Ventilator-associated Pneumonia in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Due to Chryseobacterium indologenes.

Ventilator-associated pneumonia represents one of the most common nosocomial infections in neonatal intensive care units, increasing morbidity and mortality and associated costs. The authors report the case of a neonatal patient with ventilator-associated pneumonia secondary to Chryseobacterium indologenes and a review of the literature. The most effective empiric treatment for C.

Traveling with children: beyond car seat safety.

Objective: To spread knowledge and instigate the health professional to give advice on childcare during travels and on child transport safety.

Sources Of Data: Literature review through the LILACS and MEDLINE(®) databases, using the terms: travel, safety, protective equipment, child, preventive medicine, retrieving articles published in the last 21 years.

Summary Of The Findings: The authors analyzed 93 articles, of which 66 met the inclusion criteria after summaries were read.

Gestational, perinatal and family findings of patients with Patau syndrome.

Objective: To describe gestational, perinatal and family findings of patients with Patau syndrome (PS).

Methods: The study enrolled patients with PS consecutively evaluated during 38 years in a Clinical Genetics Service of a pediatric referral hospital in Southern Brazil. The clinical data and the results of cytogenetic analysis were collected from the medical records.

Clinical features and prognosis of a sample of patients with trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome) from Brazil.

Trisomy 13 or Patau syndrome (PS) is a chromosomal disorder characterized by a well known presentation of multiple congenital anomalies. Our objective was to determine the clinical features and prognosis observed in a sample of patients with PS. The series was composed of patients with diagnosis of PS consecutively evaluated by a Clinical Genetics Service from a reference hospital of southern Brazil, in the period between 1975 and 2012.