Pseudohyperkalemia in a Patient with T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Hyperleukocytosis.

A 7-year-old girl presented with lymphadenopathy and bruising suggestive of leukemia. Complete blood count was significant for white blood cell count of 479,000/mm . Basic metabolic panel sent via pneumatic tube system was significant for potassium > 10 mEq/L.

A comparison of propofol and ketamine/midazolam for intravenous sedation of children.

OBJECTIVE: To compare ketamine and propofol sedation in children undergoing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: A six-bed pediatric intensive care unit and a pediatric hematology oncology clinic.

Continuous venovenous rewarming: results from a juvenile animal model.

Objective: To compare a standard and an experimental method of rewarming in 5-wk-old goats with induced moderate hypothermia.

Design: Hypothermia was induced in ten juvenile Nubian goats. Five goats were randomly assigned to be rewarmed using standard techniques, and five were assigned to the experimental rewarming technique of a modified continuous venovenous hemofiltration circuit.