An 8(10)/(12) year old girl with infantile cerebral paresis (ICP), severe mental retardation and seizure disorder was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with clinical signs of aspiration and died ten days later. Final diagnosis was esophagobronchial fistula caused by a foreign body in the
Accidental ingestion of a denture is an acute emergency, and the denture is usually removed on the same day it is discovered. We present a patient who had a seizure while asleep, during which his denture broke; he accidentally swallowed a major part of it, which had a clasp attached. He was unaware
Background: Among those aged 5 years or younger, foreign bodies are the fourth most common pediatric exposure reported to the American Association of Poison Control Centers. Although the majority of ingested foreign bodies pass through
Between March 1981 and March 1986, 200 orthotopic heart transplantations were performed at the University of Pittsburgh. Fourteen of those procedures were carried out in children 2 to 16 years of age. Two children received combined liver and heart transplants; one because of familial
OBJECTIVE
To compare two groups of 80 patients undergoing to myocardial revascularization with the use of antifibrinolytic drug tranexamic acid and its efficacy in reduce bleeding and blood transfusion.
METHODS
Prospective analysis of two groups of 80 patients. Group A-no antifibrinolytic therapy
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