To cite: Bueno Campaña M, Olivares Ortiz J, Notario Muñoz C, et al. Arch Dis Child 2014;99:511–515. ABSTRACT Objective To demonstrate that heated humidified high-flow nasal cannula (HHHFNC) is superior to inhaled hypertonic saline solution (HSS) in improving respiratory distress in moderate bronchiolitis. In addition, it could improve comfort and reduce length of hospital stay (LOS) and admissi...

OBJECTIVE St Louis Children's Hospital (SLCH) developed Service for Hospital Admissions by Referring Physicians (SHARP) in January 2008 as an inpatient referral service for pediatricians who previously admitted their own patients. We hypothesized that use of SHARP would make hospitalization more efficient and cost-effective compared with the general pediatric medicine (GM) service. METHODS Ad...

To investigate whether ANG II type 1 (AT(1)) receptor blockade could protect kidney mitochondria in streptozotocin-induced Type 1 diabetes, we treated 8-wk-old male Sprague-Dawley rats with a single streptozotocin injection (65 mg/kg ip; STZ group), streptozotocin and drinking water containing either losartan (30 mg.kg(-1).day(-1); STZ+Los group) or amlodipine (3 mg.kg(-1).day(-1); STZ+Amlo gro...

We here introduce an extension and natural generalization of both the κ-μ shadowed and the classical Beckmann fading models: the Fluctuating Beckmann (FB) fading model. This new model considers the clustering of multipath waves on which the line-of-sight (LoS) components randomly fluctuate, together with the effect of in-phase/quadrature power imbalance in the LoS and non-LoS components. Thus, ...

Vasoactive intestinal peptide produces long-lasting changes in neural activity in the suprachiasmatic 1 nucleus 2 3 Takashi Kudo, Yu Tahara, Karen L. Gamble, Douglas G. McMahon, Gene D. Block, Christopher S. 4 Colwell 5 6 1. Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, Laboratory of Circadian and Sleep Medicine, 7 University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA 8 2. Depar...

BACKGROUND The number of HIV-related hospitalizations has decreased worldwide in recent years owing to the availability of highly active antiretroviral therapy. However, the change in HIV-related hospitalizations in Portugal has not been studied. Using comprehensive hospital discharge data from mainland Portuguese hospitals, we examined trends in HIV-related inpatient admissions, length of stay...

BACKGROUND The adverse effects of obesity on the physical health have been extensively studied in the general population, but not in motorcycle riders (includes both drivers and pillions). The aim of this study was to compare injury patterns, injury severities, mortality rates, and in-hospital or intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay (LOS) between obese and normal-weight patients who were ho...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE A national evidence-based guideline for the management of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in children recommends blood cultures for patients admitted with moderate to severe illness. Our primary aim was to increase ordering of blood cultures for children hospitalized with CAP from 53% to 90% in 6 months. The secondary aim was to evaluate the effect of obtaining blood...

Mobile wireless ad-hoc networks and multi-hop fixed-wireless last-mile networks have been primarily based upon radio frequency (RF) technologies. Although optical networking has become popular in the wired networking world, free space optics (FSO) is still a niche technology used to provide only selected point-to-point links, and not as a general-purpose networking technology. Free-space-optics...

BACKGROUND The impact of early mobilization on perioperative comorbidities and length of stay (LOS) has shown benefits in other medical/surgical subspecialties. However, few spinal series have specifically focused on the "pros" of early mobilization for spinal surgery, other than in acute spinal cord injury. Here we reviewed how early mobilization and other adjunctive measures reduced morbidity...