Anales españoles de pediatría
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Periodic fever can be defined as recurrent episodes of fever lasting from a few days to several weeks separated by symptom-free intervals of variable duration, recurring throughout several months. Although these clinical pictures are unusual in clinical practice, in some instances the differential diagnosis with recurrent infections, malignancies and connective tissue diseases is difficult. ⋯ We classified these processes in two categories: hereditary (familial Mediterranean fever, hyper-IgD syndrome, tumor necrosis factor-receptor-associated periodic syndrome, Muckle-Wells syndrome and familial cold urticaria) and non-hereditary (periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and adenopathy syndrome [PFAPA syndrome], cyclic neutropenia, chronic infantile neurological cutaneous and articular syndrome [CINCA syndrome], Castleman's disease, early onset sarcoidosis and Blau syndrome). Although diagnosis is essentially clinical, in recent years many advances have been made in the knowledge of the molecular and genetic bases of hereditary diseases, which may be of considerable help in establishing the diagnosis and improving treatment.
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High-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) may be considered as an alternative in the management of severe neonatal respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation. In patients with diffuse pulmonary disease, HFOV can applied as a rescue therapy with a high lung volume strategy to obtain adequate alveolar recruitment. We review the mechanisms of gas exchange, as well as the indications, monitoring and special features of the use HVOF in the neonatal period.
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To quantify the impact factor of Anales Españoles de Pediatría from 1997 until 2000 and to identify the journal's citation patterns and the topics with the greatest impact. ⋯ The impact factor of Anales Españoles de Pediatria is modest, although higher than that of some other biomedical publications included in Journal Citation Reports.