[Death caused by designer drugs].

Objective: To draw pediatrician's attention to the risks of the use of designer drugs among adolescents and to review the problem.

Material And Methods: We report the case of a 15-year-old girl admitted for seizures, who rapidly developed acute liver failure and died. Clinical and pathological details are reviewed.

[Transnational adoptions. Medical and ethical issues].

Objective: To report our experience in the problems of international adoptions and their characteristics and management.

Materials And Methods: Review of patients treated in our pediatrics department and review of the literature.

Comment: The adoption of children from other countries is increasing in Spain.

[Pediatric care in rural hospitals. Two years' experience (author's transl)].

Rural hospitals have an increasing importance in pediatric hospital care as the organization of Public Health is becoming more rational in our country. There is little information about the possibilities for adequate care in rural hospitals. Statistics for admissions, occupancy, morbidity, etc.

Hepatic toxicity of antituberculous drugs in children.

Three cases of children who developed hepatic toxicity of different degree while on antituberculous treatment with isoniazid and rifampicin are reported. The clinical picture is presented and the pathogenesis of the hepatic damage is discussed. The pathological findings in the liver are those of a drug induced hepatitis.

[Etiology of acute respiratory infection in hospitalized children (author's transl)].

Incidence of respiratory tract infection represents 23% of the total number of admissions between 1-24 months of age, during a period of 18 months. The diagnosis were: bronchiolities, 143 cases; bronchopneumonia, 134 cases; tracheobronchitis, 50 cases; laryngitis, four cases, and bacterial pneumonia, 61 cases. Monthly incidence was maximal in December of each year.