Changing Trends in the Global Consumption of Treatments Used in Hospitalized Patients for COVID-19: A Time Series Multicentre Study.

Aim: To analyze trends in the prescription of COVID-19 treatments for hospitalized patients during the pandemic.

Methods: Multicenter, ecological, time-series study of aggregate data for all adult patients with COVID-19 treated in five acute-care hospitals in Barcelona, Spain, between March 2020 and May 2021. Trends in the monthly prevalence of drugs used against COVID-19 were analyzed by the Mantel-Haenszel test.

Concordance of the risk of neonatal respiratory morbidity assessed by quantitative ultrasound lung texture analysis in fetuses of twin pregnancies.

To evaluate the concordance of the risk of neonatal respiratory morbidity (NRM) assessed by quantitative ultrasound lung texture analysis (QuantusFLM) between twin fetuses of the same pregnancy. Prospective study conducted in twin pregnancies. Fetal ultrasound lung images were obtained at 26.

From a Distance: Comparison of In-Person and Virtual Assessments With Adult-Child Dyads From Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds.

Purpose: Our proof-of-concept study tested the feasibility of virtual testing using child assessments that were originally validated for in-person testing only.

Method: Ten adult-child dyads were assigned to complete both in-person and virtual tests of language, cognition, and narratives. Child participants fell between the ages of 4 and 8 years; adult participants were speech-language clinicians or researchers with experience in administering child assessments.

Latency to delivery in physical examination-indicated cerclage in twins is similar to that in singleton pregnancies.

Objective: To compare latency to delivery and perinatal outcomes between twin and singleton pregnancies undergoing physical examination-indicated cerclage.

Methods: Retrospective observational study (2007-2017) of women who underwent physical examination-indicated cerclage at the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona. Primary outcomes were latency from cerclage to delivery and gestational age at delivery.

Gender-Specific Antenatal Growth Reference Charts in Monochorionic Twins.

Objective: To create antenatal gender-specific reference growth charts in uncomplicated monochorionic diamniotic twins.

Materials And Methods: This is a prospective longitudinal study in which uncomplicated monochorionic (MC) twin pregnancies were included from 23 + 4 weeks of gestation onwards. Estimated fetal weight (EFW) and biometric parameters (biparietal diameter, head circumference, abdominal circumference, and femur length) were evaluated in both fetuses every 2 weeks using standardized methodology.

Overview of Chromosome Abnormalities in First Trimester Miscarriages: A Series of 1,011 Consecutive Chorionic Villi Sample Karyotypes.

In order to contribute to the knowledge of type and frequency of chromosome abnormalities in early pregnancy losses, we analyzed the cytogenetic results from a large series of first trimester miscarriages, using a diagnostic approach with a high success rate and no maternal contamination. A total of 1,119 consecutive chorionic villi samples were obtained before evacuation, and karyotypes were prepared after short-term culture (STC). In 603 samples, a long-term culture (LTC) was also performed.

A 92,XXXY Miscarriage Consecutive to a Digynic Triploid Pregnancy.

The patient was referred for prenatal diagnosis due to the sonographic finding of a polymalformed male fetus, and an amniocentesis was performed before termination of pregnancy. The pathological study of the placenta did not show morphological alterations. In her next pregnancy, sonographic examination disclosed a missed abortion with a visible embryo, and a chorionic villi sample was obtained for cytogenetic analysis before evacuation.

The effect of maternal age on chromosomal anomaly rate and spectrum in recurrent miscarriage.

Study Question: Is there any effect of maternal age on chromosomal anomaly rate and spectrum in recurrent miscarriage?

Summary Answer: There was no significant difference in the chromosome abnormality rate between sporadic and recurrent miscarriage but the chromosome abnormality rate increased significantly with maternal age.

What Is Known Already: About 50-70% of non-recurrent miscarriages occur because of a chromosomal anomaly, but no agreement about the effect of either maternal age or the number of previous miscarriages on the chromosomal anomaly rate has been reached.

Study Design, Size, Duration: A retrospective cohort of 353 miscarriages successfully karyotyped in the same center between 2002 and 2011, grouped according to the number of miscarriages and maternal age.

Brain abscess and epidural empyema caused by Salmonella enteritidis in a child: successful treatment with ciprofloxacin: a case report.

Focal intracranial infections caused by Salmonella are rare, especially those produced by S. enteritidis. We describe the case of a 26-month-old girl who underwent surgery for a frontoparietal ependymoma and presented with epidural empyema and a brain abscess due to S.

Food security in Latin America.

Although the nutrition situation in most Latin American countries is improving and malnutrition is easing, worrisome factors are emerging. Huge rural-to-urban migrations have been accompanied by a worsening nutrition situation in rural populations, especially in Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil, a phenomenon not readily apparent from average food availability and malnutrition data. Average figures can also mask the severe nutrition problems that persist in four densely populated areas: the Caribbean Islands, Central America, the Andean region, and parts of Brazil.

First Pediatric Intensive Care Congress in Chile.

Objective: To summarize the First Chilean Congress on Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. DATA SOURCE/EXTRACTION: Program schedule, presentations, abstracts.

Study Selection: Descriptive summary of the congress.