Bilateral Lung Injury with Delayed Pneumothorax following Preoperative Cryoanalgesia for Pectus Excavatum Repair in a 13-year-old Boy.

A 13-year-old male patient with marfanoid features and pectus excavatum with Haller index 4 and correction index of 38% underwent the Nuss procedure with cryoanalgesia 9 days prior, which transpired uneventfully. Preoperative spirometry was normal, and echocardiogram showed light aortic valve dilation. A month later, during a routine outpatient checkup, he referred middle abdominal pain, denying respiratory symptoms nor thoracic pain.

Bilateral hydrosalpinx in patients with Hirschsprung's disease.

Purpose: Hirschsprung's disease (HD) is uncommon in females. There are very few reports on the patients' obstetric and gynecological outcome. Hydrosalpinx causes pain and infertility.

Parental presence during invasive procedures in a Spanish pediatric emergency department: incidence, perspectives, and related anxiety.

Background: Family presence during invasive procedures (IPs) is infrequent in Spanish pediatric emergency departments (PEDs), despite the benefits of family presence.

Objectives: To investigate the proportion of relatives who wish to be present during IP, to determine the percentage of relatives who stayed during IP in our PED, and to evaluate parental anxiety.

Methods: A prospective observational study was carried out in a PED of an urban, tertiary-care university-affiliated hospital in Barcelona (Spain).