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Reconnaître et prendre en charge la maltraitance chez l’enfant
La maltraitance chez l’enfant est un phénomène grave, fréquent et probablement très sous-estimé. Les services d’urgences et de réanimation prenant en charge des enfants sont parmi les services hospitaliers les...
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Référentiel métier-compétences pour la surspécialité de médecine d’urgence pédiatrique
La spécialité de pédiatrie doit se structurer autour d’un « tronc commun » de pédiatrie générale suivi d’une surspécialité pédiatrique, comme la pédiatrie d’urgence, dont l’enseignement recommandé est respectivem...
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731 Organisation of Paediatric Emergency Care in Europe
Paediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) is a relatively new and rapidly evolving subspecialty, and in other parts of the world it is now established as a Board-certified paediatric subspecialty. In Europe, PEM has...
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Fibronectin and meningococcal disease
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Are there specific haemostatic abnormalities in children surviving septic shock with purpura and having skin necrosis or limb ischaemia that need skin grafts or limb amputations?
More than 10% of children surviving septic shock with purpura have skin necrosis or limb ischaemia (SNLI.). Among 44 children consecutively admitted to our pediatric intensive care unit, 35 (80%) survived, 6 ...
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Measurement of respiratory mechanics in paediatric intensive care: in vitro assessment of a pulmonary function device
Objective: To evaluate a recently developed and manufactured device for monitoring respiratory parameters in mechanically ventilated children. Design: In vitro study using a lung model.
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Monitoring
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Sepsis
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Definitions, Risk Factors, and Outcome of Sepsis in Children
Septicemia is the most common cause of death in medical and surgical intensive care units (ICUs). Statistics including persons ≥ 1 year of age indicate that the incidence of this disease has increased by 139% ...
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Use of the flow-volume loop to detect secretions in ventilated children
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Severity scores in meningococcal septicemia and severe infectious purpura with shock
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Inhaled nitric oxide for a severe respiratory syncytial virus infection in an infant with bronchopulmonary dysplasia
To report the first case of ARDS in children treated with nitric oxide (NO) inhalation.
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Sudden death revealing Chiari type 1 malformation in two children
We report the first two fatal cases of suddden unprovoked cardiorespiratory arrest in children with previously undiagnosed Arnold-Chiari type 1 malformation. This diagnosis should be considered in children wit...
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Pediatrics
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Protein C and S deficiency in severe infectious purpura of children: A collaborative study of 40 cases
We studied, in 40 children (mean age: 52 months) with severe infectious purpura, the relationships between protein C (PC) and protein S (PS) levels, and shock, disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and ...
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Haemolytic-uraemic syndrome associated with Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis
We report the first case of Haemolytic-uraemic syndrome (HUS) associated with Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis. This supports a common pathogenic mechanism in HUS following infections by neuraminidase-producin...
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Bacterial croup and toxic shock syndrome
An 8-year-old boy with bacterial tracheitis, treated by endotracheal intubation, humidification, airway toilet and antibiotics, experienced a toxic shock syndrome on the day after his admission. The course was...
