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However, meropenem, tigecycline, and amikacin were observed to be effective in 100% of cases of K. pneumoniae. Meanwhile, cephalosporins were the most commonly prescribed drug category among different classes of drugs. Almost 99% of pediatric cases, based on their age, were admitted to the ward, and drugs were administered intravenously. We concluded that microbiology laboratory evidence on the causative organisms and choice of treatment together allows tailoring appropriate treatment regimens in conjunction with clinical experiences.Objective Impaired gastric emptying is a common cause of delayed feeding in critically ill children. Post-pyloric feeding may help improve feeding intolerance and nutritional status and, hence, contribute to a better outcome. However, post-pyloric feeding tube insertion is usually delayed due to a technical difficulty. Therefore, prokinetic agents have been used to facilitate blind bedside post-pyloric feeding tube insertion. Metoclopramide is a potent prokinetic agent that has also been used to improve motility in adults and children admitted to intensive care units. The objective of this study was to determine the efficacy of intravenous metoclopramide in promoting the success rate of blind bedside post-pyloric feeding tube placement in critically ill children. Design The design of this study is randomized, double blind, placebo controlled. Setting The setting of the study is a single-center pediatric intensive care unit. Patients Children aged 1 month-18 years admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit with severe illness or feeding intolerance were enrolled in this study. Intervention Patients were randomly selected to receive intravenous metoclopramide or 0.9% normal saline solution (the placebo) prior to the tube insertion. The study outcome was the success rate of post-pyloric feeding tube placement confirmed by an abdominal radiography 6-8 h after the insertion. Measurements and Main Results We found that patients receiving metoclopramide had a higher success rate (37/42, 88%) of post-pyloric feeding tube placement than the placebo (28/40, 70%) (p = 0.04). Patients who received sedative drug or narcotic agent showed a tendency of higher success rate (p = 0.08). Conclusion Intravenous metoclopramide improves the success rate of blind bedside post-pyloric placement of feeding tube in critically ill children. Trial Registration Thai Clinical Trial Registry TCTR20190821002. Registered 15th August 2019.Introduction Specialized palliative home care (SPHC) enables children and adolescents with life-limiting illnesses and complex needs to receive care at home. In addition to controlling symptoms and stabilizing the psychosocial situation, crisis anticipation is a component of SPHC. Since the establishment of the reporting SPHC team, parents have called for additional help from emergency medical services (EMS) in emergency situations with unexpected frequency. Children with life limiting diseases could undergo invasive procedures and unhelpful treatments with uncertain consequences. The questions arose as to which factors led to the involvement of the EMS in a palliative situation, what therapy was performed and what outcome could be reached. Methods Records of the pediatric SPHC patients and EMS call-outs in these children of the reporting SPHC-team in the central region of Hesse, Germany (population 1.1 million) were retrospectively analyzed from 01.11.2014 to 01.05.2021. The causes of the call-outs, the exisstill call the EMS. Good cooperation and joint training should be sought to prepare all those involved for future call-outs.Background During the last decades, there is a major shift in the panorama of diseases in children and adolescents. More children are referred to the specialized health care services due to less specific symptoms and more complex health challenges. These children are particularly difficult to care for in a "single-disease" oriented system. Our objective was to develop an alternative and more holistic approach better tailored to the complex needs of these children. Method The target patient population is children between 6 and 13 years with three or more referrals including both the pediatric department and the mental health services. Furthermore, to be included in the project, the child's actual complaints needed to be clinically considered as an unclear or compound condition in need of an alternative approach. This paper describes the process of developing an intervention where a complementary professional team meets the patient and his/her family altogether for 2.5 h. The consultation focus on clarifying thit is important to include patient experiences in the process of improvement. Evaluation of long-term outcomes is needed to investigate possible benefits from the new intervention. Trial Registration Transitioning Young Patients' Health Care Trajectories, NCT04652154. Registered December 3rd, 2020-Retrospectively registered, https//clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04652154?term=NCT04652154&draw=2&rank=1.Introduction Low cardiac output syndrome is one of the postoperative complications that are associated with significant morbidity and mortality after surgical closure of atrial septal defect (ASD) with small-sized left ventricle (LV). This study investigated whether preoperative left ventricular end-diastolic volume index (LVEDVi) could accurately predict low cardiac output syndrome (LCOS) after surgical closure of ASD with small-sized LV. Method This retrospective cohort study involved adult ASD patients with small-sized LV from January 2018 to December 2019 in National Cardiovascular Center Harapan Kita. Preoperative MRI data to assess the left and right ventricle volume were collected. A bivariate analysis using independent Student's t-test was done. Diagnostic test using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was also done to obtain the area under the curve (AUC) value. The best cutoff point was determined by Youden's index. Result Fifty-seven subjects were involved in this study [age (mean ± SD) 32.56 ± 13.15 years; weight (mean ± SD) 48.82 ± 12.15 kg]. Subjects who had post-operative LCOS (n = 30) have significantly lower LVEDVi (45.0 ± 7.42 ml/m2 vs. 64.15 ± 13.37 ml/m2; p less then 0.001), LVEDV (64.6 ± 16.0 ml vs. 85.9 ± 20.7 ml; p less then 0.001), LVSV (38.97 ± 11.5 ml vs. 53.13 ± 7.5 ml; p less then 0.001), and LVSVi (27.28 ± 8.55 ml/m2 vs. 37.42 ± 5.35 ml/m2; p less then 0.001) compared to subjects who did not have post-operative LCOS (n = 27). ROC analysis showed that the best AUC was found on LVEDVi (AUC 95.3%; 95% confidence interval 90.6-100%). The best cutoff value for LVEDVi to predict the occurrence of LCOS after surgical closure of ASD was 53.3 ml/m2 with a sensitivity of 86.7% and a specificity of 85.2%. LMB Conclusion This study showed that preoperative LVEDVi could predict LCOS after surgical closure of ASD with small-sized LV with a well-defined cutoff. The best cutoff value of LVEDVi to predict the occurrence of LCOS after surgical ASD closure was 53.5 ml/m2.Background Although the biological agent ustekinumab (UST) is reported to be effective for Crohn's disease (CD) in pediatric as well as adult patients, data on the efficacy and safety of UST in pediatric patients with CD are limited. Here, we describe the case of a pediatric patient who showed an allergic reaction to UST after subcutaneous (SC) maintenance injections but not immediately after initial intravenous (IV) injection. Case Presentation A 9-year-old boy presented to our hospital with diarrhea lasting 2 years and weight loss, leading to the diagnosis of CD. After prednisolone (PSL) was tapered and discontinued, he promptly relapsed. According to our institution's protocol, we introduced the biological agent infliximab (IFX) with premedication. Coughing and vomiting was observed after the second dose of IFX and it was changed to adalimumab (ADA). However, the effect of ADA gradually disappeared after 18 months; therefore, it was discontinued and he was treated using UST. The first IV UST dose was given after administering hydrocortisone (HDC), an antiallergic and antipyretic analgesic, as premedication, and no obvious adverse reaction was observed. After 8 weeks, UST was subcutaneously injected without premedication. The patient then complained of nausea, dizziness, and headache within 15 min of UST administration. Therefore, for the third dose of UST, HDC was administered again as premedication. However, nausea, dizziness, and headache presented 10 min after UST administration, resulting in discontinuation of further UST treatment. Conclusion Careful distinction between "true" infusion-related reactions (IRRs) and anaphylaxis or allergic reactions is necessary to determine whether biological agents can be continued after the development of "so-called" IRRs. For true IRRs, it may be possible to continue using the biological agent with appropriate premedication; however, in cases of anaphylaxis, the biological agent itself should be changed.Altered mental status is a major criterion for a diagnosis of encephalitis to be made with alteration in behavior, a key manifestation of altered mental status. We reviewed all evaluated cases identified by the Australian Childhood Encephalitis study between May 2013 and June 2018, to review the frequency and features of altered behavior (ALB). ALB was reported in >72% of cases of childhood encephalitis in all three major etiologic groups (infectious, immune-mediated, and unknown). The duration of ALB was >7 days in a minority, but significantly more frequent in immune-mediated compared with infectious encephalitis (27 and 10%, respectively, p 7 days, and disorientation/confusion was the most frequent feature. Only one case was reported as presenting with "psychosis" and was diagnosed with anti-NMDAr encephalitis. Clinician-reported ALB is frequent but most often non-specific in childhood encephalitis. A longer duration of ALB is associated with an immune-mediated cause. More specific psychiatric symptoms (hallucinations, paranoia) are very infrequent. ALB is a hallmark of anti-NMDAr encephalitis, but psychosis is uncommon in contrast to the disorder in adults.

To investigate the treatment effect of a vascular-disrupting agent, M410, using diffusion-weighted imaging in a rabbit model of hepatic VX2 tumor.

28 New Zealand white rabbit models with VX2 liver tumors were established and were randomly divided into M410 (intravenous injection of M410 at a dose of 25 mg/kg every three days) and control (intravenous injection of saline every three days) groups. Conventional and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) were acquired on a 3.0 T MR unit at baseline, 4 h, d 1, d 4, d 7, and d 14 posttreatment. B-value with 700 (s/mm

) was chosen during DWI examinations. Tumor volume and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values of the entire tumor and solid component of the tumor at every time point were measured. Two randomly chosen rabbits from each group were sacrificed for H&E staining and CD34 immunohistochemical assessments at each time point. An independent sample

-test was used to assess differences in tumor sizes and ADC values of the entire tumor and solid component of tumors between two groups, with

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