Publications by authors named "Marc Vindas"
Article Synopsis
- * Conducted in multiple hospitals from 2018-2020, the study involved pediatric patients aged 18 months to 17 years and utilized a handheld ultrasound device to collect data for training the algorithm.
- * Results showed the algorithm achieved an accuracy of 88.5% in identifying lung consolidation, with strong sensitivity and specificity, suggesting it could be effective in clinical settings for diagnosing pneumonia.
High-throughput Sequencing to Identify Bacteremia in Children with Cancer.
Pediatr Infect Dis J
August 2023
Article Synopsis
- - This study evaluated a new method called BacCapSeq for diagnosing bacteremia in children with cancer who have fever.
- - The results showed that BacCapSeq and traditional blood culture methods had some agreement, but not a perfect match.
- - Some of the differing bacteria identified by BacCapSeq were either unlikely to cause issues or might be relevant in certain clinical situations.
Objectives: Lung ultrasound (LUS) may help determine illness severity in children with acute lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) but limited pediatric studies exist. Our objective was to determine the association between LUS findings and illness severity in children with LRTI.
Methods: We conducted a prospective study of patients <20 years with LRTI.
In this case series, we describe the clinical course and outcomes of 7 febrile infants aged ≤60 days with confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection. No infant had severe outcomes, including the need for mechanical ventilation or ICU level of care. Two infants had concurrent urinary tract infections, which were treated with antibiotics.
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