Case report: Teenage girl with proteinuria and amenorrhea.

Recent research has advanced the understanding of many diseases to a molecular level. Described here is the case of a teenage girl with proteinuria and primary amenorrhea. We present the current knowledge of her underlying disorder, Frasier syndrome, and its genetic basis, which are specific mutations in the Wilms tumor gene.

Sensory stimuli and anxiety in children undergoing surgery: a randomized, controlled trial.

Unlabelled: We assessed the effectiveness of a behavioral intervention aimed at reducing the anxiety of children undergoing anesthesia and surgery. The intervention consisted of dimmed operating room (OR) lights (200 Lx) and soft background music (Bach's "Air on a G String," 50-60 dB). Only one person, the attending anesthesiologist, interacted with the child during the induction of anesthesia.

The mother-child interaction and clinical judgment during acute pediatric illnesses.

Objectives: For acutely ill children living in less than optimal environments, mothers and pediatricians may have a heightened perception of illness severity, a lower specificity of clinical judgments, and a tendency to over-utilize resources. We examined the mother-child interaction in order to understand the relation of less optimal environments to clinical judgment and resource use.

Study Design: At the 2-week and 6-, 15-, and 24-month well child visits of 316 children, the mother-well child interaction was assessed by using the Biringen's Emotional Availability Scales (EAS).

Successful ex utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT) procedure for congenital high airway obstruction syndrome (CHAOS) owing to laryngeal atresia.

Congenital high airway obstruction syndrome (CHAOS) caused by laryngeal atresia was diagnosed by prenatal ultrasound in a male fetus at 18-weeks-gestation. Findings included enlarged lungs, inverted diaphragms, dilated trachea distal to the obstruction, and ascites. At 35 weeks' gestation, a planned ex utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT) procedure was performed, allowing bronchoscopic evaluation of the airway and placement of a tracheostomy.