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Faculty/organization & administration , Faculty/standards , Faculty, Medical/organization & administration , Faculty, Medical/standards , Internship and Residency/methods , Internship and Residency/organization & administration , Specialization/legislation & jurisprudence , Specialization/trends , Teaching Care Integration Services/standards , Specialization/statistics & numerical data , Specialization/standardsABSTRACT
During the past 10 years, there has been an increase in the number of pediatric services with intensive care units (ICUs). An epidemiological study based in the experience of two years in a ICU is presented. During the study period, 213 patients, accounting for the 6% of total admitted in the pediatric ward (2,898) and 1.8% of newborn (2,091), were admitted in the ICU. The average length of stay was 3.74 days. Regarding the degree of severity two groups of patients were considered: The first group were 104 (48.8%) and they were admitted for close nursing care and observation, while 109 (51%) were to receive an active treatment respiratory problems were the more frequent accounting for the 41% of patients. The total mortality rate was 5.6% and this rate raised until 20% if only newborn patients are considered. The results of this study can be helping in order to planing the organization in this units facing with many problems sometimes difficult to resolve.
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Intensive Care Units, Pediatric/statistics & numerical data , Adolescent , Child , Child, Preschool , Evaluation Studies as Topic , Humans , Infant , Infant Mortality , Infant, Newborn , Length of StayABSTRACT
A premature female presented cutaneous lesions caused by Candida albicans at 12 h after delivery. Her mother carried Candida in the vagina. The lesions extended to face, both sides of the trunk and extremities, including palms and soles, and later to the mouth. The cutaneous manifestations healed in four weeks. It is proposed to use the term "early neonatal cutaneous candidiasis" to designate the forms of candidiasis which appear within the first hours after delivery, and "congenital cutaneous candidiasis" when lesions are present at delivery.
