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Treating children with Kawasaki disease and coronary enlargement
August 22, 2019
An important new study reveals a treatment protocol that decreases the rate of aneurysm enlargement.
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Short-term parenteral antibiotics effective for bacteremic UTI in young infants
August 20, 2019
No significant differences in urinary tract infection recurrence or hospital reutilization between short- and long-term parenteral antibiotic groups.
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Differential monocytic HLA-DR expression prognostically useful in PICU
August 19, 2019
LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA – European pediatric “study of the year” paves way for novel sepsis immunotherapies.
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Presepsin can rule out invasive bacterial infection in infants
August 16, 2019
LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA – Novel test addresses unmet need for biomarker for invasive bacterial infection.
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‘Substantial burden’ of enterovirus meningitis in young infants
August 16, 2019
LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA – “Not a single one of the patients with enterovirus/human parechovirus meningitis had a secondary bacterial infection – and that has important implications for management of our antibiotic stewardship programs,” said Dr. Seilesh Kadambari.
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How to nearly eliminate CLABSIs in children’s hospitals
August 15, 2019
One hospital went 6 months without a central line–associated bloodstream infection after quality improvements.
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Novel score spots high-risk febrile children in ED
August 13, 2019
LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA – The age-adapted pediatric quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score had a 99.6% negative predictive value.
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Procalcitonin advocated to help rule out bacterial infections
August 13, 2019
SEATTLE – Use of procalcitonin may help decrease lumbar punctures and antibiotic exposure.
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In newborns, concentrated urine helps rule out UTI
August 8, 2019
SEATTLE – Dr. Raymond Parlar-Chun: “If urine is concentrated, you have [more confidence] that you don’t have a UTI if you’re negative.“
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Hospital slashes S. aureus vancomycin resistance
August 7, 2019
LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA – Staphylococcus aureus resistance to vancomycin is not a one-way street ending in a cliff plunge.
