Publications by authors named "Luana Amancio"
Objective: To describe a case series of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) in a pediatric tertiary hospital.
Methods: Patients under the age of 18 years who met MIS-C criteria of the Brazilian Ministry of Health (MH) and/or the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) were included. A retrospective analysis was carried out by reviewing medical records and complementary exams.
Background: Pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) recipients represent a vulnerable population with regard to health care-associated infections (HAI) with a differentiated profile of etiologic agents. There are few reports in the literature regarding HAI in the pediatric population submitted to HSCT.
Methods: This is a retrospective study conducted in a pediatric HSCT unit in Curitiba, Brazil between February 2013 and December 2017 that evaluated 109 pediatric patients.
Introduction: Pediatric urolithiasis has become more prevalent in recent decades, with high recurrence rates and considerable morbidity. Most children with idiopathic urolithiasis have an underlying metabolic abnormality and proper research provides therapeutic interventions to reduce the formation of new stones and its complications.
Objective: To identify demographic and clinical characteristics of pediatric urolithiasis, etiology, treatment management, disease recurrence and patient outcomes in a tertiary care pediatric hospital.