Hyperbaric Oxygen as Salvage Therapy for Neonates Suffering From Critical Ischemia of the Glans Penis After Circumcision.

Ischemic complications of glans penis following circumcision are rare, and if occurs can culminate in irreversible necrosis with severe long-term consequences. Here we present 2 challenging cases of neonates suffering from acute severe glans penis ischemia after circumcision that were treated by hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT). In addition to case presentations, the literature related to complications of circumcision and the physiological effects of HBOT are being reviewed.

[Clinico-pathogenetic aspects of infectious toxicosis in infants caused by acute pneumonia].

Altogether 101 children under one year of age with infectious toxicosis due to acute pneumonia were examined for the clinical, roentgenomorphological and biochemical aspects of the given condition. The clinical aspects were delineated on the basis of the universal status covered by the formalized case report. The biochemical processes were analyzed according to the content of peroxidation products of membrane lipids, the concentration of hydrogen peroxide, phospholipase activity, antioxidant and antiperoxide defence of the blood as well as according to the physical constants of red blood cell membranes.

[Clinical value of studying phospholipids in young children with acute pneumonia].

A study was made of phospholipid metabolism in 268 children aged 1 month to 3 years, who were in a critical condition consequent on acute complicated pneumonia. Unbalance of that type metabolism was revealed. It consisted in intensive accumulation of lysophosphatidylcholine, sphingomyelin in the stroma of red blood cells and in a decrease of their pool in the blood plasma as well as in a reduction of the content of phosphatidylserine and phosphatidylethanolamine towards the plasma pool.