Acquired methemoglobinemia in children presenting to Italian pediatric emergency departments: a multicenter report.

Introduction: Methemoglobinemia (MetHb) is a rare inherited or acquired cause of cyanosis in children. Owing to its rarity, case reports and case series are mostly available in the current literature. This study reports data on a large sample of children with acquired MetHb.

Ventricular Tachycardia Induced by Propafenone Intoxication in a Pediatric Patient.

Unintentional poisonings are a global health problem frequently resulting in hospital admissions. Propafenone is a class 1C antiarrhythmic drug used in the second-line management of supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias and, when unintentionally ingested, can lead to severe and life-threatening poisoning. We describe a case of a 3-year-old male patient unintentionally ingesting 300 mg (20 mg/kg) of propafenone and presenting with ventricular tachycardia with QT prolongation.

Pediatric cyanide poisoning by fire smoke inhalation: a European expert consensus. Toxicology Surveillance System of the Intoxications Working Group of the Spanish Society of Paediatric Emergencies.

Most fire-related deaths are attributable to smoke inhalation rather than burns. The inhalation of fire smoke, which contains not only carbon monoxide but also a complex mixture of gases, seems to be the major cause of morbidity and mortality in fire victims, mainly in enclosed spaces. Cyanide gas exposure is quite common during smoke inhalation, and cyanide is present in the blood of fire victims in most cases and may play an important role in death by smoke inhalation.

Epidemiological study of blood lead levels of children and adolescents living in Campania, Italy.

The aim of the present study is to evaluate blood levels (PbB) in a group of 500 (245 M, 255 F) children and adolescents of Campania (Italy) aged from 0.197 to 16.915 years, 269 (136 M, 133 F) of whom lived in urban zones and 231 (109 M, 122 F) in rural zones.

[Epidemiological study of blood lead levels in young subjects in the Campania region: preliminary data].

Blood lead levels were assayed in 261 children (133 males and 128 females) living in Campania, 137 (63 females and 74 males) in urban areas and 124 (65 females and 59 males) in rural zones, aged between 0.197 and 16.863 years.

Unchanged iron and copper and increased zinc in the blood of obese children after two hypocaloric diets.

Serum iron (sFe), and ferritin (sFert), transferrin saturation index (TSI), plasma zinc and copper (pZn, pCu), and erythrocyte zinc content (eZn) were measured in 55 obese children and adolescents (28 males and 27 females) before and after a 13-wk treatment with a hypocaloric balanced diet (HCBD, 22 subjects) or a 10-wk treatment with a protein sparing modified fast diet (PSMF, 33 subjects). The energy intake provided by the HCBD and PSMF diet was calculated to be 60 and 25%, respectively, of the recommended dietary allowances (RDAs) for age and sex. Neither diet was supplemented with trace elements or calcium.