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M Spodaryk

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PubMed1998

[Foreign bodies in the respiratory tract of infants and young children taken from personal material].

The paper presents problems related to the aspiration of foreign bodies to the respiratory tract of children aged 0-2 years. The authors analyze the most common symptoms corresponding to particular stages of changes in the respiratory tract following foreign body aspiration along with their radiological pictures. Approximately 65% of aspiration cases in children occur in the period between 6 months and 3 years of life. The symptoms may suggest a misdiagnosis of chronic respiratory tract disease. Detailed analysis of the course of the disease in particular children may facilitate proper diagnostic and therapeutic management.

Bronchoscopy↗
PubMed1997

[Incorrect caloric-nitrogen composition of parenteral nutrition solutions as a factor for causing liver damage--an animal model].

The experiment were carried out on 40, 3-week old rats who received solutions of aminoacids, glucose, fat, electrolytes, trace elements and vitamins. The ratio of non-protein calories to grams of nitrogen was: Group I-75:1, Group II-200:1, Group III-500:1. Control Group IV was on standard Murigan chow. The analysis included the following parameters: body mass, serum albumin concentration, GOT, GPT and ECH, and microscopic liver studies. The results show that body mass increases in Group I-III (7.5 g, SD 2.18; 1.45 g, SD 2.33; 1.85 g, SD 1.56 respectively) were significantly lower when compared to the controls (11.6 g, SD 2.72), with p < 0.001. Blood serum albumin concentration values were lower in Group I, II and III, and transaminase activity was elevated in comparison to the controls. Histological analysis showed mitochondrial damage and parenchymal degeneration with proliferation of Browicz-Kupfer cells in Group I and III animals, and no structural hepatic changes in Group II and in the controls. The results suggest a relationship between the above disturbances and the composition of the administrated solutions.

Animals↗
PubMed1992

[Mastoiditis--a forgotten disease?].

The symptoms and clinical course of latent mastoiditis in 18. children treated in Polish-American Children's Hospital in Cracow were presented. The ultimate diagnosis of mastoiditis was based on typical findings on antrotomy and the presence of granulation on histology of the tissue obtained during the operation. The main symptoms of latent mastoiditis were: a lack of appetite, chronic or recurrent fever and failure to thrive. 11 children (61%) had experienced more than 3 episodes of acute otitis media before the diagnosis of mastoiditis was established. Bacteria most commonly isolated from the middle ear were those of Staphylococcus, Streptococcus and Proteus species. Radiograms of mastoid processes were negative in up to 45% of those children. The mean duration of antibiotic therapy was 10.7 weeks. After antrotomy complete dissolution of symptoms were observed in 14 patients (78%). It is concluded, that in the presence of symptoms suggesting latent mastoiditis, the possibility of antrotomy, which may shorten the period of ineffective antibiotic therapy, should be considered earlier.

Humans↗