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Pediatr Pulmonol
January 2025
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonology, Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi
January 2025
Department of Pediatrics, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Fuzhou University/Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fuzhou 350001, China.
Objectives: To investigate the risk factors for plastic bronchitis (PB) in children with macrolide-unresponsive pneumonia (MUMPP) and to establish a nomogram prediction model.
Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 178 children with MUMPP who underwent bronchoscopy from January to December 2023. According to the presence or absence of PB, the children were divided into a PB group (49 children) and a non-PB group (129 children).
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg
January 2025
Department of Congenital and Pediatric Heart Surgery, German Heart Center Munich, University Hospital of Technische Universität München, Munich Germany, Division of Congenital and Pediatric Heart Surgery, University Hospital of Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany, Europäisches Kinderherzzentrum München, Munich, Germany.
Objectives: This study investigated the longitudinal changes in ventricular function and atrioventricular valve function to clarify the timing and the mechanisms of failing Fontan.
Methods: Patients who underwent total cavopulmonary connection between 1994 and 2023 were reviewed, and longitudinal echocardiographic examinations of ventricular function and atrioventricular valve regurgitation were analyzed.
Results: A total of 650 patients were included.
Cureus
December 2024
Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, Graduate School of Infection Control Sciences & Ōmura Satoshi Memorial Institute, Kitasato University, Tokyo, JPN.
Necrotizing soft tissue infections (NTSIs) represent a concept of necrotizing infections involving the skin, subcutaneous tissue, fascia, and muscle, and it is a potentially fatal disease. Early exploratory incision is strongly recommended for both the diagnosis and treatment of necrotizing soft tissue infections. Treatment of necrotizing soft tissue infections requires the administration of appropriate antimicrobial agents and adequate surgical debridement.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Korean Med Sci
January 2025
Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital and Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea.
Background: Community acquired lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) is a leading cause for hospitalization in children and important cause for antibiotic prescription. We aimed to describe the aetiology of LRTI in children and analyse factors associated with bacterial or viral infection.
Methods: Patients aged < 19 years with a diagnosis of LRTI were identified from the Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership Common Data Model Database of Seoul National University Bundang Hospital from January 2005-July 2019, and their clinical characteristics were obtained from the electronic medical records and retrospectively reviewed.
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