Pediatric vasitis: A rare complication of epididymitis.

Vasitis represents an inflammation of the vas deferens. This is a rare entity seen mostly in adult males following local surgery (e.g.

Use of time from fever onset improves the diagnostic accuracy of C-reactive protein in identifying bacterial infections.

Objective: To determine whether the input of time from fever onset will change the accuracy of C-reactive protein (CRP) in diagnosing bacterial infections in febrile children.

Study Design: We performed a prospective observational study on febrile children presenting to the emergency department. The diagnostic performance of CRP at different time points from fever onset was compared using a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve.

Chest radiography of acute paediatric lower respiratory infections: experience versus interobserver variation.

Aim: To determine radiological and clinical chest radiographs (CRs) interpretation agreement in children with acute respiratory disease (ARD) versus clinical experience in multiple observers.

Methods: Chest radiographs obtained in 70 consecutive children at the emergency department in 2010-2011 for ARD were reviewed. They were interpreted by 1-10 paediatric residents, three board-certified paediatricians (BCPs), three paediatric pulmonologists and one paediatric radiologist.