Trajectory of Pain, Functional Limitation, and Parental Coping Resources Following Pediatric Short-stay Surgery: Factors Impacting Rate of Recovery.

Objectives: Although there are many benefits of short-stay hospital admissions for high volume, pediatric surgical procedures, this model of care places greater responsibility on parents for the management of children's pain. This study aimed to document the trajectory of child pain outcomes and a range of parent-reported functional outcomes following discharge from a short-stay surgical admission. Moreover, we aimed to document the trajectory of parental perceived personal coping resources.

Non-specific effects of childhood vaccinations - A case control study nested into a Health and Demographic Surveillance System in rural Burkina Faso.

Introduction: Previous studies in African countries have been suggestive of non-specific effects (NSE) of vaccination on child survival. Live vaccines (e.g.

Congruence of Organizational Self-Score and Audit-Based Organizational Assessments of Workplace Health Capabilities: An Analysis of the HealthLead Workplace Accreditation.

Objective: The aim of this study was to provide descriptive characteristics of companies accredited as part of the HealthLead Workplace Accreditation and to assess congruence between data reported via online organizational self-assessment and third-party onsite audit.

Methods: Synthesized organizational level data collected through the HealthLead accreditation process (N = 22). Online self-assessment and onsite third-party audit data were compared using paired t-tests.

Cerebral hypoxia, missing cortical somatosensory evoked potentials and recovery of consciousness.

Background: Bilaterally absent N20 components of the sensory evoked potentials (SEP) from the median nerve are regarded as accurately predicting poor outcome after cardiac arrest.

Case Presentation: We are reporting on a patient, who regained consciousness despite this ominous finding. Early after cardiac arrest, MRI showed signal alterations in diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) bilaterally in the primary visual and sensorimotor cortex and in the basal ganglia.

[Patients at the end of life in the intensive care unit: cultural aspects of accompaniment].

The accompaniment of people in the face of death offers insights into dimensions which are mostly not seen in ordinary life. These insights also exist in intensive care in German hospitals and are highly relevant in medical decision making. End-of-life decisions in particular often determine medical, cultural and spiritual aspects concerning medical treatment and therapeutic targets and if necessary new therapy targets.