Scarlet fever: A not so typical exanthematous pharyngotonsillitis (based on 171 cases).

Aim: To describe the age, signs and clinical symptoms of children with scarlet fever at the present time, and to check whether they are equivalent to those with traditional streptococcal pharyngotonsillitis.

Study Design: An observational, retrospective study was conducted on the clinical records of 5500 children aged from 0 to 15 years attending a primary health care center. A record was made of the percentage of the cases in which signs and symptoms appear and the Centor score was calculated.

[Congenital dislocation of the knee: report of 2 cases].

Congenital dislocation of the knee is a rare disease. The diagnosis is made at birth by clinical findings, and confirmed radiologically. It has been associated with various etiologies from intrauterine fetal malpositions to genetic disorders.

[Lumbar puncture and early neuroimaging in complex febrile seizures. Report of a case of shaken infant syndrome].

Introduction: Febrile convulsions are one of the most frequent pathologies seen in paediatric emergencies. The diagnosis of febrile seizures is clinico evolutionary and is easily established once the acute process is overcome and a normal state is restored in the child. The differential diagnosis is established with the processes that associate fever and convulsions in children between the ages of 1 month and 6 years, many of which require specific treatment.

[Inhaled nitric oxide in the treatment of persistent pulmonary hypertension in a newborn].

Objective: Our aim was to assess from a clinical and analytical point of view the response to inhaled nitric oxide in patients with persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN).

Patients And Methods: A retrospective study was analyzed in ten patients with PPHN who received inhaled nitric oxide. The ventilatory and gasometric data were reviewed before treatment, during the first hours and afterwards, in all patients, in the surviving group and in the most common associated disease group (intrauterine pneumonia).