A prospective placebo-controlled study on the efficacy of onion extract in silicone derivative gel for the prevention of hypertrophic scar and keloid in median sternotomy wound in pediatric patients.

Background: New topical treatments studied in adults have been published to be potentially effective in the treatment of hypertrophic scar and keloids. There is still no study in Thai children.

Objective: To study the efficacy of 10% onion extract in silicone derivative gel for the prevention of hypertrophic scar and keloid in median sternotomy wound from open heart surgery in pediatric patients.

Incidence and risk factors of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in mechanically ventilated children.

Objective: To identify the incidence and factors related to upper gastrointestinal (UGI) bleeding in children requiring mechanical ventilation for longer than 48 hrs.

Design: Prospective analytic study.

Setting: Ten-bed-pediatric intensive care unit of a tertiary care University Hospital.