Revista Cubana de Pediatría

Alert in the Americas, Zika virus infection

Clinical application of the Childhood Autism Rating Scale

Influence of sleep habits in the language development in preschoolers

Clinical manifestations and etiologies related to febrile seizures

Decision tree technique applied to the clinical method in the dengue diagnosis

Use of lumbar puncture in the teaching-educational process in pediatrics

Current vision on risk factors and complications of pediatric osteomyelitis

Celiac disease in Cuba, forty years of experiences and realities for its diagnosis

Second and third molars in maxillary sinus

Cutaneous care for infants in perioral dermatitis related to excessive salivation caused by primary teeth eruption

Severe neurological disorders and malformations seen in a girl with chromosome 21 monosomy

Particularities of the acute respiratory distress syndrome at pediatric ages

Desde las primeras descripciones del síndrome de dificultad respiratoria aguda los pediatras intensivistas reconocieron que posee particularidades que la hacen diferente en la población pediátrica. El objetivo de este trabajo es divulgar la definición específica en el modelo infantil, aunque existen similitudes en la fisiopatología del síndrome de dificultad respiratoria en adultos y niños. Se revisaron los conceptos vigentes sobre el síndrome de dificultad respiratoria aguda desde su descripción, a través de los diferentes consensos (desde el de 1994 hasta el de 2015) y se señalaron las recomendaciones en el tratamiento y seguimiento de esta entidad. Los tópicos que se trataron fueron: concepto; prevalencia y epidemiología; fisiopatología, severidad y enfermedades asociadas; soporte ventilatorio; tratamientos secundarios específicos sobre el pulmón; tratamientos concomitantes; monitoreo general y pulmonar; soporte ventilatorio no invasivo; terapia extracorpórea y el seguimiento a largo plazo. Las recomendaciones propuestas en la última conferencia de consenso para el tratamiento del síndrome de dificultad respiratoria en edades pediátricas permiten optimizar el tratamiento e identificar necesidades futuras de investigación del tema.

Since the first descriptions of the acute respiratory distress syndrome, the intensive service pediatrician admitted that it has some particularities that make it different in the pediatric population. The objective of this paper was to explain the specific definition in the infant model despite the similarities in the physiopathology of this syndrome in adults and children. The current concepts about the acute respiratory distress syndrome from its first description through the various consensuses about it (1994 to 2915) were reviewed, and the recommendations in terms of treatment and follow-up were also pointed out. The addressed topics were concept, prevalence and epidemiology, physiopathology, severity and associated diseases; ventilatory support, specific secondary treatments for the lung, concomitant treatments, general and pulmonary monitoring, non-invasive ventilatory support, extracorporeal therapy and long-term follow-up. The recommendations for the treatment of the respiratory distress syndrome at pediatric ages suggested by the last consensus conference allow optimizing the treatment and identifying future requirements for research on this subject.

Reliability of cutoff points in empirical studies

Reply: reliability of cutoff points in empirical studies

Ernesto de la Torre Montejo (1929-2016)