Edelweiss Pediatrics Journal

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Introduction Neonatal sepsis is a common, devastating, and overwhelming disease that contributes to morbidity and death. It has life-long impact plagued by a lack of accurate diagnostic and prognostic testing [1]. The clinical signs are non-specific and indistinguishable from those caused by a diversity of neonatal noninfectious disorde View more

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Introduction Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) is the most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis in the developed and developing countries [1]. The overall incidence is 0.6-4 per 100000 each year in the population younger than 18 years [1]. GBS is an autoimmune disorder that is thought to be a post-infectious polyneuropathy, involving mainly View more

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Introduction Medical errors are a common occurrence in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Medical error occurs due to active failure and or latent failure. Active failure includes errors related to individuals as doctors and nurses, while latent failure includes errors related to the system. Faulty information management, st View more