Acute pyelonephritis and sequelae of renal scar in pediatric first febrile urinary tract infection.

To investigate the incidence of acute pyelonephritis (APN) and renal scarring in children with febrile urinary tract infection (UTI), 191 of 216 (88%) children with their first episode of UTI received (99m)Tc-dimercaptosuccinic acid renal single-photon emission computed tomography. They were investigated within 7 days of admission and were followed for 6 months. One hundred and six patients (49.

Pheochromocytoma presenting as stroke in two Taiwanese children.

Pheochromocytoma is a rare tumor and accounts for about 1% of pediatric hypertension. Its diagnosis is important because the hypertension is usually curable by eradication of the tumor. We report two Taiwanese children with pheochromocytoma presenting as stroke.

Acute hypermagnesemia: a rare complication of antacid administration after bone marrow transplantation.

Introduction: We reported a case of hypermagnesemia in whom hypotension, hypothermia, and coma developed after repetitive doses of a seemingly harmless antacid for epigastric pain following bone marrow transplantation.

Methods: For this case, serial electrolytes, blood urea nitrogen, creatinine, calcium, and magnesium were obtained. Issues addressed were the restoration of normal hydration by normal saline, together with forced diuresis to hasten the renal excretion of magnesium, and eventual changes in its levels.

Minimally invasive extravesical ureteral reimplantation for vesicoureteral reflux.

Purpose: We designed a new extravesical ureteral reimplantation technique with a minimally invasive approach from skin to ureterovesical junction with less perivesical tissue manipulation to avoid extensive bladder denervation.

Materials And Methods: Between July 1996 and December 2000, 37 boys and 52 girls 1.2 to 10.