funnel chest/fever

We experienced a case of abortive malignant hyperthermia during funnel chest surgery. Although a 5-year-old boy had muscle rigidity after the intravenous injection of succinylcholine chloride, the tracheal intubation was easy. The boy had high body temperature, metabolic acidosis, hyperkalemia and

We have observed an elevation of body temperature during surgical repair of pectus excavatum. To document this phenomenon and attempt to prevent it, we undertook a combination retrospective-prospective study. The retrospective arm included an analysis of the anesthetic records of patients undergoing

A 37-year-old woman, who presented with low grade fever and productive cough, was admitted for evaluation of an abnormal shadow on chest X-ray film. On physical examination, she had bilateral hallux valgus and funnel chest, the center of which was at the fifth rib on the right edge of the sternum.

OBJECTIVE The present study was undertaken to summarize our experience with the concurrent repair of pectus excavatum (PE) and congenital heart defects in young children over the past 15 years. METHODS A retrospective study was conducted that included patients who underwent combined repair of PE and

A case of hyperpyrexia induced by procarbazine in a child with Hodgkin's disease, neurofibromatosis, and pectus excavatum deformity is presented. After the diagnosis of stage IIIS Hodgkin's disease, combined COPP chemotherapy was initiated. One week later she presented with high fever. After a

OBJECTIVE Pectus excavatum usually is corrected by thoracoplasty using metal plates. Recently bioabsorbabe polylactide plates have been developed. The aim of this study was to compare outcome after use of metal and bioasorbable plates in thoracoplasty performed for correction of pectus

We report on two boys aged 2 and 6 years-old respectively with dysmorphic face, ptosis, down-slanting palpebral fissures, hypertelorism, epicanthic folds, low-set ears, malar hypoplasia, micrognathia, high-arched palate, clinodactyly, palmar simian line, pectus excavatum, winging of the scapulae,

Clinical, radiologic, electrocardiographic and 2-dimensional echocardiographic findings of fifty cases of mitral valve prolapse syndrome attending the Pediatric Cardiology clinic of I.C.H. and Childrens Hospital, Medical College, Kottayam over a period of ten years from 1980-1989 are presented.

Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC) is a heterogenous group of disorders characterized by multiple joint contractures with an estimated frequency of 1 in 3000-5100 livebirths. The authors present a case of an 11-month-old infant with AMC who died due to severe pneumonia. The deceased had no

We report on a patient with myopathy, kyphoscoliosis, joint contractures, and a facial appearance consistent with King syndrome. Unlike other reported cases, our patient had hyperextensible joints, normal stature, and pectus excavatum. The cardiac ventricles, aorta, and pulmonary artery were

OBJECTIVE A nemesis of surgical implants is infection. We evaluated the various infectious complications after Nuss repair of pectus excavatum in 863 patients over 18 years. METHODS After institutional review board approval, a retrospective review of a prospectively gathered database of patients was

The King-Denborough syndrome (KDS) is a congenital myopathy with musculoskeletal abnormalities, and definitely associated with susceptibility to malignant hyperthermia (MH). We present the first report in Japan concerning the management of a KDS patient. A 2-year-old boy was scheduled for

Kartagener’s syndrome is a recessive autosomal disease which is mainly seen to affect ciliary movement. The symptoms of the syndrome are the consequence of the defective motility of the cilia found in the respiratory tract and that results with recurrent lung infections caused by mucus stasis in the