Ventricular flutter in a neonate--severe electrolyte imbalance caused by urinary tract infection in the presence of urinary tract malformation.

Male infants under the age of 3 months presenting with pyelonephritis in the presence of urinary tract malformation (UTM) are prone to transient pseudohypoaldosteronism. This may resemble congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). Hyponatremia, hyperkalemia, dehydration, and metabolic acidosis are the primary findings that permit the diagnosis of CAH.

Anesthesia and pain management in pediatric burn patients.

Patients with severe burn injury are a challenge for the pediatric anesthesiologist. Today with adequate care many children survive their trauma and have a good chance for complete functional and psychological rehabilitation. The anesthesiologist has to provide excellent care even for patients in suboptimal or unstable condition to enable wound debridement and grafting, because only rapid skin closure will stabilize the patient.

[Peridural catheter for postoperative long-term analgesia in children].

Introduction: Continuous epidural anaesthesia is a well established procedure for postoperative analgesia as well as sympathicolysis in adult patients. It is, however, much less frequently reported in infants and children.

Materials And Methods: From October 1991 to November 1994 65 infants, children and adolescents aged 4 weeks to 19 years, body weight 3.

[Botulism in infancy. A rare cause of floppy infant syndrome].

In Europe only a few cases of infantile botulism have been identified. A two month old infant fell ill with feeding difficulties and profound general weakness. Clostridium botulinum and botulinal toxin, the causative agents, were isolated from the patients stool.