Virtual Adaptation of an International Exchange Program in Medical Education.

Medical education has drastically transformed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Measures such as adopting telemedicine visits, minimizing the number of trainees on service, discontinuing external rotations, and converting in-person to online didactics have been broadly and swiftly implemented. While these innovations have promoted greater interconnectivity amongst institutions and made continuing medical education possible, international exchange programs in medical education are still largely disrupted.

Pneumocystis primary infection in non-immunosuppressed infants in Lima, Peru.

Objectives: To provide original data on Pneumocystis primary infection in non-immunosuppressed infants from Peru.

Methods: A cross sectional study was performed. Infants less than seven months old, without any underlying medical conditions attending the "well baby" outpatient clinic at one hospital in Lima, Peru were prospectively enrolled during a 15-month period from November 2016 to February 2018.

Solventless Preparation of Thoria and Its Inclusion into SiO and TiO: A Luminescence and Photocatalysis Study.

Thoria was prepared using a solid-state method from the macromolecular precursor Chitosan·Th(NO) (chitosan) and PS-co-4-PVP·Th(NO) (PVP). The morphology and the average size of ThO depend of the chitosan and PS-co-4-PVP polymer forming the precursor. Their photoluminescent properties were investigated, finding a dependence of their intensity emission maxima, with the nature of the precursor polymer.

Effect of bovine lactoferrin on prevention of late-onset sepsis in infants <1500 g: a pooled analysis of individual patient data from two randomized controlled trials.

We previously conducted two randomized controlled trials with bovine lactoferrin (bLF) for the prevention of late-onset sepsis (LOS) in infants with a birth weight <2500 g (Study 1) and <2000 g (Study 2). The aim of this study was to determine the preventative effects of bLF on culture-proven or probable LOS in infants with a birth weight <1500 g from both studies, and to determine the effect of bLF in relation to intake of human milk. Both trial designs had similar inclusion and exclusion criteria, the same dose of bLF [200 mg·(kg body mass)·day], and used the same control (maltodextrin).

Is Mother's Own Milk Lactoferrin Intake Associated with Reduced Neonatal Sepsis, Necrotizing Enterocolitis, and Death?

Introduction: Lactoferrin (LF) is a protective protein present in milk with anti-infective and immune-modulating properties.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the association of maternal LF intake and mother's own milk intake in the first 10 days of life on the prevention of late-onset sepsis (LOS), necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), or death in the first 8 weeks of life in newborns with a birth weight <2,000 g.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted, with the exposure being the consumption of mother's own LF and mother's own milk in the first 10 days of life, and the outcome being LOS, NEC, or death during days 11 and 56 of life, analyzed by Cox regression.