Discrepancies in the normative neonatal blood pressure reference ranges.

Numerous normative blood pressure (BP) reference ranges with considerable variation in the data have been published for neonates. This poses unique challenges for the definition and management of BP abnormalities in neonates. The aim of this study was to investigate the factors that have led to varying normative BP reference ranges in the studies conducted to date and to discuss potential study designs that would help better define the normative data.

Mycoplasma edwardii peritonitis in a patient on maintenance peritoneal dialysis.

Mycoplasma edwardii (M. edwardii) is an anthropozoonotic microorganism found in the upper respiratory and urogenital tracts of dogs. M.