[Usefulness of intracoronary therapy with progenitor cells in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy: Bridge or alternative to heart transplantation?].

Introduction And Objectives: Some paediatric publications have recently raised the value of intracoronary therapy with autologous bone marrow-derived progenitor cells (APCs) in children with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and heart failure. We describe the usefulness of this treatment in two infants with severe DCM and heart failure, who had been transferred to our hospital for cardiac transplant evaluation.

Patients And Methods: The first patient was a 3 months old male weighing 4 kg.

[Alpha coma: clinical, electroencephalographic and aetiological correlation in childhood].

Introduction: Alpha coma is defined as the appearance, in an unconscious patient, of EEG activity in the alpha frequency band (8-13Hz).

Objective: To determine, in our setting, the incidence, aetiology, clinical significance and course of alpha coma in paediatric patients and review the literature.

Patients And Methods: We did a retrospective study of the patients admitted to a paediatric intensive care unit who had alpha activity recorded whilst in coma.

[Respiratory function in pediatric survivors of malignant neoplasms].

Aim: To evaluate post-treatment pulmonary function in patients with malignant extrapulmonary neoplasia and its relationship with age, type of neoplasty and treatment received.

Methods: Cohort study of 95 pediatric patients after chemotherapy with or without surgery or extrapulmonary thoracic radiotherapy. The patients were in remission without treatment and able to undergo pulmonary function testing.