[The influence of hydrokinesitherapy on motor and cardiorespiratory functions in hereditary myopathy of childhood].

Objective: To evaluate the impact of regular hydrokinesotherapy sessions and indicators of cardiorespiratory functions on the motor abilities of patients with hereditary myopathy of childhood.

Material And Methods: The study included 63 patients with genetically confirmed hereditary myopathy. Group 1 included 32 patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) who were in the early ambulatory stage.

Survey of pediatric massive transfusion protocol practice at United States level I trauma centers: An AABB Pediatric Transfusion Medicine Subsection study.

Background: Trauma remains the leading cause of pediatric mortality in the United States. Although use of massive transfusion protocols (MTPs) in this population is widespread, optimal pediatric resuscitation is not well established. We sought to assess contemporary pediatric MTP practice in the United States.

Management of pregnancies with anti-K alloantibodies and the predictive value of anti-K titration testing.

Anti-KEL1 antigen (also referred to as anti-Kell, or anti-K) alloimmunisation is the second most common cause of severe haemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn, after anti-rhesus D antigen, and can cause substantial fetal morbidity and mortality. Both fetal erythropoietic suppression and haemolysis contribute to anaemia. Typically, once a clinically significant alloantibody is identified during pregnancy, antibody titration is performed as a screening test to predict the risk of anaemia and the need for maternal-fetal medicine referral.