Publications by authors named "Gerald Boussicault"
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- * Data from a population-based study conducted in western France between 2009 and 2014 was used, involving 227 children who faced severe infections, with a median age of 2.1 years.
- * The results showed that while the median times to antibiotics were 7 hours for the patient interval and 3.3 hours for the medical interval, there was no significant link between the time to antibiotics and child mortality or severe outcomes.
The number of studies on post-traumatic stress disorder after hospitalization in a pediatric intensive care unit raised since 2004. The objective of this systematic review was to summarize and critically examine the literature about risk factors for these children to develop post-traumatic stress disorder following admission to an intensive care unit. The data sources were PubMed, Cochrane, Web of Science, PsycInfo, SUDOC, Scopus, and ScienceDirect.
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- The study aims to assess the quality of initial care for community-onset severe bacterial infections (COSBIs) in children, targeting actions to reduce high morbidity and mortality rates associated with these infections.
- Conducted in western France between 2009 and 2014, the research included a cohort of children aged 1 month to 16 years who either died before being admitted to pediatric intensive care or were admitted with a COSBI.
- Key outcomes focused on evaluating 8 specific areas of care, finding that the quality of initial treatment varied significantly, with a portion of cases deemed certainly suboptimal, which can influence future care strategies.
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- The study aimed to analyze the prevalence and changes in severe bacterial infections among children in the community over a five-year period, from 2009 to 2014, focusing on those who died or required intensive care.
- The research showed a significant decrease in both the incidence (down 53%) and mortality rate (down 73%) of these infections compared to earlier data from 2000 to 2006, particularly linked to improved vaccination efforts against meningococcal and pneumococcal diseases.
- Key findings included that the most common bacteria causing these infections were Neisseria meningitidis and Streptococcus pneumoniae, with a notable rise (220%) in infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus during the study
Background: In a context of suboptimal vaccination coverage and increasing vaccine hesitancy, we aimed to study morbidity and mortality in children related to missing or incomplete meningococcal C and pneumococcal conjugate vaccines.
Methods: We conducted a prospective, observational, population-based study from 2009 to 2014 in a French administrative area that included all children from age 1 month to 16 years who died before admission or were admitted to an intensive care unit for a community-onset bacterial infection. Vaccine-preventable infection was defined as an infection with an identified serotype included in the national vaccine schedule at the time of infection and occurring in a non- or incompletely vaccinated child.
Background: The optimal age for assessing language difficulties in premature children remains unclear.
Aims: To determine the most predictive and earliest screening tool for later language difficulties on children born preterm.
Study Design: A prospective population-based study in the Loire Infant Follow-up Team LIFT SUBJECTS: All children born <35weeks of gestation between 2003 and 2005 were assessed at corrected ages by four screening tools: the Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) communication scale at 18 and 24months, the language items of Brunet Lezine test at 24months, and the "Epreuves de Repérage des Troubles du Langage" (ERTL) at 4years.
Objective: To determine the usefulness of a neurodevelopmental assessment tool consisting of a questionnaire administered to teachers to measure the Global School Adaptation (GSA) scores of very preterm children at the age of 5 years.
Study Design: A sample of 445 very preterm children (<35 weeks of gestation) was assessed at 5 years of age using GSA and IQ scores. According to the consistency between the scores, children were determined to be well classified, intermediately classified, or misclassified.