A case of partial anomalous systemic venous drainage and perioperative detection of cerebral arteriovenous malformations.

We report a case of 8-year-old boy with unexplained desaturation and clubbing. Echocardiography showed anomalous drainage of right superior vena cava into left atrium. He did not have any neurological symptoms preoperatively.

Open vertical vein in non-obstructed supracardiac TAPVC: merits and fate.

Data of 18 patients who underwent surgical repair of non-obstructed supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection between January 2007 and March 2011 were reviewed. The vertical vein was left patent in all patients as an elective surgical strategy. There was no operative mortality in patients with or without preoperative pulmonary infection, but there were significant differences in postoperative airway pressures, ventilation time, intensive care unit and hospital stay between the 2 groups.

Lung complications in acute pancreatitis.

Context: Severe acute pancreatitis has long been known to be a cause of pulmonary dysfunction and multisystem organ failure.

Objective: We evaluated the spectrum of pulmonary dysfunction in acute pancreatitis.

Methods: Over a period of one year, 60 patients referred to us with a diagnosis of acute pancreatitis on the basis of clinical findings, CT and elevated serum amylase level were studied prospectively.