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    6 ng/mL for 25OHVitD3 (p <0.0001), -11.1 pg/mL for PTH (p <0.0001), and -47.5 IU/mL for ALP (p= 0.01). There were no differences in calcium concentrations. In sum mer, 97.6% of the subjects were classified with sufficiency status (> 20 ng/mL), which decreased significantly in winter to 54.3% (p <0.0001).

    In winter, 25OHVitD3 concentrations decreased in approximately half of the children, which was associated with an increase in PTH and ALP, and normal calcium concentrations. According to our results, children may need VitD supple mentation during fall and winter.

    In winter, 25OHVitD3 concentrations decreased in approximately half of the children, which was associated with an increase in PTH and ALP, and normal calcium concentrations. According to our results, children may need VitD supple mentation during fall and winter.

    The hypernatremic neonatal dehydration is a severe condition whose incidence has increased in recent years resulting in complications leading to the hospitalization of the newborn.

    Describe the clinical and laboratory characteristics of term-newborns with Hypernatremic Dehy dration diagnosis.

    Descriptive observational study of hospitalized term- newborns due to hypernatremic dehydration between a period from 2014 to 2016. Term newborns over 37 weeks with clinical signs of dehydration (dry mucous membranes, depressed fontanel, tear less crying, signs of the cutaneous pleat), and/or excessive weight loss greater than 7% and serum sodium greater than 145 mEq/L were included. Sociodemographic and biochemical variables were recorded for analysis.

    43 neonates were included. 60.5 percent of their mothers were pri- miparous, 90 percent of neonates received exclusive breastfeeding, mothers reported breastfeeding problems in 76.7 percent. Incoming neonates reported weight loss compared to birth weight at 15.3% on average. 83.3% had public health insurance. 65.1% had dehydration clinical signs at entry and 83.5% transient neurological signs. The average sodium was 155 mEq/L at revenue. The sodium decrease in the first 24 hours of handling was 7.74 mEq/L (0.32mEq/L per hour). The correction of the hypernatremia was 55.8% by oral intake and 4 days hospital stay on average.

    The feeding’s problems came up in a (76%), primiparous mothers in an (88.4%). 90.6 percent of this population administered exclusive breastfeeding, results that can help to alert the health professional to timely identification, warning signs, and early post-discharge control and preventive measures.

    The feeding’s problems came up in a (76%), primiparous mothers in an (88.4%). 90.6 percent of this population administered exclusive breastfeeding, results that can help to alert the health professional to timely identification, warning signs, and early post-discharge control and preventive measures.

    An Unplanned Return to the Operating Room (UROR) is an unplanned surgery performed during the first 30 days as a result of primary surgery. In Chile, the analysis and the UROR rate are quality indicators.

    to describe and analyze UROR in a pediatrics.

    Observa tional cross-sectional study. The clinical records of pediatric patients undergoing UROR at the Hos pital Carlos Van Buren over 5 years were reviewed. The incidence, indications, and causes of UROR were analyzed. The causes of UROR were classified as 1) causes attributable to surgical technique, 2) treatment-related causes, 3) the patient pathology, and 4) other causes. In addition, the observance of the case review meetings after an UROR was analyzed.

    23 UROR out of 5,503 surgeries were performed in 5 years, (0.42%). Peptide 17 in vitro There were 11 UROR out of 3,434 elective surgeries and 12 UROR out of 2,069 emergency ones (0.32% v/s 0.58% respectively, p=NS). There were 2 UROR out of 82 surgeries in newborns, (2.43%, p<0.01). After every UROR, a case review meeting was held. In 18 out of the 23 patients who underwent UROR (78%), the cause was attributable to the surgical technique or planning.

    UROR is rare in pediatric surgery, except for the newborn period. Case review meetings are held after every UROR case, according to the national guidelines. The causes of UROR are mostly attributable to the surgical technique or planning.

    UROR is rare in pediatric surgery, except for the newborn period. Case review meetings are held after every UROR case, according to the national guidelines. The causes of UROR are mostly attributable to the surgical technique or planning.Pediatric cardiomyopathies are infrequent diseases of the cardiac muscle, with an annual inciden ce of 1.1 to 1.2 per 100,000 children. Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is the predominant form, characterized by ventricular dilatation and systolic dysfunction. Etiologies are multiple, with at least 50%-70% of cases being idiopathic. When assessing a child with DCM, secondary potentially reversible causes must be ruled out. The main diagnostic tool is the echocardiogram which allows the identification of cardiac phenotype, to establish the degree of functional compromise, and res ponse to medical therapy. Prognosis is limited but more favorable in infants younger than 1 year at the onset, post myocarditis, or with a lesser degree of ventricular dysfunction. At least 20% of patients may recover ventricular function in the first 2 years after the onset and 40%-50% may die or need heart transplant in the first 5 years. Medical therapy is mainly based on adult experience with limited scientific evidence in children. Heart transplant is the therapy of choice in patients with end-stage disease, with excellent short- and medium-term survival. A significant proportion of patients may require stabilization on the waiting list, including the use of mechanical circulatory support as a bridge to transplantation. The purpose of this revision is to update the available infor mation on etiology, physiopathological mechanisms, prognostic factors, and management of DCM in children.New robust and reproducible differentiation approaches are needed to generate induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived cardiomyocytes of specific subtypes in predictable quantities for tissue-specific disease modeling, tissue engineering, and eventual clinical translation. Here, we assessed whether powdered decellularized extracellular matrix (dECM) particles contained chamber-specific cues that could direct the cardiac differentiation of human iPSCs toward an atrial phenotype. Human hearts were dissected and the left ventricle (LV) and left atria (LA) were isolated, minced, and decellularized using an adapted submersion decellularization technique to generate chamber-specific powdered dECM. Comparative proteomic analyses showed chamber-specific dECM segregation, with atrial- and ventricle-specific proteins uniquely present in powdered dECM-hA and dECM-hV, respectively. Cell populations differentiated in the presence of dECM-hA showed upregulated atrial molecular markers and a two-fold increase in the number of atrial-like cells as compared with cells differentiated with dECM-hV or no dECM (control).