[Management of puncture pain in hospitalized children].

Unlabelled: Punctures are the main cause of pain during hospitalization in pediatrics. The application of a protocolized management improves the hospitalization experience.

Objective: To describe the in troduction of different strategies aimed at relieving pain associated with punctures in a pediatric middle care unit.

Relevance of codetection of respiratory viruses in the severity of acute respiratory infection in hospitalized children.

Introduction: Multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) allows simultaneous detection of respiratory viruses, raising questions about their relevance in the clinical feature.

Objective: To evaluate the contribution of clinical, epidemiological, and virological factors in the clinical course of children hospitalized due to ARI with viral co-detection.

Patients And Method: Pediatric patients ≤ 15 years old, hospitalized due to ARI at the UC-CHRISTUS Health Network Clinical Hospital between June and October 2014, and who presented a positive respiratory molecular panel test, were included.

Analysis of a learning assessment system for pediatric internship based upon objective structured clinical examination, clinical practice observation and written examination.

Objective: To describe and analyze three tools used in the assessment system applied to the pediatric internship over a 7-year period at the School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.

Methods: Retrospective observational research design for the assessment modalities implemented in the pediatric internship from 2001 through 2007. The tools were as follows: objective structured clinical examination (OSCE), written examination and daily clinical practice observation guidelines (DCPOG).