A 12-Day-Old Boy with Methemoglobinemia After Circumcision with Local Anesthesia (Lidocaine/Prilocaine).

A 12-day-old boy presented with duskiness 4 h after circumcision with local anesthesia: infiltration with lidocaine (6 mL 1 %) and topical EMLA cream (2.5 % lidocaine/2.5 % prilocaine).

[Neonatal outcomes of prevention of vertical HIV transmission; 15 years of experience in a non-university HIV centre].

Objective: To evaluate the neonatal outcomes of the policy for the prevention of vertical HIV transmission in a non-university HIV centre.

Design: Retrospective, descriptive study.

Method: We analysed the HIV status of newborns of HIV-positive mothers during pregnancy in the period between 1 January 1995 and 31 December 2010 in St.

Evaluation of an online, case-based interactive approach to teaching pathophysiology.

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate a new pedagogical approach in teaching fluid, electrolyte and acid-base pathophysiology in undergraduate students.

Methods: This approach comprises traditional lectures, the study of clinical cases on the web and a final interactive discussion of these cases in the classroom. When on the web, the students are asked to select laboratory tests that seem most appropriate to understand the pathophysiological condition underlying the clinical case.