Pediatric emergency care in europe: a descriptive survey of 53 tertiary medical centersSantiago Mintegi
Paediatric Emergency Department, Cruces Hospital, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
Pediatr Emerg Care 24:359-63. 2008
..To examine determinants of quality of care provided by pediatric emergency departments (PEDs) in tertiary European centers...
- Predictors of occult bacteremia in young febrile children in the era of heptavalent pneumococcal conjugated vaccine
Santiago Mintegi
Pediatric Emergency Department, Cruces Hospital, Barakaldo, Basque Country, Spain
Eur J Emerg Med 16:199-205. 2009
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- Well appearing young infants with fever without known source in the emergency department: are lumbar punctures always necessary?
Santiago Mintegi
Department of Paediatric Emergency, Cruces Hospital, Basque Country, Spain
Eur J Emerg Med 17:167-9. 2010
..This approach may lead to under-diagnosing nonbacterial meningitis...
- Diagnostic value of leukopenia in young febrile infants
Borja Gomez
Paediatric Emergency Department, Cruces Hospital, Barakaldo, Spain
Pediatr Infect Dis J 31:92-5. 2012
..6% for those with leukocytosis (odds ratio, 3.59). None of the 9 well-appearing febrile neonates with leukopenia developed an SBI. Leukopenia, in well-appearing young febrile infants, should not be considered as an SBI risk factor...
- Blood culture and bacteremia predictors in infants less than three months of age with fever without source
Borja Gomez
From the Paediatric Emergency Department, Cruces Hospital, Plaza de Cruces s n, Barakaldo, Spain
Pediatr Infect Dis J 29:43-7. 2010
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- Impact of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the management of highly febrile children aged 6 to 24 months in an emergency department
Santiago Mintegi
Paediatric Emergency Department, Hospital Cruces, University of the Basque Country, Bizkaia, Basque Country, Spain
Pediatr Emerg Care 22:566-9. 2006
..To evaluate the impact of the introduction of the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-7) in the management of children aged 6 to 24 months with high fever without source (FWS) in a pediatric emergency department (PED)...
- Occult pneumonia in infants with high fever without source: a prospective multicenter study
Santiago Mintegi
Pediatric Emergency Department, Cruces Hospital, Bilbao, Spain
Pediatr Emerg Care 26:470-4. 2010
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- Pneumococcal bacteremia in febrile infants presenting to the emergency department 8 years after the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the Basque Country of Spain
Javier Benito-Fernández
Pediatric Emergency Department, Hospital de Cruces, Bizkaia, Spain
Pediatr Infect Dis J 29:1142-4. 2010
..The decline in pneumococcal OB rates observed after PCV7 introduction in our area (Basque Country, Spain) continues 8 years later. There is no evidence of an OB rate increase caused by non-PCV7 serotypes...
- Rapid influenza test in young febrile infants for the identification of low-risk patients
Santiago Mintegi
Paediatric Emergency Department, Hospital Cruces, Barakaldo, Basque Country, Spain
Pediatr Infect Dis J 28:1026-8. 2009
..Routine blood culture may be no longer necessary in infants with a positive RIT...
- Is 15 Days an Appropriate Cut-off Age for Considering Serious Bacterial Infection in the Management of Febrile Infants?
Silvia Garcia
Pediatric Emergency Department, Cruces University Hospital, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain Department of Paediatrics, University of the Basque Country, Basque Country, Spain Microbiology Service, Cruces University Hospital Hospital, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
Pediatr Infect Dis J 31:455-8. 2012
..However, as the prevalence of SBI is not homogenous in this age group, some authors have considered decreasing this cut-off age, allowing ambulatory management of selected patients meeting low-risk criteria...
- Invasive bacterial infections in a paediatric emergency department in the era of the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
Maria Herrero
Department of Pediatric Emergency, Cruces Hospital, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain
Eur J Emerg Med 19:89-94. 2012
..To describe the characteristics of patients diagnosed with invasive bacterial infections (IBIs) in a Paediatric Emergency Department (PED) following the introduction of the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugated vaccine (PCV7)...
- Use of urine dipstick evaluating young infants with Fever without a source and positive urine culture
Santiago Mintegi
From the Department of Paediatric Emergency, Cruces Hospital, Osakidetza Basque Health Service, Bilbao, Spain Department of Paediatrics, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain and Microbiology Department, Cruces Hospital, Osakidetza Basque Health Service, Bilbao, Spain
Pediatr Infect Dis J 30:1103-5. 2011
..Febrile young infants with positive urine culture and negative urine dipstick may not have a urinary tract infection and less aggressive management can be considered...
- Emergency visits for childhood poisoning: a 2-year prospective multicenter survey in Spain
Santiago Mintegi
Hospital de Cruces, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain
Pediatr Emerg Care 22:334-8. 2006
..To describe the characteristics of childhood poisoning leading to consultation to 17 pediatric emergency departments in Spain...
