Ceskoslovenská pediatrie
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Ceskoslovenská pediatrie · Feb 1990
[Supratentorial and infratentorial localization of brain tumors in various periods in childhood].
The authors evaluated a group of 220 children (119 boys and 101 girls) aged 11 months to 15 years with histologically confirmed brain tumours hospitalized at the Clinic of Child Neurology, Childrens Hospital, Brno in 1953-1986. Tumours were diagnosed in infants 15 times, in 41 toddlers, in 72 preschool children, in 56 young school children and in 36 older school children. ⋯ The most frequent incidence of tumours throughout childhood was in the posterior cranial fossa from the cerebellar vermis, medulloblastomas being the most frequent type. In the supratentorial localization tumours in the temporal lobe predominated, astrocytomas being the most frequent type.
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The authors submit a review on th intraosseous approach to infusions and their possible application in emergency medicine.
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Ceskoslovenská pediatrie · Nov 1993
[The significance of Helicobacter pylori infection in the etiology of abdominal pain in children].
Chronic and recurrent abdominal pain are frequent diagnostic problems in school age and adolescent children. The authors examined the IgG antibodies to Helicobacter pylori using ELISA in a group of 91 children. Positive results were found in 20 children, i.e. 22%. ⋯ All 20 children with antibodies to Helicobacter pylori had histological evidence of chronic gastritis in the gastric antrum and infection with Helicobacter pylori was found in 16 cases. Detection of Helicobacter pylori IgG antibodies is useful in the selection of patients for endoscopic examination of the stomach and duodenum. Endoscopy is relevant also where antibodies to Helicobacter pylori are negative and the characteristic picture of chronic disease of the upper gastrointestinal tract is present.
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Ceskoslovenská pediatrie · May 1991
[Sonographic analysis of postextubation stridor in neonates and children with low birth weight after long-term artificial ventilation].
In a group of 23 neonates with mean birth weights of 1470 g (range 1200-3980 g) who had orotracheal intubation for an average period of 12.6 days (range 5-96 days) sonagraphic frequency analysis of 86 stridors 1-3 hours after intubation was performed. According to the results of the frequency analysis more than 97.6% of the stridors are supraglottic (84 of 86 analyzed stridors). ⋯ The finding is surprising and does not confirm the widely accepted view that neonates after extubation are threatened with oedema of the larynx or stricture at this or a distal level. As elective postextubation laryngoscopy is controversial, acoustic frequency analysis of stridor after extubation is a suitable alternate method in investigations of the clinical condition of the infant and serves the clinician as an indication on the level of stenosis of the airways.