hospital del niño

La cardiología pediátrica y la cirugía cardiovascular han tenido avances importantes en los últimos años; las cardiopatías congénitas (CC) son una de las principales causas de mortalidad en niños. Muchos de los factores que determinan la evolución final de estos pacientes incluyen el tipo de cardiopatía y el tiempo del diagnóstico y tratamiento; infortunadamente, dos de los que presentan mayores efectos son el estado socioeconómico y el área geográfica de atención en México...

INTRODUCTION: Paediatric acquired brain injury (ABI) causes cognitive and behavioural difficulties and alters the course of child development. The ABI unit at Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús is the first within the public Spanish health system to provide comprehensive coverage to these patients and their families. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to show the working methodology followed with patients and their families, and to describe the clinical characteristics of the patients treated and the outcomes of treatment...

INTRODUCTION: Acute lower respiratory tract infection (ALRTI) caused by adenovirus is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children. OBJECTIVES: To describe the clinical and epidemiological pattern and associated factors in hospitalized children. METHODS: Cross-sectional study in children admitted due to ALRTI to Hospital de Niños "Ricardo Gutiérrez," in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, between 2000 and 2018. Viral diagnosis was done by indirect immunofluorescence in nasopharyngeal secretions...

Background: Mortality in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) is elevated, with limited information generated from Mexico. Objective: To identify the standardized mortality (SM) at the Hospital del Niño Morelense's (HNM) (Child from Morelos' Hospital) PICU. Material and methods: Electronic records of seriously ill patients admitted at the HNM's PICU during 2014 (n = 130) were used. SM was calculated using the observed mortality and the probability of death by PIM2...

Introduction: The approach to childhood obesity requires multidisciplinary programs including all the dimensions susceptible to management. Objective: To describe the clinical and metabolic changes in patients with obesity after a comprehensive care program for childhood obesity. Materials and methods: We conducted a retrospective observational and analytical study in a cohort of patients between 6 and 17 years old treated in the obesity program at the Hospital Universitario San Vicente Fundación (2012-2015)...

Congenital generalized lipodystrophy (CGL) is an autosomal recessive rare disease, with a worldwide prevalence of around 1 in every 12 million people. There are several case reports of patients with CGL in Piura, a region in northern Peru; however its regional prevalence is unknown. The objective was to determine the prevalence of CGL in the region of Piura, Peru during the years 2000-2017. A descriptive, observational study was carried out. A search of clinical histories of patients with the diagnosis of CGL attended between 2000 and 2017 in the pediatric and endocrinology services of the reference hospitals of the department of Piura and in the genetic and endocrinology services of the "Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño"...

Introduction: The pathogenesis of functional gastrointestinal disorders involves infectious agents such as viruses. Objective: To study the development of functional gastrointestinal disorders 3, 6, 9 and 12 months after an episode of non-severe dengue without warning signs in children. Materials and methods: We conducted a cohort study in 73 children diagnosed with non-severe dengue without warning signs at Hospital Universitario del Valle “Evaristo García” and 62 healthy children from Cali, Colombia...

Introduction: Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is essential to limit the spread of the disease. Colombian data about HIV infection in pregnancy are scarce, as well as on the results of the strategies used worldwide to reduce perinatal transmission. Objective: To describe the characteristics and outcomes of pregnant women infected with HIV and their children in a reference center in Medellín. Materials and methods: We conducted a retrospective observational study for the 2012-2015 period by studying the clinical records of newborns exposed to HIV and their mothers...

OBJECTIVES.: To identify the main viral etiological agents in patients with severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) hospitalized in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and to analyze their clinical characteristics. MATERIALS AND METHODS.: Prospective longitudinal study in children under five years of age hospitalized due to SARI at the PICU of t Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño (National Children´s Hospital) in Lima, Peru. Real-time direct immunofluorescence and RT-PCR tests were performed for the diagnosis of respiratory viruses on tracheal aspirate or nasopharyngeal swab samples...

OBJECTIVES: To determine the validity of different ways of estimating body weight in children attended in the emergency department. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Prospective cross-sectional study of a series of patients between 1 month and 14 years of age attended in 2 tertiary care hospitals in the Basque Country, Spain. We used 9 different ways to estimate body weight and compared the estimates to real weight by calculating the mean intraclass correlation coefficient, the mean difference between real and estimated weights, and the proportion of measurements within 10% and 20% of the real weight...

Introduction: the situation with maternal breastfeeding is difficult to describe with any certainty, given the absence of any data gathered in maternity hospitals, and the timing of its onset has not been explicitly evaluated. Further research is needed to evaluate breastfeeding support measures. The objective of the present study was to determine the prevalence of early onset of maternal breastfeeding (EOMB) and to analyze the relationship with different maternal and newborn factors. Methods: a descriptive study was performed of births in a public hospital over a three-year period...

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to estimate diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) prevalence among pediatric patients with diarrhea at the Costa Rican National Children's Hospital-Social Security Service (Hospital Nacional de Niños-Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social; HNN-CCSS). DEC variations with respect to rainfall, presence of coinfections, and DEC antimicrobial resistance were also investigated. RESULTS: A retrospective observational study from January 2008 to December 2016 was conducted...

OBJECTIVES: To analyze the association between glycemia levels upon pediatric intensive care unit admission and mortality in patients hospitalized. METHODS: A retrospective cohort of pediatric intensive care unit patients admitted to the Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño between 2012 and 2013. A Poisson regression model with robust variance was used to quantify the association. Diagnostic test performance evaluation was used to describe the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and likelihood ratios for each range of glycemia...

INTRODUCCIÓN: La fiebre manchada de las montañas rocosas (FMMR) es causada por Rickettsia rickettsii. En Coahuila, la región de la Comarca Lagunera se considera una zona endémica. No se han reportado casos en la zona sur del estado, específicamente en la ciudad de Saltillo. MÉTODOS: Estudio prospectivo, reporte de casos. Se incluyeron los casos de niños atendidos en el Hospital del Niño Dr. Federico Gómez Santos en la ciudad de Saltillo, Coah...

OBJETIVO: Comparar la seguridad y la eficacia de la atención fast-track vs. atención convencional en apendicitis no complicada en un hospital pediátrico. MÉTODO: Ensayo clínico controlado, aleatorizado, con dos grupos de 30 pacientes cada uno: A) fast-track, apendicitis no complicada que cumplieron el programa; y B) atención convencional, apendicitis no complicada con atención habitual. Variables de seguridad y eficacia: proporción de complicaciones y tiempo de estancia hospitalaria...

Aun cuando se han escrito diversos trabajos acerca de la vida y obra del doctor Eduardo Liceaga, muy poco se menciona acerca de su actividad en el campo de la atención a la salud infantil. Al inicio de su actividad profesional, el doctor Liceaga mostró una inclinación por la atención de los niños enfermos. Preferentemente por los aspectos quirúrgicos, así lo señalan sus primeros trabajos, aunque después también se preocupó por otros temas relacionados con la infancia y, finalmente, por los asuntos sanitarios...

Background: Bile duct atresia (BVA) is a condition that causes obstruction to biliary flow, not corrected surgically, causes cirrhosis and death before 2 years of age. In Mexico from 2013 the visual colorimetric card (VVC) was incorporated for the timely detection of BVA to the National Health Card (NHC). The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of VCT for the detection of BVA before and after the use of NHC incorporation. Methods: Ambispective, analytical observational study...

INTRODUCTION: Enterobacteriaceae are a group of gram-negative rods that can cause serious infections in humans. A susceptibility in Klebsiella pneumoniae of 79.4% to piperacillin/tazobactam (PIP/TAZO) is reported in pediatric hospitals in Chile. There is no published data published to date regarding PIP/TAZO susceptibility to other Enterobacteriaceae species in this population. AIM: To measure the in vitro PIP/TAZO susceptibility in Enterobacteriaceae isolates from patients in a pediatric hospital in Chile...

UNLABELLED: Cutaneous vasculities (CV) represents a diagnostic challenge, occurs as primary cutaneous disorder or as a manifestation of other entities. OBJECTIVE: To search the cause of CV. Methods: Patients with CV were prospectively evaluated. In all patients, skin biopsies were drawn, and direct immunofluorescence was done in most of the patients. American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and Chapel Hill Consensus Conference Criteria (CHCC) were used for classification...

BACKGROUND: One of the most common congenital disorders that affects the facial structures is the cleft lip palate (CLP). The aim of this study was to generate the clinical-epidemiological profile of CLP patients from Hospital de Especialidades del Niño y la Mujer (HENM) Dr. Felipe Nuñez Lara, from the Ministry of Health, Queretaro, Mexico, from 2011 to 2014, who received treatment from the Cleft Lip Palate Clinic in order to provide interdisciplinary treatments for CLP patients based on the information from the pediatric records...