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Introduction. The priority directions in pediatric otorhinolaryngology are development of diagnostic criteria in chronic tonsillitis in children and argumentation of complex conservative therapy tactics to preserve palatine tonsils as important organs in local and general immunity.
Respiratory tract infections are one of the major complaints in preschool children. The aim of this study was to highlight the particularities of recurrent respiratory tract infections manifested by ETN and pulmonary infections in children. Materials and methods: The authors performed a retrospective study of 148 patients aged between 2 months and 5 years old, hospitalized with the recurrent respiratory...
Acute appendicitis is a common surgical disease in children. Standard treatment approach includes surgery and i.v. antibiotics according to local resistance patterns. There are a number of antibiotic regimens currently in use for this disease, however there is no consensus regarding the use of a certain antibiotic protocol. We present our experience with two antibiotic regimens in patients with acute...
Fever is one of the most common symptoms of illness in infants and represents a clinical challenge due to the potential for serious bacterial infection. As delayed treatment for these infections has been correlated with increased morbidity and mortality, broad-spectrum $\beta $ -lactam antibiotics are often prescribed while waiting for microbiological lab results (1–3 days). However, the spread of...
Streptococcus pneumoniae represents an important cause of morbidity in children, and is the originating point for majority of bacterial pneumonia, being often an agent that causes acute otitis average, purulent meningitis and sepsis. The study group included 131 patients, hospitalized in the 3rd Pediatric Clinic at the Emergency Hospital for Children "St. Mary". The distribution by groups...
Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI) is a contagious healthcare-associated infection that imposes a significant burden on the healthcare system. In 2011 alone, half a million patients suffered from CDI in the United States, 29,000 dying within 30 days of diagnosis. Determining which hospital patients are at risk for developing CDI is critical to helping healthcare workers take timely measures to...
Continuous quality improvement is an important component of contemporary health care. This paper proposes a comprehensive framework for quality improvement in health care that integrates the SPOE, CRISP-DM and PaJMa models to support clinician decision-making for the improvement of clinical process and outcomes. The framework is demonstrated using late onset neonatal sepsis as a case study where the...
Health intervention aimed at children using serious games are starting to grow on popularity, however, Interactive Digital Storytelling (IDS) paradigm for serious games is in its infancy. In this article, we present a series of IDS educational games developed with the aim of promoting responsible antibiotic use and hygiene part of the edugames4all project. Despite commercial success and market popularity...
Except for degree of prematurity, risk factors for the development of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in very low birth weight (VLBW) infant have not been consistently identified. In addition, fear of NEC determines the majority of VLBW infant feeding regimens in the first postnatal month. About 10-12% of infants weighing less than 1500 grams at birth will develop NEC and about one-third of them will...
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