Anales españoles de pediatría
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To evaluate the efficacy of the teaching of basic and advanced pediatric life support courses. ⋯ Basic and advanced pediatric life support courses are a useful method for providing training in the theory and practice of cardiopulmonary resuscitation to health personnel and the general population. Trainees and teachers were satisfied with the teaching and methodology. Evaluations of theory and practice and the questionnaire were useful in the quality control of the courses.
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To study the patients who make unscheduled return vi-sits in less than week to a pediatric emergency department (ED). ⋯ Patients who revisit a pediatric ED within a week are more likely to be admitted to the hospital, especially if the diagnosis they receive varies.
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Child maltreatment, in it's different forms (physical, negligence, Münchausen syndrome by proxy, sexual abuses.), represents an important morbidity cause, especially in the first years of the life. Nowadays, the battered child syndrome includes forms of abuse and different degrees of negligence (moderate, serious and light) in which the physical abuse could be absent. Determination of the forms of abuse, their diagnosis, intervention and prevention, corresponds to multidisciplinary teams, in which the pediatrician has a crucial role.
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To determine the characteristics of children younger than 14 years visiting our pediatric emergency department between 0:00 and 8:00 hours. ⋯ The number of visits to our emergency department diminished at night, particularly between 0:00 and 2:00. The night-time admission rate was less than the daytime rate, although this difference was not statistically significant. Admission for a few hours to the observation ward was more common at night. The percentage of patients with respiratory illnesses was higher during the night.