Neonatal unplanned extubations: an unsolved safety issue.

Background: Unplanned extubations are safety events relatively frequent in the neonatal intensive care units (NICU). This study aimed to describe the frequency and characteristics of unplanned extubations in a NICU.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective observational study of unplanned extubations in the NICU of a tertiary regional referral hospital.

Manual Physical Therapy in the Treatment of Functional Constipation in Children: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

Make a preliminary assessment of the efficacy of manual physical therapy (MPT) compared to conventional pharmacologic treatment (CPT) in chronic pediatric functional constipation (CPC). A pilot randomized and controlled trial was conducted. Subjects were recruited in a tertiary university hospital in the north of Spain.