Delayed onset of left-sided diaphragmatic hernia in a newborn.

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia usually causes severe respiratory distress presenting in the first hours of life. There is, however, a group of patients who may be asymptomatic during the perinatal period, but manifest the abnormality after days, weeks and even years. We report a delayed onset of left-sided diaphragmatic hernia in a three weeks old newborn with a favourable prognosis.

[Wound infection following arterial surgery in the pelvis-leg region].

In a series of 581 reconstructions of the aorta to the leg arteries, 28 cases (4.8%) developed wound infection with positive microbiological identification. There were 24 monoinfections with significant prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus and S.

[Study of turbulence in the normal and stenotic vessel].

Velocity measurements were performed at the test bench, in dogs and in patients with pulsed ultrasound. A new zero crossing counter was used to measure the different frequencies of the doppler spectrum in real time. The ratio of the standard deviation of the radial mean velocity to the radial mean velocity expressed as a percentage proved to be a useful turbulence index to describe stability of flow.