Tag: Pediatrics
“We must alert the French about sepsis, a very dangerous infection, but entirely preventable”
INTERVIEW – Djillali Annane, head of the intensive care unit at the Raymond-Poincaré hospital in Garches, deplores the lack of awareness of this disease responsible for 80,000 deaths per year…
Medical ethics: Genetic testing of newborns needs clear boundaries
Researchers are currently investigating how children can be screened for a variety of hereditary diseases at an early stage. This development gives great hope. But it carries fundamental risks. source…
Meningococcal B: Can you vaccinate too much? What experts say – health
With the introduction of the meningococcal B vaccination, the youngest children will now be immunized against 14 different diseases. For some parents, the question arises as to whether this will…
Can you vaccinate too much? – Health
With the introduction of the meningococcal B vaccination, the youngest children will now be immunized against 14 different diseases. For some parents, the question arises as to whether this will…
Overheating in pediatrics at the CHU, which recognizes “high temperatures”
The atmosphere is suffocating. The pediatric day hospitalization service at University Hospital of Bordeaux is facing “very high” temperatures in the midst of a heat wave, the hospital admitted on…
A committee set up for the assizes of pediatrics
Pediatric services are in crisis. The bronchiolitis epidemic, which mainly affects infants, has highlighted the failures of the child health system. In order to find solutions, the Minister of Health,…
The epidemic is accelerating and worsening the crisis in pediatrics
Bronchiolitis is about to break records. With hospitalizations higher than the previous three seasons and equivalent to the pre-Covid-19 peak, the epidemic continues to increase, observe the health authorities. Pointing…
The government releases 150 million euros and launches an “action plan” for pediatrics
Caregivers are not convinced. Faced with the crisis in pediatric emergencies, the government drew up Sunday “an immediate action plan”, and released 150 million euros for all services “in tension”…
Irritant topic of pacifiers: curse or blessing? – Bless you
from Inga Rahmsdorf They are made of silicone or latex, in many sizes and shapes, colorful, with animals on them, allegedly ergonomic, good for mouth development, sleep-promoting or orthodontic: pacifiers.…
More and more premature babies or seriously ill babies are surviving – health
from Christina Berndt It’s only a little over half the time that’s actually allotted. But it can be enough: if a child has spent at least 22 of the usual…