective multicenter study.
Respiratory viral infections, particularly respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and rhinovirus, are the most importance risk factors for the onset of wheezing in infants and small children. Bronchiolitis is the most common acute respiratory infection in children under 1year of age, and the most common cause of hospitalization in this age group. RSV accounts for approximately 70% of all these cases, followed by rhinovirus, adenovirus, metapneumovirus and bocavirus.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To demonstrate that heated humidified high-flow nasal cannula (HHHFNC) is superior to inhaled hypertonic saline solution (HSS) in improving respiratory distress in moderate bronchiolitis. In addition, it could improve comfort and reduce length of hospital stay (LOS) and admission to Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU).
Design: Randomised Clinical Trial from 1 October 2010 to 31 December 2012.
We describe a case of SAPHO (synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis and osteitis) with an unusual presentation in a 14 year-old girl with low grade fever which lasts 8 months, left low back pain and elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rates and protein C-reactive with chronic anaemia. A radiograhy of the lower limbs showed a lytic image with osteitis and hyperostose in the right fibula, as a casual finding. This information, in addition to the acne, pustulosis, sternoclavicular arthritis and the studies got from the magnetic resonance image (MR) of spine, pointed out the diagnosis of SAPHO.
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