Background: Paediatric sepsis is the leading cause of death in children under 5 years. No studies have evaluated the application of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign 2020 (SSC-2020) guidelines in paediatric emergency departments (PEDs).
Objective: To assess physician adherence to the SSC-2020 fluid resuscitation guidelines in children with suspected septic shock in PEDs.
Objective: The aim of this study was to characterize conventional pediatric care capacities in French public hospitals and identify the main difficulties in guiding upcoming health policies. The secondary objective was to assess the quality of care by the implementation of the European Charter of the Rights of Children in Hospital.
Method: Multicenter cross-sectional study using a questionnaire survey sent by e-mail to the heads of conventional pediatric departments in four French regions identified on the French Hospital Federation's website.
Arch Pediatr
September 2014
Cystic lymphangiomas are benign malformative tumors of the lymphatic vessels, rare but potentially serious and usually located in the cervical region. The diagnosis is usually easy, but the treatment is sometimes difficult because of their location and extension into the surrounding tissue. We report a case of giant cystic lymphangioma of the right axillary-thoracic wall diagnosed by prenatal ultrasound at 20 weeks gestation.
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