Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant and Intensive Care: Have Things Changed?
This is the largest single-center series for pediatric patients who require intensive care posthematopoietic stem cell transplant and demonstrates that this group of patients still faces high mortality. There has been an improvement in survival for those patients who require renal replacement therapy and also for patients who require mechanical ventilation more than once; however, the need for mechanical ventilation still remains a significant predictor of mortality.
Routine pertussis vaccination of adolescents results in net health benefits and may be relatively cost-effective.