Malformations detected by abdominal ultrasound in children with congenital heart disease.

Background: Extracardiac malformations may be present in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD), bringing greater risk of comorbidity and mortality.

Objective: Verify frequency and types of abdominal abnormalities detected in children with and without CHD through abdominal ultrasound (AUS), compare the patients in relation to their dysmorphic/cytogenetic findings and perform an estimative of the cost-effectiveness of the screening through AUS.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study with a control cohort.

[Oculo-auriculo-vertebral spectrum in patients with congenital heart defects].

Background: there have been few studies evaluating the frequency of oculo-auriculo-vertebral spectrum (OAVS) in patients with congenital heart defects (CHDs).

Objective: to verify the frequency of OAVS in a sample of patients with major heart malformations.

Methods: we evaluated a prospective cohort of patients with CHD admitted in a pediatric cardiac intensive care unit (ICU) in Brazil.

22q11.2 deletion syndrome in patients admitted to a cardiac pediatric intensive care unit in Brazil.

The 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS) is one of the most recognizable causes of congenital heart defects (CHDs), but the frequency varies in non-selected populations. The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence and clinical features of patients with CHD and 22q11DS admitted to a pediatric cardiology intensive care unit in Brazil.

Ovarian and uterine findings in pelvic sonography: comparison between prepubertal girls, girls with isolated thelarche, and girls with central precocious puberty.

Objective: To describe pelvic sonographic findings in girls as old as 7 years, to compare prepubertal girls with girls who had isolated thelarche or central precocious puberty, and to verify the accuracy of sonographic variables for distinguishing prepubertal girls from girls with central precocious puberty.

Methods: Ninety-six prepubertal girls and 2 reference groups (8 girls with isolated thelarche and 8 with idiopathic central precocious puberty) were included. Ovaries were classified morphologically as homogeneous, paucicystic, macrocystic, multicystic, and having isolated cysts.

Ovarian and uterine sonography in healthy girls between 1 and 13 years old: correlation of findings with age and pubertal status.

Objective: Our objective was to correlate ovarian and uterine sonographic variables with age and pubertal status in a sample of healthy girls.

Subjects And Methods: In this prospective study, 139 consecutive patients between 1 and 13 years old (mean +/- SD, 6.0 +/- 3.