At present, therapeutic hypothermia (TH) is the only approved intervention for term neonates diagnosed with moderate or severe HIE; it requires to be initiated within six hours after birth, and consists of either whole-body cooling or selective head cooling for up till 72 h to reach a body c...
Most CS programs mandate that a patient ingest nothing by mouth after midnight for surgery the following day, or at the very least, fast for 6 to 8 hours from the intake of a solid meal before elective cardiac surgery.28 Several randomized clinical trials have demonstrated, however, that non...
When patients are readmitted to the hospital, adults are cared for at CAST and children at the Department of Pediatrics. Home care After the graft had been infused, the patients could go home. An experienced nurse from the ward visited the patient once or twice daily, for a median of 1 ...
This chapter reviews selected infection prevention and control practices that address common infections in transplant recipients. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued guidelines for the prevention of infection for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) recipients, b...
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Macy Sorensen is settling into an ambitious if emotionally tepid routine: work hard as a new pediatrics resident, plan her wedding to an older, financially secure man, keep her head down and heart tucked away. But when she runs into Elliot Petropoulos – the first and only love of her life...