The clinical spectrum of 69 episodes of metapneumovirus pediatric infection (55 episodes caused by genotype A and 14 episodes caused by genotype B) was analyzed. Diagnosis of pneumonia was more common and the illness severity index (determined on the basis of need for hospitalization, oxygen saturation <90%, and intensive care unit stay) was higher for patients with metapneumovirus genotype A i...

MeSH Decision Trees; Discriminant Analysis; Humans; Karnofsky Performance Status; Length of Stay; Life Expectancy; Longevity; Palliative Care /methods /standards; Predictive Value of Tests; Prognosis; Prospective Studies; Reproducibility of Results; Research Design; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment; Sensitivity and Specificity; Severity of Illness Index; Survival Rate; Terminally Ill /sta...

Methods Prospective, descriptive study in a multi-disciplinary ICU, university referral hospital from June 2013 to May 2014. Demographic data, severity of illness based on sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA), degree of independence (Barthel index) and comorbidities (Charlson Index) were documented. Age was categorized into subgroups, assigning a score of 1-6 upstream ( < 40; 40-60; 61-70...

The increase in costs of hospitalization for patients with drug-resistant infection may be associated with drug resistance itself or with the severity of the underlying illness that predisposes patients to acquire the drug-resistant infection. To address this issue, risk factors and cost of hospitalization were compared for patients infected or colonized with vancomycin-susceptible Enterococcus...

BACKGROUND The inflammatory background of patients influences the process of alloimmunization against red blood cell antigens. Proof of this statement to clinical practice is still lacking. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to verify whether factors related to disease severity and inflammatory status of cancer patients can predict alloimmunization. METHODS This was a case-control study in...

OBJECTIVES To analyze the relationship between previous severity of illness, lactic acid, creatinine and inotropic index with mortality of in-hospital cardiac arrest (CA) in children, and the value of a prognostic index designed for adults. METHODS The study included total of 44 children aged from 1 month to 18 years old who suffered a cardiac arrest while in hospital. The relationship betwee...

OBJECTIVE To critically review, analyze, and synthesize the literature on parenting stress among caregivers of children with asthma, cancer, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, epilepsy, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, and/or sickle cell disease. Method PsychInfo, MEDLINE, and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature were searched according to inclusion criteria. Meta-analysis of 13 studi...