Lung biopsy for chronic pulmonary disease in children.

Introduction And Objectives: Lung biopsy is frequently used in the management of children with chronic pulmonary disease to obtain a histological diagnosis. We further evaluate the role of lung biopsy by reviewing our experience of this procedure.

Methods: A retrospective case-note review was carried out of all patients in our regional service under 16 years who underwent a lung biopsy from 1998 to 2011.

Atropine sulphate: rescue therapy for pyloric stenosis.

Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) is a common condition which presents with non-bilious vomiting and failure to thrive secondary to gastric outlet obstruction. In the UK, management is by fluid resuscitation followed by pyloromyotomy. Incomplete myotomy complicates 0.