The three-step method for ultrasound-guided pediatric internal jugular venous catheterization: a clinical trial.

Ultrasound guidance may be a valuable adjunct for pediatric internal jugular vein catheterization. We previously reported a long-axis in plane technique, called the "three-step method", resulting in high success and a low complication rate by novice operators in adult patients. This is the first report of ultrasound-guided internal jugular vein catheterization (US-IJV) using the three-step method in pediatric patients.

A 7-year-old boy with mycoplasmal infection requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

Unlabelled: A 7-year-old boy with Down syndrome developed severe acute respiratory distress syndrome after a respiratory infection with Mycoplasma pneumoniae with an unusually high agglutination titre (1:10240). Initially, mechanical ventilation and nitric oxide inhalation were used, but these did not improve the alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for 152 h improved the lung condition.

Long-term results after cholecystectomy alone for patients with pancreaticobiliary maljunction without bile duct dilatation.

A pancreaticobiliary maljunction (PB-MJ) without bile duct dilatation is relatively rare. The standard treatment for these patients remains controversial. In this study, we followed up the patients with PB-MJ without bile duct dilatation who mainly underwent a cholecystectomy alone.