Treatment of pediatric inguinal hernia-effects of open vs laparoscopic approaches on testicular blood flow
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Pre and post-operative testicular blood flow measurements undertaken on children undergoing open vs two different laparoscopic techniques to repair unilateral inguinal hernia, indicates while transient decreases in testicular blow flow may occur with the open technique, no method impaired testicular blood flow significantly.
Source: Journal of Pediatric Surgery
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Natural history of small bowel failure following resection
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The intestine undergoes tremendous growth during fetal life, elongating 1,000-fold between 5 and 40 weeks of gestation, reaching a maximum length of 275 cms at birth.
To characterize the natural history of small infants (GA: 34 weeks, BW: 2.1 kg) (aged < 12 months) who had small bowel intestinal failure (from a variety of causes) associated with a residual small bowel length of 41 cms, 272 infants in 14 pediatric centers were followed for 25.7 months.
At approximately 2 years of age, 27% of premature infants with small bowel failure will have died, 26% will have undergone intestinal transplantation and 47% will have achieved enteral autonomy.
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics
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Is capnography useful in predicting hospital admission in bronchiolitis?
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No!
Source: Pediatric Emergency Care
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