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An 18-year-old gentleman with a habit of compulsive urine drinking was admitted because of repeated vomiting and was noted to be cyanotic. His oxygen saturation was 84% on pulse oximeter but arterial blood gas was normal. He was subsequently confirmed to have methemoglobinemia. He was successfully
Symptoms and signs were recorded for 1007 infants younger than 6 months of age seen at home (298) or hospital (709) and correlated with four grades of illness severity. Most symptoms, present in the preceding 3 days, were associated with all grades of illness. Only four symptoms were not reported in
Early-onset benign childhood occipital seizures (EBOS) described by Panayiotopoulos constitute the commoner after the rolandic phenotype of a childhood seizure susceptibility syndrome. EBOS are the clinical representative of occipital spikes. Their cardinal features are infrequent (often single)
Limitation of a bioterrorist anthrax attack will require rapid and accurate recognition of the earliest victims. To identify clinical characteristics of inhalational anthrax, we compared 47 historical cases (including 11 cases of bioterrorism-related anthrax) with 376 controls with
BACKGROUND
Methemoglobinemia is an uncommon cause of tissue hypoxia, but it can be life threatening if it is not identified and treated promptly.
OBJECTIVE
To highlight the importance of understanding the potential risks of over-the-counter medications, especially in unsupervised use. Topical
Munchausen syndrome by proxy is an increasingly reported insidious disorder in which illness in a child is fabricated and/or induced by the parent. Over a 5-year period at North Carolina Children's Hospital 10 such children were identified after having presented to the Pediatric Surgical Service. In
BACKGROUND
Four infant deaths in one year due to pertussis at our hospital prompted a retrospective chart review to determine the trends in pertussis hospitalizations in children < one year of age over the past 14 years.
METHODS
All medical records from July 1988-June 2002 with pertussis-specific
OBJECTIVE
Para esophageal hiatal hernia is a rare childhood condition and reported series have had scant number of children which makes diagnosis a challenge. The authors sought to study the presentation and the outcome of treatment of congenital para esophageal hernias (CPEH) over a period of 10
Infants with athyrotic hypothyroidism usually manifest signs and symptoms of hypothyroidism prior to or during the period in the newborn nursery. These features are variable and include: prolonged gestation with large size at birth, large posterior fontanel, respiratory distress, hypothermia,
OBJECTIVE
Increasing use of methadone in withdrawal programs has increased methadone poisoning in children. This research aimed to study the causes of incidence of poisoning in children and its side-effects.
METHODS
In this research, The hospital records of all methadone-poisoned children referred
Liz... Josiane, a 9 year old girl, was admitted with a 24 hours history of severe headache and vomiting. On admission she was conscious, irritable and complained of a severe headache. Clinical examination revealed a right hemiparesis with cyanosis of the lips and extremities and clubbing of the
Results of arterial blood gas and acid-base analysis on initial samples prior to therapy were reviewed for 220 dogs admitted to the University of Georgia Veterinary Teaching Hospital. Acidemia or alkalemia was detected in 61 of 220 dogs (28%). The most common acid-base abnormality was metabolic
BACKGROUND
Methemoglobinemia results from oxidation of ferrous to ferric iron in hemoglobin. In addition to a functional anemia, methhemoglobinemia causes the O2-binding affinity of the remaining O2 sites in the hemoglobin tetramer to increase; essentially shifting the oxyhemoglobin dissociation