Anales de pediatría : publicación oficial de la Asociación Española de Pediatría (A.E.P.)
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Pott's puffy tumor is a rare complication of frontal sinusitis characterized by swelling and edema in the brow due to a subperiosteal abscess associated with frontal osteomyelitis. Added complications are cellulitis by extension to the orbit and intracranial infection by posterior extension, with high risk of meningitis, intracranial abscess, and venous sinus thrombosis. ⋯ In the antibiotic age it is extremely rare, with very few cases described in the recent literature. A case is presented of a Pott inflammatory tumor in a 7 year-old boy, as a complication of acute pansinusitis who presented with front preseptal swelling and intracranial involvement with thrombosis of ophthalmic and superior orbital veins and frontal epidural abscess extending to the subarachnoid space.
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Comparative Study
[Incidence of unplanned extubations in a neonatal intensive care unit. A before and after study].
Unplanned extubations (UE) of mechanically ventilated newborns involves an undesirable increase in morbidity and mortality. ⋯ The implementation of a preventive measures program did not significantly reduce the incidence of UE. The summer period showed the highest incidence of UE.