Semi-quantitative lung ultrasound score during ground transportation of outborn neonates with respiratory failure.

Unlabelled: Lung ultrasound score (LUS) is increasingly diffused in neonatal critical care but scanty data are available about its use during transfer of severely ill neonates. We aimed to clarify the effect of ground transportation on LUS evolution, conformity of interpretation, and relationships with oxygenation and clinical severity. This is a single-center, blinded, observational, cross-sectional study.

Safety of early norepinephrine infusion through peripheral vascular access during transport of critically ill children.

Study Objective: In prehospital and emergency settings, vasoactive medications may need to be started through a peripheral intravenous catheter. Fear of extravasation and skin injury, with norepinephrine specifically, may prevent or delay peripheral vasopressor initiation, though studies from adults suggest the actual risk is low. We sought to study the risk of extravasation and skin injury with peripheral administration of norepinephrine in children in the prehospital setting.

Potentially preventable tuberculosis cases in children exposed to a contaminant case.

Early screening is recommended in children exposed to a contagious case of tuberculosis (TB), to prevent rapid progression to active TB. The aim of this study was to evaluate the percentage of potentially preventable cases of pediatric TB stemming from inadequate screening. The data gathered on children aged 0 to 10 years, who were evaluated by the Paris Center for TB Control (CLAT75) between January 2009 and December 2013, were extracted and retrospectively analyzed.

[Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy associated with Coxsackie virus infection].

Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy is a rare but benign vasculitis occurring in infants aged from 4 to 24 months. Skin lesions can take various forms, including extensive hemorrhagic purpura, and can therefore be mistaken for purpura fulminans if associated with fever, which leads to initiating broad-spectrum antibiotic treatment. In the present case, we describe a 7-month-old boy with acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy and rapidly extensive purpura lesions that led to intravenous cefotaxime and amikacin treatment.

[Severe human parechovirus-3 sepsis in a 6-week-old infant].

Febrile infants under 3 months of age are often treated with broad-spectrum intravenous antibiotics while awaiting culture results, to prevent mother-to-child bacterial infections. Human parechoviruses (HPeV) have recently been described as etiologic agents of meningitis and severe sepsis in neonates and young infants. They are rarely investigated and are therefore probably underestimated.

[Sexual behaviors and acceptability of STI (including HIV) testing outside nightclubs in Saint-Gilles, Reunion].

The CDAG/CIDDIST centers (CDAG: Free Anonymous Testing Center/CIDDIST: STI Information, Testing and Diagnosis Center) were created in response to the demands of a population at risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections (STIs) wanting to undergo free, anonymous and confidential testing. On the occasion of Sidaction 2010, a study based on a sample of 100 individuals leaving nightclubs in Saint-Gilles (Réunion) was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of mobile interventions (i.e.

A new strategy to modulate alopecia using a combination of two specific and unique ingredients.

Male pattern hair loss is a major cosmetic concern affecting both genders with a preference for men. Major causes of hair loss in genetically predisposed individuals include hormonal dysfunction, loss of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins in the follicular bed, and localized microinflammation. Few options are yet available to correct the problem.

[Thermography of the breast. Sensitivity, specificity and reproducibility].

Thermography is a questionable method of diagnosis of breast diseases. In our study, we demonstrate that the low sensitivity and specificity is not related to the experience of the reader. One hundred thermograms were given to five different readers: three of them were thermographists, one was a gynecologist and the last one radiotherapist.