Publications by authors named "Krauel Vidal Xavier"
Objectives: To evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of a continuous glucose monitoring system (CGMS) in a population of infants of very low birth weight (VLBW).
Study Design: Infants weighing
Background: It has recently been suggested that serum procalcitonin (PCT) is of value in the diagnosis of neonatal sepsis, with varying results. The aim of this prospective multicenter study was to assess the usefulness of PCT as a marker of neonatal sepsis of nosocomial origin.
Methods: One hundred infants aged between 4 and 28 days of life admitted to the Neonatology Services of 13 acute-care teaching hospitals in Spain over 1-year with clinical suspicion of neonatal sepsis of nosocomial origin were included in the study.
Article Synopsis
- - The study aimed to analyze the epidemiological characteristics of nosocomial infections (NI) in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at a university hospital in Barcelona from May to October 2000.
- - In the PICU, there were 26.5 NI per 100 admissions, while the NICU had 74.3, with bacteraemia being the most common type of infection and Gram-positive bacteria being the main pathogens identified.
- - Key risk factors for NI included age under 1 year and mechanical ventilation in the PICU, and low birth weight and umbilical artery catheterization in the NICU, highlighting the need for improved infection control measures to