Long-term outcome after pediatric intensive care unit asthma admissions.

Background: Patients with asthma admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) are often found to have had previous severe asthma exacerbations.

Objective: To prospectively evaluate the outcome of children after PICU admission.

Methods: Patients, ages 218 years, admitted to the PICU at Assaf Harofeh Medical Center over a 10-year period were assessed at a mean of 10 years after their admission and compared with matched patients admitted to the pediatric ward.

Levonorgestrel used for emergency contraception during lactation-a prospective observational cohort study on maternal and infant safety.

Objective: To identify possible effects of levonorgestrel used as an emergency contraceptive during breastfeeding on mothers and their infants.

Study Design: A prospective observational cohort study of all women who contacted the Teratology Information Service between January, 2005 and January, 2010. Breastfeeding women who used levonorgestrel as an emergency contraceptive (study group) were compared to breastfeeding women who used either ethynodiol diacetate or desogestrel (control group).