Infants and young children are at high risk for influenza-associated morbidity, mortality, and the need for hospitalization. Only limited information is available regarding the clinical findings, outcomes, and financial burden incurred by Thai children hospitalized with severe influenza, therefore, we examined these areas in this retrospective study. The children were diagnosed with having infl...

Viruses are the major pathogens of community-acquired (CA) acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in children, but their role in healthcare-associated (HA) AGE is poorly understood. Children with AGE hospitalized at Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK, were enrolled over a 2-year period. AGE was classified as HA if diarrhea developed > or =48 hours after admission. Rotavirus, norovirus, adenoviru...

BACKGROUND Scorpion sting is a public health problem in Khuzestan, South-West Iran. The aims of the current study were to monitor the hospitalized children, due to scorpion sting, and releasing more clinical and epidemiologic data related to scorpionism in this Province. METHODS In this retrospective study, the data of scorpion sting victims, among the hospitalized children in Abuzar Children...

BACKGROUND Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization is a predictor of subsequent infection in hospitalized adults. The risk of subsequent MRSA infections in hospitalized children colonized with MRSA is unknown. METHODS Children admitted to an academic medical center's pediatric intensive care unit between March 2007 and March 2010 were included in the study. Anterior na...

INTRODUCTION Globally, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common cause of serious lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) in young children, and is a major cause of hospital admission in children <1 year of age. The study evaluated the severity of RSV-associated LRTI disease among premature (<36 weeks gestational age (GA)) and term children <1 year of age and assessed the influenc...

OBJECTIVE To use a computerized administrative database to develop and validate a clinical prediction rule for the occurrence of asthma hospitalizations. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective cohort. METHODS Subjects included asthmatic patients ages 3 to 64 who were continuously enrolled in the Southern California Kaiser Permanente managed care organization in both 1998 and 1999. Data were based on li...

OBJECTIVE Analyze the feelings of hospitalized children and adolescents with chronic diseases towards death. METHODOLOGY Qualitative research, with four children and one teenager with chronic diseases, aged between 11 and 13 years old, who were admitted at a teaching hospital in Brazil, in the period from January to March 2009. In-depth interviews were carried out using a ludic material for t...

OBJECTIVE Radiological appraisal in children with clinically diagnosed severe pneumonia and its association with clinical outcome. DESIGN Prospective. SETTING Civil Hospital in Himachal Pradesh. PATIENTS Eighty-three children hospitalized with severe pneumonia. RESULTS Lobar consolidation (n=43, 51.8%) was the most common radiological abnormality. Twenty six (31.3%) had interstitial abn...