Publications by authors named "L Martinez-Arroyo"
Article Synopsis
- In Latin America, critically ill children face significant challenges during referral and transport, especially in resource-limited regions, but the impact on clinical outcomes is not well understood.
- The study analyzed data from 2,692 pediatric patients with acute respiratory failure transferred to intensive care units, focusing on identifying risk factors for mortality.
- Findings revealed that nonurban transport for referred patients was significantly associated with higher mortality rates, with an adjusted odds ratio of 9.4, indicating a strong risk factor.
The objective of this study was to describe the management of infants with acute bronchiolitis admit ted to 20 pediatric intensive care units (PICU) members of LARed in 5 Latin American countries. Pa tients and Method: Retrospective, multicenter, observational study of data from the Latin American Registry of Acute Pediatric Respiratory Failure. We included children under 2 years of age admitted to the PICU due to community-based acute bronchiolitis between May and September 2017.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The objective of this article was to present the diagnosis of a fatal infection by Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) in a child with acute myelogenous leukemia, a disease rarely reported in non-HIV infected children.
Methods: Specific identification of MAC was made by culture in BACTEC system from an open lung biopsy.
Results: A 5-year-old girl diagnosed with acute nonlymphoblastic leukemia was admitted because of fever during the maintenance phase after achieving a complete remission of her malignancy.