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Staphylococcus aureus reservoirs and transmission routes in a Portuguese Neonat...

Although Staphylococcus aureus is a major cause of outbreaks in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), there are no studies on the epidemiology of S. aureus isolates responsible for infection in Portuguese NICUs. Between July 2005 and December 2007, a total of 54 methicillin susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) isolates were recovered from 16 infected infants, parents, health care workers (HCWs), and the environment in...

Factores de risco cardiovascular e obesidade infantil

Introdução: a obesidade associa-se, mesmo em idade pediátrica, a factores de risco de doença cardiovascular, como a dislipidemia, a tensão arterial (TA) elevada e o síndrome metabólico (SM), que contribuem para o aumento da morbilidade e mortalidade na idade adulta. Objectivos: caracterizar a prevalência dos factores de risco cardiovascular nas crianças e adolescentes obesos seguidos na consulta de Endocrinolog...

A cooperação do HFF com São Tomé e Príncipe: Pediatria

kawasaki disease in a young infant: diagnostic challenges

Kawasaki disease (KD) is a multisystem vasculitis condition with a relatively unknown etiology. It has a high prevalence in children ages 6 months to 5 years, and patients often present with high fever, rash, cervical lymphadenopathy and mucocutaneous abnormalities. Visceral manifestations can be present, being coronary complications the most frequent. There is no diagnostic test for KD, its presentation can be...

Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome: first signs in the neonatal period

The term "catastrophic" antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS) is used to define a subset of the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) characterized by the clinical evidence of three or more organ involvement by thrombotic events in a short period of time and with laboratory confirmation of the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies. We describe a male infant first admitted at 17 days old for necrotizing enteritis complic...

Incontinentia Pigmenti in the Neonatal Period

Incontinentia pigmenti (IP) is a rare multisystem disease, X linked dominant disorder. As all X linked dominant diseases, it is usually male-lethal. Female newborn admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit on the fi rst day of life was diagnosed as having probable herpetic infection with vesicular skin lesions distributed on upper right limb and inferior limbs. Family history showed that her 22-year-old moth...

Caloric intake and weight gain in a neonatal intensive care unit

The aim of this paper was to study the weight gain in very-low-birthweight (VLBW) infants by adopting earlier and higher intake of proteins and earlier intake of lipids. We studied 28 VLBW infants admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit during the year 2004 (group 1) and 18 during the first semester of 2006 (group 2). Dietary intakes for group 1 were: 1 g kg−1 day−1 of proteins started at postnatal day 2 (P2) ...

Internamento por malária importada em crianças, em dois hospitais da Grande Lisboa

Introdução: Apesar de em Portugal não haver malária endógena, a crescente mobilidade das populações e os laços históricos com África possibilitam a importação de casos para o nosso país. O presente estudo pretende contribuir para melhorar o conhecimento epidemiológico e clínico da malária importada na região de Lisboa Métodos: Realizou-se um estudo descritivo das crianças com malária, internadas em dois hospita...

Congenital laryngomucocoele: a rare cause for CHAOS

Congenital high airway obstruction syndrome (CHAOS) is a rare but life-threatening condition that results from the obstruction of the upper airways. We describe a female newborn, from a Grávida II, Para 0, 36-year-old woman, with a routine ultrasound at 30 weeks’ gestation that showed polyhydramnios. She delivered a live-born female baby at 36 weeks without any dismorphic features but with respiratory distress....

Excesso de peso e obesidade: prevenção na escola

Introdução: A obesidade é uma doença crónica e a sua prevalência tem vindo a aumentar na infância e na adolescência de forma alarmante. A escola pode desempenhar um papel importante na prevenção desta patologia, integrando a obesidade nos programas curriculares e desenvolvendo acções complementares que visem valorizar hábitos de vida saudáveis. Objectivos: Determinar a incidência de excesso de peso e de obesida...