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Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol ; 258(11): 2551-2561, 2020 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32518974

RESUMO

PURPOSE: To determine the presence of sickle cell retinopathy and maculopathy and to identify associations between markers of hemolysis and systemic and ocular manifestations in children affected by sickle cell disease. METHODS: Eighteen children with sickle cell disease, aged 5-16 years, underwent complete eye examination including best-corrected visual acuity, slit-lamp biomicroscopy, ophthalmoscopy after pharmacological mydriasis, spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT), and optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA). Blood test results and clinical history information were collected for each child, including fetal hemoglobin (HbF), hemoglobin (Hb), hematocrit (Htc), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), reticulocytes percentage (%ret), lactic dehydrogenase (LDH), total and direct bilirubin, glomerular filtration rate, number of painful crises, acute chest syndromes, and splenic sequestration. Therapeutic regimen and transfusion therapy were also evaluated. RESULTS: Sixteen of 36 eyes (44.4%) had non-proliferative sickle cell retinopathy on ophthalmoscopic evaluation. No patients had proliferative sickle cell retinopathy. In 13 of 36 eyes (36.1%), SD-OCT and OCTA detected signs of sickle cell maculopathy. Nine eyes (25%) presented sickle cell retinopathy and maculopathy, 7 eyes (19.4%) sickle cell retinopathy alone, and 4 eyes (11.1%) sickle cell maculopathy alone. A statistically significant association was found between sickle cell retinopathy; lower levels of HbF, Hb, and Htc; and higher MCV and percentage of reticulocytes. Sickle cell maculopathy was associated with lower values of H and Htc and higher levels of reticulocytes and total bilirubin. CONCLUSIONS: We identified early signs of sickle cell retinopathy and maculopathy in a pediatric population with SD-OCT and OCTA. These two retinal complications were more frequent in children with higher hemolytic rates.


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Anemia Falciforme , Degeneração Macular , Doenças Retinianas , Anemia Falciforme/complicações , Anemia Falciforme/diagnóstico , Criança , Angiofluoresceinografia , Humanos , Doenças Retinianas/diagnóstico , Doenças Retinianas/etiologia , Fatores de Risco , Tomografia de Coerência Óptica , Acuidade Visual
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Respir Res ; 20(1): 134, 2019 Jul 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31266508

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BACKGROUND: Non-invasive delivery of nebulized surfactant has been a neonatology long-pursued goal. Nevertheless, the clinical efficacy of nebulized surfactant remains inconclusive, in part, due to the great technical challenges of depositing nebulized drugs in the lungs of preterm infants. The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of delivering nebulized surfactant (poractant alfa) in vitro and in vivo with an adapted, neonate-tailored aerosol delivery strategy. METHODS: Particle size distribution of undiluted poractant alfa aerosols generated by a customized eFlow-Neos nebulizer system was determined by laser diffraction. The theoretical nebulized surfactant lung dose was estimated in vitro in a clinical setting replica including a neonatal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) circuit, a cast of the upper airways of a preterm neonate, and a breath simulator programmed with the tidal breathing pattern of an infant with mild respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). A dose-response study with nebulized surfactant covering the 100-600 mg/kg nominal dose-range was conducted in RDS-modelling, lung-lavaged spontaneously-breathing rabbits managed with nasal CPAP. The effects of nebulized poractant alfa on arterial gas exchange and lung mechanics were assessed. Exogenous alveolar disaturated-phosphatidylcholine (DSPC) in the lungs was measured as a proxy of surfactant deposition efficacy. RESULTS: Laser diffraction studies demonstrated suitable aerosol characteristics for inhalation (mass median diameter, MMD = 3 µm). The mean surfactant lung dose determined in vitro was 13.7% ± 4.0 of the 200 mg/kg nominal dose. Nebulized surfactant delivered to spontaneously-breathing rabbits during nasal CPAP significantly improved arterial oxygenation compared to animals receiving CPAP only. Particularly, the groups of animals treated with 200 mg/kg and 400 mg/kg of nebulized poractant alfa achieved an equivalent pulmonary response in terms of oxygenation and lung mechanics as the group of animals treated with instilled surfactant (200 mg/kg). CONCLUSIONS: The customized eFlow-Neos vibrating-membrane nebulizer system efficiently generated respirable aerosols of undiluted poractant alfa. Nebulized surfactant delivered at doses of 200 mg/kg and 400 mg/kg elicited a pulmonary response equivalent to that observed after treatment with an intratracheal surfactant bolus of 200 mg/kg. This bench-characterized nebulized surfactant delivery strategy is now under evaluation in Phase II clinical trial (EUDRACT No.:2016-004547-36).


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Produtos Biológicos/administração & dosagem , Sistemas de Liberação de Medicamentos/métodos , Modelos Biológicos , Nebulizadores e Vaporizadores , Fosfolipídeos/administração & dosagem , Surfactantes Pulmonares/administração & dosagem , Animais , Produtos Biológicos/metabolismo , Humanos , Recém-Nascido , Pulmão/efeitos dos fármacos , Pulmão/metabolismo , Masculino , Tamanho da Partícula , Fosfolipídeos/metabolismo , Surfactantes Pulmonares/metabolismo , Coelhos
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Eur Respir J ; 37(3): 678-89, 2011 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21357925

RESUMO

Administration of drugs directly into the respiratory tree first was proposed a long time ago. Surfactant is the paradigmatic example of such therapies. Many other drugs have been used in the same way and further compounds are under investigation for this aim. In the last two decades, despite the wide number of drugs available for direct lung administration in critical care patients, few controlled data exist regarding their use in neonates and infants. This review will focus on drugs clinically available in a critical care setting for neonates and infants, including bronchodilators, pulmonary vasodilators, anti-inflammatory agents, mucolytics, resuscitative anti-infective agents, surfactants and other drugs. We provide an evidence-based comprehensive review of drugs available for intratracheal administration in paediatric and neonatal critical care and we examine possible advantages and risks for each proposed indication.


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Sistema Respiratório/patologia , Administração por Inalação , Agonistas de Receptores Adrenérgicos beta 2/metabolismo , Broncodilatadores/farmacologia , Criança , Antagonistas Colinérgicos/metabolismo , Cuidados Críticos/métodos , Epinefrina/metabolismo , Medicina Baseada em Evidências/métodos , Gases , Humanos , Terapia Intensiva Neonatal/métodos , Óxido Nítrico/metabolismo , Prostaglandinas I/metabolismo , S-Nitrosotióis/química , Esteroides/química , Tensoativos/farmacologia
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Eur Respir J ; 35(6): 1364-9, 2010 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19897556

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Asthmatic airways are characterised by enhanced oxidative stress, which can be studied by measuring biomarkers, such as 8-isoprostane. The aims of the present study were: 1) to measure the concentrations of 8-isoprostane in exhaled breath condensate (EBC) and urine of children with problematic and well-controlled asthma; 2) to compare the concentrations of 8-isoprostane measured by gas chromatographic/negative ion chemical ionisation mass spectrometry (GC/NICI-MS) and by an enzymatic immunoassay (EIA). We recruited 20 asthmatic allergic children, 13 with well-controlled asthma and seven with problematic asthma. They underwent exhaled nitric oxide measurements and spirometry, and both EBC and urine samples were collected. 8-isoprostane was measured in EBC by GC/NICI-MS and EIA. 8-isoprostane concentrations in EBC were significantly higher in children with problematic asthma than in children with well-controlled asthma (p = 0.01). An acceptable reproducibility emerged between GC/NICI-MS and EIA (coefficient of reproducibility 11.5 pg x mL(-1)). 8-isoprostane levels measured in urine did not correlate with those measured in EBC. We showed that 8-isoprostane in EBC was significantly increased in children with problematic asthma, suggesting a role for oxidative stress in this asthma phenotype. In addition we found an acceptable reproducibility of EIA compared to GC/NICI-MS, even if the latter method had higher accuracy.


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Asma/diagnóstico , Asma/metabolismo , Biomarcadores/metabolismo , Testes Respiratórios/métodos , Dinoprosta/análogos & derivados , Cromatografia Gasosa-Espectrometria de Massas/métodos , Técnicas Imunoenzimáticas/métodos , Antiasmáticos/uso terapêutico , Asma/tratamento farmacológico , Criança , Dinoprosta/metabolismo , Dinoprosta/urina , Cromatografia Gasosa-Espectrometria de Massas/normas , Humanos , Técnicas Imunoenzimáticas/normas , Óxido Nítrico/metabolismo , Estresse Oxidativo/fisiologia , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Espirometria
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Diabetes Metab Res Rev ; 26(1): 50-8, 2010 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19943326

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BACKGROUND: Although hyperfibrinogenemia and insulin resistance are common in obesity and diabetes mellitus, the impact of obesity per se on fibrinogen turnover and the insulin effects on fibrinogen and protein kinetics is unknown. METHODS: We measured fibrinogen and albumin fractional (FSR) and absolute (ASR) synthesis rates, as well as protein turnover, in non-diabetic, obese and in control male subjects both before and following an euglycemic, euaminoacidemic, hyperinsulinemic clamp, using L-[(2)H(3)]-Leucine isotope infusion. RESULTS: In the obese, basal fibrinogen concentrations was approximately 25% greater (p < 0.035), and fibrinogen pool approximately 45% greater (p < 0.005), than in controls. Both FSR and ASR of fibrinogen were similar to control values. With hyperinsulinemia, although fibrinogen FSR and ASR were not significantly modified with respect to baseline in either group, fibrinogen ASR resulted to be approximately 50% greater in the obese than in controls (p < 0.015). Hyperinsulinemia equally stimulated albumin synthesis and suppressed leucine appearance from endogenous proteolysis in both groups. Amino acid clearance was also similar. In the obese, the insulin-mediated glucose disposal was approximately 50% lower (p < 0.03) than in controls, and it was inversely correlated with fibrinogen ASR during the clamp in both groups (r = - 0.58). CONCLUSIONS: In obese, non-diabetic males, post absorptive fibrinogen production is normal. Whole-body amino acid disposal, basal and insulin-responsive protein degradation, and albumin synthesis are also normal. However, the greater fibrinogen ASR in the obese with hyperinsulinemia, and the inverse relationship between insulin sensitivity and clamp fibrinogen production, suggest a role for hyperinsulinemia and/or insulin resistance on fibrinogen production in obesity.


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Fibrinogênio/metabolismo , Insulina/farmacologia , Obesidade/metabolismo , Adulto , Aminoácidos/metabolismo , Glicemia/metabolismo , Pressão Sanguínea , Índice de Massa Corporal , Superfície Corporal , Proteína C-Reativa/metabolismo , Colesterol/sangue , Fibrinogênio/efeitos dos fármacos , Humanos , Insulina/sangue , Molécula 1 de Adesão Intercelular/sangue , Interleucina-6/sangue , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Obesidade/sangue , Obesidade/fisiopatologia , Valores de Referência , Trombomodulina/sangue , Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa/sangue , Molécula 1 de Adesão de Célula Vascular/sangue
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Acta Paediatr ; 99(5): 758-762, 2010 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20136798

RESUMO

AIM: To analyse the methods used to manage and monitor sedoanalgesia at Italian paediatric intensive care units (ICUs). METHODS: Data were collected by administering a questionnaire that aimed to investigate whether ICUs adopted a validated protocol to manage sedoanalgesia. RESULTS: The results revealed that a majority of the ICUs adopt a protocol for dealing with sedation and analgesia, but this protocol is implemented with difficulty or not at all in routine clinical practice. The most often used pharmacological combination, is midazolam and fentanyl. Several weaknesses remain in terms of the methods used to assess sedoanalgesia, which are generally not standardized, but rather based on recording the patient's physiological parameters. CONCLUSION: Sedation and analgesia are priority issues in the management of critically ill children. None of the numerous drugs available is ideal and the protocols currently used in clinical practice involve the combined use of different drugs. There is currently no shared and validated approach as to which is the most effective and safest sedoanalgesic regimen in critically ill children.


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Analgesia/métodos , Protocolos Clínicos , Cuidados Críticos/estatística & dados numéricos , Hipnóticos e Sedativos/uso terapêutico , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Estado Terminal/terapia , Pesquisas sobre Atenção à Saúde , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Unidades de Terapia Intensiva Pediátrica , Itália , Dor/prevenção & controle , Inquéritos e Questionários
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Am J Clin Pathol ; 94(6): 722-8, 1990 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-2173885

RESUMO

Postmortem examination disclosed central nervous system non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in two children who died of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) at 6 and 14 months of age, respectively. Systemic signs of lymphoma were not present. The B-cell origin and clonality of the neoplastic cells were established by immunohistochemistry in one case and by molecular analysis of immunoglobulin gene rearrangement in the other. Moreover, in the latter case the neoplastic cells were characterized by the presence of a single episomal EBV genome. According to these data, the monoclonal B-cell proliferation occurred after EBV infection, thus suggesting a possible pathogenetic role of EBV in the early stages of lymphomagenesis.


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Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida/complicações , Neoplasias Encefálicas/complicações , Linfoma não Hodgkin/complicações , Infecções Oportunistas/complicações , Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida/diagnóstico , Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida/patologia , Anticorpos Monoclonais , Autopsia , Linfócitos B/patologia , Southern Blotting , Neoplasias Encefálicas/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Encefálicas/patologia , DNA Viral/genética , Rearranjo Gênico , Soropositividade para HIV , Herpesvirus Humano 4/genética , Humanos , Imunoglobulinas/genética , Imuno-Histoquímica , Lactente , Linfoma não Hodgkin/diagnóstico , Linfoma não Hodgkin/patologia , Masculino , Infecções Oportunistas/diagnóstico , Infecções Oportunistas/patologia
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J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med ; 16 Suppl 2: 21-4, 2004 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15590429

RESUMO

Deficiency or dysfunction of pulmonary surfactant plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of respiratory diseases in the newborn. We describe the studies made by applying two recently developed methods to measure surfactant kinetics. The first allows the measurement of endogenous surfactant phosphatidylcholine (PC) synthesis and kinetics by a constant intravenous infusion of glucose or fatty acids labeled with stable isotope 13C. The second method consists of endotracheal administration of a tracer dose of 13C-labeled dipalmitoyl-phosphatidylcholine (DPPC) to measure disaturated-phosphatidylcholine (DSPC) half-life and apparent pool size. We present the results of surfactant kinetics in some of the respiratory diseases of the newborn infant.


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1,2-Dipalmitoilfosfatidilcolina/farmacocinética , Fosfatidilcolinas/biossíntese , Surfactantes Pulmonares/farmacocinética , Síndrome do Desconforto Respiratório do Recém-Nascido/tratamento farmacológico , 1,2-Dipalmitoilfosfatidilcolina/uso terapêutico , Humanos , Recém-Nascido , Doenças do Recém-Nascido/tratamento farmacológico , Surfactantes Pulmonares/uso terapêutico
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Pediatr Med Chir ; 18(3): 229-33, 1996.
Artigo em Italiano | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8966121

RESUMO

Pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) have been developed to provide intensive care for children between post-neonatal age and adolescence. These units have largely been developed in North America, mainly in tertiary hospitals. In Italy, critically ill children are still often nursed on adult ICU's, where medical and nursing staff often lack pediatric training. Here we report the first 5-year experience of the multidisciplinary PICU developed at the Department of Pediatrics, University of Padua, focusing on PICU and patients characteristics, as well as on the evaluation of outcome by means of the Pediatric Risk of Mortality (PRISM) score.


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Cuidados Críticos/tendências , Estado Terminal/terapia , Adolescente , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Cuidados Críticos/estatística & dados numéricos , Hospitais Universitários/estatística & dados numéricos , Hospitais Universitários/tendências , Humanos , Lactente , Unidades de Terapia Intensiva Pediátrica/estatística & dados numéricos , Unidades de Terapia Intensiva Pediátrica/tendências , Itália
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Pediatr Med Chir ; 18(3): 235-42, 1996.
Artigo em Italiano | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8966122

RESUMO

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has become a nearly standard treatment for neonates with refractory hypoxemic respiratory failure due to various disease. Even though in the non-neonatal age the experience is less extensive, an increased widespread interest on the possible applications in children with severe life-threatening respiratory or cardiovascular insufficiency is well documented in the literature. General contraindications include presence of active bleeding, underlying lethal disease, congenital malformations, or severe brain damage. Whilst in the neonatal population common entry criteria have been widely accepted, the identification of precise parameters capable to predict mortality and thus indicating an ECMO support in older patients are still lacking. At present, nonetheless, more than 10.000 newborns and 1.000 children with severe respiratory insufficiency at high mortality risk have received an ECMO treatment, with a survival rate of more than 80% and 50%, respectively. The initial results of our ECMO program for both neonatal and pediatric patients with refractory respiratory failure are encouraging, both in terms of mortality and morbidity, and they will be briefly discussed.


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Oxigenação por Membrana Extracorpórea , Síndrome do Desconforto Respiratório do Recém-Nascido/terapia , Insuficiência Respiratória/terapia , Adolescente , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Oxigenação por Membrana Extracorpórea/instrumentação , Oxigenação por Membrana Extracorpórea/métodos , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Itália
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Pediatr Med Chir ; 18(3): 253-8, 1996.
Artigo em Italiano | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8966124

RESUMO

Advance in the science and technology of neonatal and pediatric critical care have resulted in improved outcome for high risk newborn and children. Effective interhospital transport programmes are necessary for the appropriate use of resources and has become an integral component of regionalized perinatal care. It is now well established that use of an organized neonatal and pediatric transport team results in a fall in mortality and morbidity of infant. The American College of Obstetrician and Gynecologist and, recently, American Academy of Pediatrics published guidelines and recommendations for safe interhospital transfer of neonates, infants and children. Training of personnel, selection of equipment, organization and communication between hospitals are critical elements of a successful transport system. We present an overview of the role, principles and operating procedures of such neonatal-pediatric transport team and the basis of clinical stabilization before and during transfer. We also discuss data of the first 17 month experience of the Neonatal-Pediatric Transport Service of the Department of Pediatrics, University of Padua.


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Estado Terminal/terapia , Transporte de Pacientes/organização & administração , Ambulâncias , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Emergências , Hospitais Universitários , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Itália , Transporte de Pacientes/estatística & dados numéricos , Recursos Humanos
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Minerva Pediatr ; 63(5): 399-410, 2011 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21946451

RESUMO

Fluid balance management in pediatric critically ill patients is a challenging task, since fluid overload (FO) in the pediatric ICU is considered a trigger of multiple organ dysfunction. Pediatric patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) have several pre, intra and postoperative risk factors of derangements in fluid management. In particular, the smallest patients with acute kidney injury are at highest risk of developing severe interstitial edema, capillary leak syndrome and FO. Several studies previously showed a significantly higher percentage of FO among children with severe renal dysfunction requiring RRT, strongly associated with poor outcomes. For this reason, in children, priority indication is currently given to the correction of water overload. The present review will discuss recent literature addressing the issue of fluid balance in critically ill children with CHD, dosages, benefits and drawbacks of diuretic therapy, alternative diuretic/nephroprotective drugs currently proposed in the pediatric cardiac surgery setting. Monitoring of fluid balance will be reviewed. Specific modalities of pediatric extracorporeal fluid removal will be presented.


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Hidratação , Cardiopatias Congênitas/terapia , Criança , Estado Terminal , Cardiopatias Congênitas/complicações , Cardiopatias Congênitas/cirurgia , Humanos , Desequilíbrio Hidroeletrolítico/etiologia , Desequilíbrio Hidroeletrolítico/terapia
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Minerva Pediatr ; 62(3 Suppl 1): 137-9, 2010 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21090083

RESUMO

Mortality in pediatric cardiovascular failure is markedly improved with the advent of neonatal and pediatric intensive care and with the implementation of treatment guidelines. In 2002 the American College of Critical Care Medicine Clinical Practice Parameters for Hemodynamic Support of Pediatric and Neonatal Shock reported mortality rates of 0%-5% in previously healthy and 10% in chronically ill children with septic shock associated with implementation of "best clinical practices". Early recognition of shock is the key to successful resuscitation in critically ill children. Often, shock results in or co-exists with myo-cardial dysfunction or acute lung injury. Recognition and appropriate management of these insults is crucial for successful outcomes. Resuscitation should be directed to restoration of tissue perfusion and normalization of cardiac and respiratory function. The underlying cause of shock should also be addressed urgently. The physiological response of individual children to shock resuscitation varies and is often unpredictable. Therefore, repeated assessments of vital parameters are needed for taking appropriate decisions. Global indices of tissue oxygen delivery help in targeting therapies more accurately. Isotonic fluids form the cornerstone of treatment and the amount required for resuscitation is based on etiologies and therapeutic response. After resuscitation has been initiated, targeted history and clinical evaluation must be performed to ascertain the cause of shock and management of co-morbidities should be implemented simultaneously. While the management of shock can be protocol based, the treatment needs to be individualized depending on the suspected etiology and therapeutic response particularly for children who suffer from congenital heart disease.


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Doenças do Prematuro/terapia , Ressuscitação/métodos , Choque/terapia , Lesão Pulmonar Aguda/complicações , Lesão Pulmonar Aguda/terapia , Fatores Etários , Manuseio das Vias Aéreas , Baixo Débito Cardíaco/etiologia , Baixo Débito Cardíaco/terapia , Cardiotônicos/uso terapêutico , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Terapia Combinada , Diuréticos/uso terapêutico , Hidratação , Humanos , Hipnóticos e Sedativos/uso terapêutico , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Recém-Nascido Prematuro , Doenças do Prematuro/tratamento farmacológico , Monitorização Fisiológica , Oxigênio/metabolismo , Choque/tratamento farmacológico , Choque/etiologia , Choque Séptico/complicações , Choque Séptico/terapia
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Neurophysiol Clin ; 39(2): 101-5, 2009 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19467440

RESUMO

INTRODUCTION: The contribution of clinical neurophysiology in the neurological prognosis of hypoxic-ischemic coma has been well established in adults: the bilateral absence of cortical somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP) is considered the single best indicator of adverse outcome, while the presence of the auditory mismatch negativity (MMN) is thought to herald arousal. STUDY AIM: To use MMN combined with serial EEG recordings, somatosensory and brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEP) in a paediatric case of postanoxic coma managed with hypothermia, since they have not yet been described in children. METHODS: We report the case of a nine-year-old boy with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy due to cardiorespiratory arrest after accidental burial in sand, who was treated with therapeutic hypothermia for 72 hours. Serial EEG recordings, evoked potentials, brain CT scan and brain MRI were performed in the first few days after the event. RESULTS: SEP to median nerve stimulation showed bilateral absence of the N20 component, while the N13 and P14 peaks were preserved; BAEP showed normal I-V interpeak latency and normal hearing threshold. At the same time, the MMN component of auditory event related potentials, recorded in the classical oddball paradigm, was absent. Seventeen months after the accident, the patient is alive in persistent vegetative state. CONCLUSIONS: This case illustrates the particular significance of SEP and MMN together with EEG in gaining prognostic information, even in sedated and hypothermic patients, and encourages systematic study of these prognostic tools in paediatric postanoxic coma.


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Potenciais Evocados Auditivos do Tronco Encefálico , Potenciais Somatossensoriais Evocados , Hipotermia Induzida , Hipóxia-Isquemia Encefálica/fisiopatologia , Acidentes , Ritmo alfa , Asfixia/complicações , Criança , Parada Cardíaca/complicações , Humanos , Hipóxia-Isquemia Encefálica/etiologia , Hipóxia-Isquemia Encefálica/terapia , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Masculino , Estado Vegetativo Persistente/diagnóstico , Estado Vegetativo Persistente/etiologia , Estado Vegetativo Persistente/fisiopatologia , Prognóstico , Estado Epiléptico/etiologia , Estado Epiléptico/fisiopatologia , Estado Epiléptico/terapia , Ritmo Teta , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X
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J Perinatol ; 29 Suppl 2: S29-37, 2009 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19399007

RESUMO

Deficiency or dysfunction of the pulmonary surfactant plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of respiratory diseases of the newborn. After a short review of the pulmonary surfactant, including its role in selected neonatal respiratory conditions, we describe a series of studies conducted by applying two recently developed methods to measure surfactant kinetics. In the first set of studies, namely 'endogenous studies', which used stable isotope-labeled intravenous surfactant precursors, we have shown the feasibility of measuring surfactant synthesis and kinetics in infants using several metabolic precursors, including plasma glucose, plasma fatty acids and body water. In the second set of studies, namely 'exogenous studies', which used a stable isotope-labeled phosphatidylcholine (PC) tracer given endotracheally, we estimated the surfactant disaturated phosphatidylcholine (DSPC) pool size and half-life. The major findings of our studies are presented here and can be summarized as follows: (a) the de novo synthesis and turnover rates of the surfactant (DSPC) in preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) are very low with either precursor; (b) in preterm infants with RDS, pool size is very small and half-life much longer than what has been reported in animal studies; (c) patients recovering from RDS who required higher continuous positive airway pressure pressure after extubation or reintubation have a lower level of intrapulmonary surfactant than those who did well after extubation; (d) term newborn infants with pneumonia have greatly accelerated surfactant catabolism; and (e) infants with uncomplicated congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) and on conventional mechanical ventilation have normal surfactant synthesis, but those requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenated (ECMO) do not. Information obtained from these studies in infants will help to better tailor exogenous surfactant treatment in neonatal lung diseases.


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Surfactantes Pulmonares/farmacocinética , Síndrome do Desconforto Respiratório do Recém-Nascido/fisiopatologia , Corticosteroides/administração & dosagem , Corticosteroides/efeitos adversos , Oxigenação por Membrana Extracorpórea , Hérnia Diafragmática/tratamento farmacológico , Hérnia Diafragmática/fisiopatologia , Hérnias Diafragmáticas Congênitas , Humanos , Recém-Nascido , Isótopos/farmacocinética , Síndrome de Aspiração de Mecônio/tratamento farmacológico , Síndrome de Aspiração de Mecônio/fisiopatologia , Alvéolos Pulmonares/efeitos dos fármacos , Alvéolos Pulmonares/fisiopatologia , Surfactantes Pulmonares/administração & dosagem , Surfactantes Pulmonares/efeitos adversos , Surfactantes Pulmonares/química , Respiração Artificial , Síndrome do Desconforto Respiratório do Recém-Nascido/tratamento farmacológico
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Infection ; 36(2): 174-6, 2008 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17926004
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Minerva Anestesiol ; 66(3): 163-6, 2000 Mar.
Artigo em Italiano | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10817007

RESUMO

A case of late recovery from anesthesia in a patient undergoing bronchoscopy for surgical removal of metastatic bronchial mass is presented. The patient was comatose and a CT scan revealed the presence of bleeding inside a tumor, probably a metastasis, located in the right cerebellum. This report demonstrates that undetected cerebral metastases might lead to late recovery from anesthesia and underlines that accurate neurologic examination is mandatory in patients affected by tumors potentially spreading to the brain.


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Anestesia Geral , Neoplasias Cerebelares/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Cerebelares/secundário , Período de Recuperação da Anestesia , Neoplasias Cerebelares/diagnóstico por imagem , Feminino , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X
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Childs Nerv Syst ; 6(7): 406-8, 1990 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1669251

RESUMO

To study the natural history of the neurological involvement in pediatric human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, 77 children born to seropositive mothers have been followed up since birth. The median follow-up time has been 17.5 months. Fourteen children were classified as infected, 34 as not infected, and 21 as indeterminable. Only two children with full-blown acute immune deficiency syndrome had severe neurological manifestations. "Soft" neurological signs were found in six infected, and ten non-infected children (chi 2, P < 0.05). The mean development quotient and IQ scores in the infected and the non-infected children were 82.22, and 93.15, respectively (Mann-Whitney test, P > 0.05). These data suggest that neurological and developmental abnormalities do not occur early in the course of vertical HIV infection and that they are associated with severe immunodeficiency.


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Complexo AIDS Demência/diagnóstico , Soropositividade para HIV/congênito , Doenças do Sistema Nervoso/congênito , Exame Neurológico , Complexo Relacionado com a AIDS/congênito , Complexo Relacionado com a AIDS/diagnóstico , Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida/congênito , Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida/diagnóstico , Feminino , Seguimentos , Soropositividade para HIV/diagnóstico , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Inteligência , Masculino , Doenças do Sistema Nervoso/diagnóstico , Gravidez
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Acta Paediatr Scand ; 80(6-7): 659-66, 1991.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1867084

RESUMO

Several immunological abnormalities were detected in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected children. Intrathecal synthesis of immunoglobulins, free light chains (FLC), IL-1 beta, IL-6, and M-CSF were demonstrated both in asymptomatic children and children with subacute encephalopathy. Our findings further support the hypothesis that an immunopathological subclinical process within the central nervous system (CNS) may be an early manifestation of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Cytokine detection in the CSF may represent a useful diagnostic tool in evaluating the outcome of HIV-1-infected patients.


Assuntos
Complexo AIDS Demência/diagnóstico , Citocinas/líquido cefalorraquidiano , HIV-1 , Complexo AIDS Demência/líquido cefalorraquidiano , Complexo AIDS Demência/tratamento farmacológico , Biomarcadores/líquido cefalorraquidiano , Pré-Escolar , Citocinas/metabolismo , Feminino , Humanos , Técnicas Imunoenzimáticas , Lactente , Masculino , Zidovudina/uso terapêutico
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