Population-based Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Hospitalizations and In-hospital Mortality Rates Among Mexican Children Less Than Five Years of Age.

BACKGROUND: Population-based information regarding the impact of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza on hospital admissions and mortality is scant for many countries. METHODS: Prospective testing of RSV and influenza virus was undertaken in patients <5 years old admitted to hospital with acute respiratory infection (ARI) between July, 2014 and June, 2015, and mortality rates for children living in 3 municipalities in the state of San Luis Potosí were calculated. RESULTS: During the 12-month study period, 790 children living in these municipalities were admitted with ARI. RSV was detected in 245 (31%) and influenza in 47 (5.9%). History of preterm birth was recorded for 112 children on admission. For children <5 years old, ARI-, RSV- and influenza-associated admission rates were 23.2, 7.2 and 1.4 (per 1000 population), respectively. The corresponding admission rates per 1000 infants <1 year old were 78, 25.2 and 4.4. Preterm infant admission rates were 2 times higher than those of term infants. Six children died; RSV was detected in 4 (66.6%) of the deceased, while no deaths were associated with influenza. ARI and RSV in-hospital mortality rates for children <5 years were 0.18 and 0.12 per 1000 population. ARI and RSV mortality rates in preterm infants were 7 and 14 times higher than in term infants, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: RSV was associated with both high admission and in-hospital mortality rates in children <5 years old. Specific interventions, such as active or passive immunization, to prevent RSV infections are required to reduce ARI-associated infant mortality.

Alteraciones del tercio medio facial en la infancia como patogénesis del síndrome de apnea obstructiva del sueño / Midface alterations in childhood as pathogenesis of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

Resumen: El inicio de la respiración nasal marca un impulso genéticamente determinado para airear las cavidades de la cara o senos paranasales, que a su vez inician su crecimiento y forman el espacio útil transitable desde el punto de vista respiratorio durante el desarrollo del tercio medio facial. Considerando la evidencia de que la obstrucción de la vía aérea superior tiene un rol primordial en la patogénesis de los trastornos respiratorios del sueño, cualquier patología que cause dificultad permanente al flujo aéreo nasal durante la respiración llevará a un hipodesarrollo de la amplitud requerida en esta vía, disminuyendo la estimulación del crecimiento de las cavidades sinusales y alterando el desarrollo del tercio medio facial en su conjunto.

Abstract: The onset of nasal breathing sets a genetically determined impulse to aerate the face cavities or paranasal sinuses, which in turn initiate its growth creating the useful trafficable space for air during the development of the midface. Considering the evidence that the upper airway obstruction has a primary role in the pathogenesis of respiratory sleep disorders, any condition that causes a permanent difficulty to the nasal airflow during breathing will cause hypo-development of the required amplitude in this airway, reducing the growth stimulation of the sinus cavities and altering the development of the midface as a whole.

[Midface alterations in childhood as pathogenesis of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome]. / Alteraciones del tercio medio facial en la infancia como patogénesis del síndrome de apnea obstructiva del sueño.

The onset of nasal breathing sets a genetically determined impulse to aerate the face cavities or paranasal sinuses, which in turn initiate its growth creating the useful trafficable space for air during the development of the midface. Considering the evidence that the upper airway obstruction has a primary role in the pathogenesis of respiratory sleep disorders, any condition that causes a permanent difficulty to the nasal airflow during breathing will cause hypo-development of the required amplitude in this airway, reducing the growth stimulation of the sinus cavities and altering the development of the midface as a whole.

Consideraciones del diagnóstico prenatal del secuestro broncopulmonar a las 26 semanas de gestación: informe de un caso / Prenatal diagnosis of bronchopulmonary sequestration at 26-weeks gestation: a case report

Se presenta el caso de una paciente de 18 años, GI, con 26 semanas de gestación a quien en el ultrasonido se le detectó feto vivo con datos de secuestro broncopulmonar. A las 39 semanas se resolvió el embarazo por vía vaginal. Se obtuvo producto vivo con Apgar 7 y 8 y Silverman 4-4 al minuto y cinco minutos. Al confirmarse el diagnóstico se efectuó resección de la masa a los cinco días y el neonato falleció a los 15 días por sepsis nosocomial. El caso permite enfatizar en la conveniencia de diagnóstico prenatal para valorar las conductas de manejo.