Differences in blood pressure values obtained with automated and manual methods in medical inpatients.

Measurement of blood pressure is done frequently in hospitalized patients with an automated, noninvasive blood pressure device. While manufacturers have made significant design improvements which may have improved the accuracy of these devices, limited research is available on their performance in clinical practice. The purpose of this study was to determine the accuracy of a contemporary automated, noninvasive blood pressure device in hospitalized medical patients.

Migrating atelectasis in Werdnig-Hoffmann disease: pulmonary manifestations in two cases of spinal muscular atrophy type 1.

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) or Werdnig-Hoffmann disease is the second most common neuromuscular disease, with 25% of cases presenting in infancy. Deletions in the survival motor neuron gene are believed responsible for autosomal-recessive SMA. SMA affects about 1 in 10,000 births.

Continuous tissue pH monitoring in critically ill neonates.

Continuous tissue pH was measured using a minaturized glass electrode in 21 sick term and preterm infants. Tissue pH correlated well with arterial (r = 0.87) and capillary pH (r = 0.