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This is an unique case report of concomitant dengue hemorrhagic fever and Kawasaki disease, not reported previously. The unusual clinical course of persistent fever, coronary artery involvement evidenced from 2-D echocardiogram, and hydrops of the gallbladder is discussed.
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Criança , Dengue Grave/complicações , Humanos , Masculino , Síndrome de Linfonodos Mucocutâneos/complicaçõesRESUMO
One hundred and fourty episodes of septicemic children seen at Songklanagarind Hospital during a period of two years were reviewed to determine factors related to mortality. One hundred episodes (70.4%) of septicemia were hospital-acquired in which 98 (69%) were caused by gram negative bacilli, with Pseudomonas being the most common agent. Thirty episodes were from gram-positive cocci and eight were from polymicrobial infections. The remainder were caused by Candida species. The overall case-fatality rate was 28.6%. Using a logistic regression model, appropriateness of antibiotic use and host status (being newborn or a compromised host compared to a normal host), but not neutropenia and acquisition of infection were the only statistically significant risk factors. The exact odds ratio of inappropriate use of antibiotic adjusted for host status was 13.6 (95% confidence limits = 5.7-32.3). Percentages of inappropriate usage among the premature and full term newborn, compromised host and normal were 50, 11, 28 and 24, respectively. Inappropriate antibiotic use was the major cause of case-fatality in the study population. It was more common among the premature newborn and compromised hosts.
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Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico , Causas de Morte , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Infecções Comunitárias Adquiridas/tratamento farmacológico , Infecção Hospitalar/tratamento farmacológico , Países em Desenvolvimento , Feminino , Infecções por Bactérias Gram-Negativas/tratamento farmacológico , Mortalidade Hospitalar , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Doenças do Prematuro/tratamento farmacológico , Masculino , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Razão de Chances , Infecções Oportunistas/tratamento farmacológico , Infecções por Pseudomonas/tratamento farmacológico , Sepse/tratamento farmacológico , Análise de SobrevidaAssuntos
Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico , Bacteriemia/tratamento farmacológico , Burkholderia pseudomallei/isolamento & purificação , Criança , Feminino , Humanos , Melioidose/tratamento farmacológico , Afogamento Iminente/complicações , Edema Pulmonar/tratamento farmacológico , Microbiologia da ÁguaRESUMO
Clinical data from 175 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus or cardia admitted to Songklanagarind Hospital between 1982 and 1988 were analysed to evaluate the effects on survival of various tumour and treatment variables. Most tumours (greater than = 86%) were in stage III or IV. Forty-seven percent of stage-IV tumours and 99 per cent of those in stages I, II or III were resectable. One-year and 3-year survival rates of resected stage-III patients (57.3% and 27.5%) were significantly higher than those of resected stage-IV patients (33.3% and 0%). Resection conferred no benefit over radiotherapy chemotherapy or no treatment on the survival of stage-IV cases beyond one year. Combined chemotherapy/radiotherapy/resection of stage-III and stage-IV patients gave no statistically significant improvement in survival. Among resected patients, only lymph node involvement was associated with significantly lower survival (relative risk compared to no involvement = 2.3, 95% CL: 1.2, 4.6), while the fungating type of tumour was possibly associated with improved survival (relative risk compared with all other types = 0.24, 95% CL: 0.05, 1.1).