Pediatric emergency care
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Pediatric emergency care · Sep 2014
Risk Factors for Apnea in Children Presenting With Out-of-Hospital Seizure.
This study aimed to quantify risk factors for apnea in children 0 to 5 years of age with out-of-hospital seizure. ⋯ Field treatment with diazepam and seizing at the time of PED arrival are associated with the occurrence of apnea in children 0 to 5 years of age with out-of-hospital seizure. Larger studies are needed to determine what other factors may contribute to this risk.
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Pediatric emergency care · Sep 2014
When to Perform Urine Cultures in Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Positive Febrile Older Infants?
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections are associated with clinically significant rate of urinary tract infections (UTIs) in young infants. Previous research investigating RSV infections and UTIs has been performed mainly in infants younger than 2 to 3 months and has not focused on the risk of UTI in infants 3 to 12 months. ⋯ Febrile older infants who are RSV positive have a clinically significant rate of UTIs. It seems prudent to examine the urine of these older infants. Positive urinalysis finding was a predictive factor of UTI. Circumcised boys are at a decreased risk of UTI, compared with uncircumcised boys.