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Young people are considered a population at risk of nutritional deficiencies due to bad eating habits, found especially among university students. In fact, the latter tend to change their eating habits when they begin their university studies, with adherence to a typically western diet that includes
Background and rationale:
Resistance to penicillin was discovered in Staphylococcus aureus in the mid-1940s, soon after the introduction of penicillin as a therapeutic agent into clinical practice. The emergence of penicillin resistant S. aureus (PRSA) was widely encountered in hospitals thereafter,
Background:
Group B streptococcus (GBS) infection of the newborn is a leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality in North America. Up to 30% of pregnant women are colonized with GBS. Half of the babies born to colonized mothers will become colonized themselves, and of those, about 1-2% may
The clinical course of sickle cell disease (SCD) is very variable. Some patients experience vaso-occlusive disease infrequently, but other patients develop the complication recurrently. The reason for the difference remains unclear. Although erythrocyte sickling occurs due to factors such as
Determination of the insertion technique
The insertion technique (with anatomical landmarks or ultrasound-guided) will be determined by randomization. To that aim, we will use a software available on an intranet server and available from all ICUs involved in the study.
All central venous catheters
Burn injuries represent a public health problem worldwide, ranked fourth in all injuries and are among the leading cause of disability adjusted life years in low and middle-income countries. More than in any other injury, the inflammation and catabolism associated with severe burns can exacerbate
The majority of information regarding pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics (the action, properties and elimination of a drug in the body) of antibiotics is based on measurements of the serum and plasma concentrations. Current guidelines for surgical antibiotic prophylaxis have clearly demonstrated
RISK CLASSIFICATION:
Patients received were classified into initial risk groups defined as:
High Risk (HR) High risk patients had any of the following features: age 10 years and older, a white blood cell count of 50 000 cells per μL or higher, initial spinal fluid sample with the presence of