Atrial flutter is an uncommon cause of supraventricular tachycardia in children, with an incidence of 0.01%, which is underestimated by the low rate of clinical suspicion. The case of a child with the rare association of atrial flutter is presented: school-age debut, structurally normal heart, and reentry circuit located in the left atrium. Correct treatment of supraventricular...
To identify risk factors associated with diarrheal and severe dehydration in children between 2 and 5 years old, was performed a study of incident cases and controls. In multivariate analysis the following risk factors were identified: age less than 18 months, malnutrition, more than 3 days sickness, increased stool frequency, frequent vomiting, use of natural medicine, lack of...
Objective: determine the need for supplemental oxygen at different stages of behavior in a population of preterm infants. Patients and methods: this is a prospective, descriptive, and longitudinal study. Consecutive preterm infants met the inclusion criteria: gestational age 32 weeks and/ or birth weight 1,500 g. We studied 105 infants with or without BPD. Oximetries were...
In adults, metformin promotes weight loss and prevents the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2). However, these effects have not been demonstrated in adolescents at risk for DM2. Objective: To analyze the anthropometric and metabolic impact of metformin in obese adolescents at risk for DM2. Patients and Methods: A double-blind, placebo-controlled study was conducted in...
Introduction: there is currently a deficiency of physicians in pediatric intensive care units (PICU). The cause of this deficit is multifactorial, although the burnout phenomenon has been described as relevant. Objective: to analyze the situation of human resource in the pediatric intensive care units in Argentina and measure the level of burnout. Methods: an observational cross...
The Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LG) is an epileptic encephalopathy of childhood characterized by frequent intractable seizures, mental retardation and characteristic electroencephalogram. It accounts for 5-10% of convulsive disorders of childhood and is more common in male children. We report the case of 7 years 11 months old child with xerostomia by drug intake, increased secondary...
The colloid cysts are infrequent congenital lesions of the brain. They are more frequent in adolescent and young adults, who present different clinical manifestation. The shape and size is variable. They should be considered in adolescent and young adults, it is common the early and acute presentation of hydrocephaly. We describe this case, because the unusual presentation in a...
We describe a case of two year old child referred to the service of Genetics with psychomotor retardation, severe neurological regression, microcephaly and stereotyped behavior. The molecular study revealed the heterozygous state of a missense mutation in exon 4 of the gene responsible for this syndrome (sequencing analysis). The clinical features of the disease suggest a pattern...
EDUCACIÓN MÉDICA CONTÍNUA Diagnóstico temprano del cáncer en la infancia Early diagnosis of childhood cancer Dr.: Raul Onostre Guerra* Médico-Pediatra. Unidad de oncología. Hospital del Niño "Dr. Ovidio Aliaga Uría". Correspondencia: Dr. Raul Onostre. Correo electrónico: [email protected] Conflicto de intereses: ninguno que declarar IntroducciónEl cáncer tiene consecuencias...
Objective: To evaluate asthma mortality among Brazilian children up to 19 years old in 1980 to 2007 . Methods: This ecological time-series study used the database of the Brazilian Unified Health System, from which data were collected about the number of asthma deaths and the population under 19 years of age in Brazil. Mortality rates were calculated as the number of asthma deaths...
Objective: To analyze child safety seat usage errors among children enrolled at daycare. Methods: This was a cross-sectional, observational study with prospective data collection and a retrospective analytical axis. Results: Overall, 42.7% of the children studied were in incorrectly used seats. A logistic regression model showed that the likelihood of usage errors was higher if...
The current arsenal of laboratory tests and neuroimaging suggests that pediatric cerebrovascular disease, from prenatal through adolescence, are not an unusual, or idiopathic disease, nor benign pathology. Moreover, the current procedures in intensive care, the use of neuroprotective therapy or antiplatelet drugs, also have changed favorably the morbidity and mortality of these...
A case of a patient treated at the "Roberto Galindo Terán" Hospital, with Tetralogy of Fallot confirmed by echocardiography associated with Down syndrome.Keywords : Tetralogy of Fallot; Down syndrome.
Introduction: congenital hypothyroidism is one of the most common endocrinopathies in children with irreversible consequences when early diagnosis and treatment isn t performed. Objective: detection of congenital hypothyroidism through newborn screening in the Hospital Materno Infantil of the CNS. Methods: quantification of TSH in newborns (8957) was performed by the method of...
EDITORIAL El síndrome del niño maltratado The brass haired child syndrome Dr.: Raúl David Onostre Guerra** Médico-Pediatra. Hospital del Niño. Experto en prevención del Maltrato Infantil. El maltrato infantil es tan antiguo como la humanidad, es universal y no distingue clase social, religión, región geográfica ni época. Los niños y niñas han sido históricamente víctimas...
EDUCACION MEDICA CONTINUA Vacunas contra el papiloma virus humano Human papillomavirus vaccines Dr.: Milton Soria Humerez** Jefe de Unidad de Patología - INLASA. La PazCorrespondencia: Dr. Milton Soria Humerez. Correo electrónico: [email protected] de intereses: ninguno que declarar. IntroducciónEl cáncer de cuello uterino continua siendo un gran problema de salud...
Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of delay and factors associated with neurodevelopmental scores in premature infants. Methods: Cross-sectional study to assess the development by Bayley Scales III, including very low birth weight preterm infants aged 18 to 24 months who were under follow-up at the outpatient clinic for preterm infants. Congenital malformation, genetic...
Objectives: To assess the validity of the pediatric assessment triangle (PAT) as a new discriminator when applied to the triage classification system. To identify factors that could cause confusion during application of the pediatric assessment triangle. To assess whether correlation is found between pathophysiological diagnosis and triage classification, and determine whether...
Introduction: to describe the results of applying noninvasive ventilation in the years 2009 and 2010 in children under two years with acute lower respiratory tract infection and analyze potential predictors of success or failure. Design: observational, descriptive, prospective. Population: children under 2 years with lower respiratory tract infection and respiratory failure Tal...
Language is one of the most important and complex cognitive functions of the human being, the innate origin of language has been discussed mainly from a linguistically, using data obtained from the analysis of natural languages, however, so parallel, it has been increasing our understanding of the neural bases involved in the emergence and operation of various aspects of human...
Atrial flutter is an uncommon cause of supraventricular tachycardia in children, with an incidence of 0.01%, which is underestimated by the low rate of clinical suspicion. The case of a child with the rare association of atrial flutter is presented: school-age debut, structurally normal heart, and reentry circuit located in the left atrium. Correct treatment of supraventricular...