Bacteriologic profile and susceptibility pattern of mechanically ventilated paediatric patients with pneumonia.

Aim: Due to the current widespread bacterial resistance to many antibiotics - especially extended-spectrum β-lactams, carbapenems, and anti-pseudomonal drugs - therapy for severe pneumonia is very challenging. This study aimed to assess antimicrobial sensitivity patterns and optimisation of the antibiotic stewardship program applied at a university-affiliated paediatric intensive care unit (PICU).

Subjects And Methods: This prospective cohort study included all patients aged 1 month to 12 years, admitted to the PICU with severe pneumonia episodes indicated for mechanical ventilation, and were followed up and investigated.

Association of lactate/albumin ratio level to organ failure and mortality in severe sepsis in a pediatric intensive care unit in Egypt.

Moustafa AA, Antonios MAM, Abdellatif EM, Hussain AH. Association of lactate/albumin ratio level to organ failure and mortality in severe sepsis in a pediatric intensive care unit in Egypt. Turk J Pediatr 2018; 60: 691-701.

Performance of the pediatric logistic organ dysfunction (PELOD) and (PELOD-2) scores in a pediatric intensive care unit of a developing country.

Unlabelled: The study aimed to compare two scores: the pediatric logistic organ dysfunction (PELOD) with its updated version (PELOD-2) in describing the severity of organ dysfunction in pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and assess the performance of PELOD-2 in the Egyptian population. A prospective cohort study of 200 patients consecutively admitted to PICU between July 2015 and A 2016 was included. The median age was 6 months, and the male to female ratio was 1.