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Is capnometry helpful in children with bronchiolitis?

Respir Med

April 2016

Pediatric Pulmonary Institute, Ruth Rapport Children's Hospital, Rambam Health Campus, Haifa, Israel. Electronic address:

Background: Acute bronchiolitis is the most frequent lower respiratory tract infection in infants. Only small subsets of patients develop severe disease resulting in hospitalization despite having no identifiable risk factors. There is still a debate as to the role of capnometry in assessing ventilation in children with acute respiratory distress, and bronchiolitis in particular.

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Guillain Barré Syndrome in a Child With X-Linked Adrenoleukodystrophy.

Child Neurol Open

October 2015

Department of Pediatrics A, Ruth Rapport Children's Hospital, Rambam Health Care Campus, Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel.

X-Linked adrenoleukodystrophy is the most common peroxisomal disorder with different phenotypes among patients carrying the same ABCD1 mutation. There were previously reported associations of X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy with autoimmune disorders. The authors describe Guillain Barré syndrome in a child with X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy.

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