Hydronephrosis [water - kidney condition] refers to a kidney with a dilated pelvis and collecting system. It can be caused by obstruction of the ureters or bladder outlet. Hydronephrosis can also result from reflux (retrograde leakage of urine from the bladder up the ureters to the renal pelvis. Rarely, some children have hydronephrosis without either [...]
Tags: CRF, glomerulonephritis, infection, kiney function, pyelonephritis, renal finction, ultrasound
Intestinal absorption in newborn infants of immunoglobulins present in colostrum was studied by measuring the concentrations of immunoglobulins IgA, IgG, and IgM in cord blood and following the changes in the serum of the infant on the 5th day after birth. In infants who did not receive colostrum, a marked fall in IgG levels was [...]
Tags: colostrum, IgA, IgG, IgM, immunoglobulins, infection, Newborn baby
Objective: To provide an update to the original Surviving Sepsis Campaign
clinical management guidelines, “Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines for Management
of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock,” published in 2004.
Design: Modified Delphi method with a consensus conference of 55 international
experts, several subsequent meetings of subgroups and key individuals,
teleconferences, and electronic-based discussion among subgroups and among
the entire committee. This [...]
Tags: Assessment, Development and Evaluation criteria, evidence-based medicine, GRADE, Grades of Recommendation, guidelines, infection, sepsis, sepsis bundle, sepsis syndrome, septic shock, severe sepsis, Surviving Sepsis Campaign