Impact of changes in serum sodium levels on 2-year neurologic outcomes for very preterm neonates.

Objective: The goal was to analyze the relationship between changes in serum sodium levels during the first month of life and impaired functional outcomes at 2 years of age for very preterm infants.

Methods: All very preterm infants who were born at <33 weeks of gestation between January 1, 2003, and July 31, 2004, were hospitalized in the NICU, and survived to discharge were included in this study. Changes in serum sodium levels were measured, and infants were evaluated at corrected age of 2 years.

Is a prophylactic treatment by erythropoietin relevant to reduce red blood cell transfusion in the pediatric intensive care unit?

Objective: An adult trial reported the efficacy of recombinant human erythropoietin in critically ill patients with a 19% decrease in red blood cell transfusion. Our aim was to evaluate the relevance of this prophylactic treatment in children hospitalized in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU).

Design: Cohort study from January 1995 to December 2004.