Music for pain relief during bed bathing of mechanically ventilated patients: A pilot study.

Background: Pain is a universal issue and is of particular concern in mechanically ventilated patients, as they require intensive nursing care and multiple invasive procedures, while being unable to communicate verbally. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of music on pain experienced by mechanically ventilated patients during morning bed bathing.

Methods: Of the 60 mechanically ventilated patients enrolled in this single-center pilot study between March 2013 and October 2015, the first 30 received no music and the next 30 the music intervention, during the morning bed bath.

[Malassezia furfur septicemia after bone marrow graft].

Background: Systemic Malassezia furfur (Mf) infections are only seen in neonates and immunocompromised patients.

Case Report: A 2-year-8-month-old boy was given chemotherapy for mediastinal T cell lymphoma. Meningeal relapse supervened 10 months later, requiring polychemotherapy plus CNS irradiation followed by bone marrow transplantation.

Serum erythropoietin in small for gestational age fetuses.

Serum erythropoietin (Epo) concentration was compared prenatally in adequate (AGA) and small for gestational age (SGA) fetuses. Fifty-four percutaneous umbilical blood samplings were paired with maternal blood and assessed for Epo, hematocrit and reticulocyte count. Seventeen fetuses were growth-retarded (SGA) on the basis of ultrasonic biometry and birth weight.

Successful blood stem cell collection and transplant in children weighing less than 25 kg.

Peripheral blood stem cells (PBSCs) were collected for autotransplantation in 20 children (median age 4 years, range 0.5-10 years) weighing < 25 kg (median 14.5 kg, range 6.