Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas
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Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba · Mar 2012
[Prescription errors in a neonatal intensive care unit from Buenos Aires].
Although error could be present in almost every medical practice, they are more frequent and potentially more dangerous in neonatal intensive care units (NICU). ⋯ Almost half of the intravenous drugs prescriptions included an error, being more frequently related to interval, followed by dosing; no errors in dilution were detected. Using prescription software could improve patient's safety.
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Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba · Jan 2012
Editorial Historical Article[The oldest children's hospital in the Americas].
Considering the history of medicine, pediatrics is relatively a recent discipline and so are the institutions devoted to it. The "Spedale degli Innocenti" (Florence, 1419) was the first institution devoted to child care; and is not by chance that it was an orphanage, because the "hospital" concept was then more related to hosting and careing than to health. It was in the 19th century when the pediatric hospitals, as we know them today, appear in Europe (L'Hôpital Des Enfants-Malades, Paris, 1802) and North America (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1855); surprisingly "Casa Cuna" (Hospital de Niños Pedro de Elizalde, Buenos Aires, 1779) was already there, witnessing the foundation of both institutions.
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Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba · Jan 2010
Review Meta Analysis[Efficacy and securyty of therapeutic hypothermia for hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy: a meta-analysis].
Animal and human experimental models suggest that therapeutic hypothermia could reduce neurological disabilities in asphyxiated newborn without adverse events. The objective of this study was review the effectiveness and safety of hypothermia as treatment for hypoxic ischemic encephalophaty. ⋯ Hypothermia is effective in reducing neurological disability and cerebral palsy. Cardiac arrhythmias and coagulation disorders were more common with hypothermia, however they were clinically benign.