The significance of the left atrial volume index in cardioversion success and its relationship with recurrence in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation subjected to electrical cardioversion: a study on diagnostic accuracy.

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the predictive value of the left atrial volume index (LAVI) in electrical cardioversion (ECV) and observe the recurrence rate of atrial fibrillation (AF) after a successful ECV in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation.

Method: This study was designed as a diagnostic accuracy and prospective cohort study. Eighty patients (mean age 62±12 years; 52.

Life-threatening agranulocytosis, anemia, and plasmacytosis after dipyrone use for fever in a child.

Dipyrone or metamizole Na (Novalgin) is commonly used as an antipyretic, analgesic, and spasmolytic agent in some parts of the world; however, it is banned in developed countries because of severe side effects. Here we present a case of a 4-year-old boy who developed life-threatening agranulocytosis, anemia, and marked plasmacytosis in his bone marrow after dipyrone use for fever, which resolved with steroid therapy.

Use of the bayley infant neurodevelopmental screener with premature infants.

Objective: To examine the utility of the Bayley Infant Neurodevelopmental Screener (BINS) for the neurodevelopmental follow up of high-risk preterms.

Methods: The study group consisted of 122 preterm infants of the gestational ages between 26 and 37 weeks. Medical factors such as; mean birth weight, gestational age, gender, birth place and type, number of multiple pregnancy, days of hospitalization and oxygen therapy, use of antenatal steroids, and occurrence of sepsis for each patient were evaluated.

Severe esophagitis in a child with Henoch-Schönlein purpura presenting as protein-losing enteropathy.

A 4-year-old boy was seen for vomiting, diarrhea and peripheral edema. He had no evidence of nephrosis or liver dysfunction. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was performed for investigating the etiology of protein-losing enteropathy.