A randomised controlled trial of placebo, droperidol or ondansetron to prevent nausea and vomiting after tonsillectomy in children receiving dexamethasone.

We tested whether prophylactic droperidol and ondansetron, in combination with a moderate dose of dexamethasone, were equally effective in reducing nausea and vomiting after tonsillectomy in children and that both were superior to saline with dexamethasone. We randomly allocated 300 children to intravenous saline, droperidol 10 μg.kg or ondansetron 150 μg.

[Pediatrics. The PAT: a simple and rapid tool for the assessment of the severely ill or injured child].

The Pediatric Assessment Triangle (PAT) has become the cornerstone for the assessment and treatment of a critically ill or injured infant/young child. Now incorporated to the PALS course, it can be taught to all levels of health care providers in charge of severly-ill children. The PAT is a rapid and simple observational tool suitable for pediatric assessment regardless of complaint or underlying diagnosis.

Impact of migration on illness experience and help-seeking strategies of patients from Turkey and Bosnia in primary health care in Basel.

Migration, particularly among refugees and asylum seekers, poses many challenges to the health system of host countries. This study examined the impact of migration history on illness experience, its meaning and help-seeking strategies of migrant patients from Bosnia and Turkey with a range of common health problems in general practice in Basel, Switzerland. The Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue, a data collection instrument for cross-cultural research which combines epidemiological and ethnographic research approaches, was used in semi-structured one-to-one patient interviews.