Outpatient management of childhood acute diarrhea: survey among pediatricians from a children's hospital in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.

Introduction: The management of acute diarrhea is based on preventing dehydration and reducing disease duration and severity. , Ángela Gentilea INTRODUCTION The study objective was to establish the patterns for the outpatient management of acute diarrhea in children younger than 5 years.

Methods: Observational, analytical study using a self-administered survey among pediatricians from a children's hospital in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.

Cost-Effectiveness of Pneumococcal Vaccines for Adults Aged 65 Years and Older in Argentina.

Objectives: In 2017, the Argentine Ministry of Health incorporated a sequential 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13)-23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23) regimen for adults aged ≥65 years to reduce pneumococcal disease burden. Cost-effectiveness analysis of PCV13-PPSV23 schedule for adults aged ≥65 years in Argentina was performed compared with PPSV23 only.

Methods: Markov model was developed.

[Vaccination in children under 1 year with pertussis component in the context of the global initiative for the eradication of poliomyelitis in Argentina: economic analysis].

Background: Global Polio Eradication Initiative promotes the introduction of inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) in its programs, with withdrawal of Sabin (bOPV). There is no an economic analysis of the investment related to the incorporation of IPV vaccines together with a whole cell Bordetella pertussis vaccine or combined with acellular hexavalent.

Aim: An economic model that compares different vaccination schemes for the prevention of polio and pertussis in the first year of life was carried out.

Forecasting the effect of social distancing on COVID-19 autumn-winter outbreak in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires.

Forecasting the extent of the domestic health risk of epidemics by mathematical modeling is a useful tool for evaluating the feasibility of policies for controlling outbreaks. The objective of this study was to develop a time-dependent dynamic simulation model to forecast the COVID-19 autumn-winter outbreak in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires, and to assess the effect of social distancing on epidemic spread. The model used was the "Susceptible-Exposed-Infectious-Recovered" framework which incorporated appropriate compartments relevant to interventions such as quarantine, isolation and treatment.

Survey on knowledge, prescription habits, and management of fever among pediatricians at a children's hospital.

Introduction: There are discrepancies in relation to pediatricians' approach to fever. Our objective was to describe the knowledge, prescription habits, and drug and non-drug treatment indications for fever among physicians at a children's hospital in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. Material and methods.

Knowledge and management of fever in parents of children under 5 years of age at a children's hospital.

Introduction: In pediatrics, fever is a common reason for consultation. The objective was to assess parental knowledge, behaviors, and fears in the management of fever in their children.

Materials And Methods: Observational, analytical, cross-sectional study.

Hospitalization costs associated with diarrhea among children during the period of rotavirus circulation in the Northwest region of Argentina.

Objetive: To assess direct medical costs, outof-pocket expenses, and indirect costs in cases of hospitalizations for acute diarrhea among children <5 years of age at Hospital de Niños "Héctor Quintana" in the province of Jujuy during the period of rotavirus circulation in the Northwest region of Argentina.

Methods: Cross-sectional study on diseaserelated costs. All children <5 years of age, hospitalized with the diagnosis of acute diarrhea and dehydration during the period of rotavirus circulation between May 1st and October 31st of 2013, were included.

Estimation of the cost-effectiveness of apixaban versus vitamin K antagonists in the management of atrial fibrillation in Argentina.

Apixaban, a novel oral anticoagulant which has been approved for the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in non-valvular atrial fibrillation, reduces both ischemic and haemorrhagic stroke and produces fewer bleedings than vitamin K antagonist warfarin. These clinical results lead to a decrease in health care resource utilization and, therefore, have a positive impact on health economics of atrial fibrillation. The cost-effectiveness of apixaban has been assessed in a variety of clinical settings and countries.

[Impact on the direct medical cost related to the influenza virus during 2009 in children under 5 years compared to the period 2006-2008 in a pediatric hospital].

Introduction: Epidemic outbreaks of influenza occur every year and healthcare systems must amplify their response in accordance with available medical resources. This situation generates cost increases. During the recent influenza A pandemic, costs were likely to have been greater than in previous years.

Cost-effectiveness of the CRM-based 7-valent pneumococcal conjugated vaccine (PCV7) in Argentina.

Unlabelled: Due to the region's own conditions, universal vaccination with pneumococcal conjugate heptavalent vaccine (PCV-7) in Latin American countries is still controversial.

Objective: To compare projected economic costs and health benefits associated with pneumococcal conjugate heptavalent vaccine as a routine immunization in healthy children in Argentina.

Design: A decision analytic model of Markov simulated lifetime evolution of a birth cohort (n 696,451) was developed and compared costs and health benefits of pneumococcal disease in the presence and absence of vaccination.