The definition of hypertension (HT) in the pediatric age group is based on the normal distribution of blood pressure (BP) in healthy children. Normal BP is defined as being below the 90th percentile for gender, age and height, and hypertension as equal to or higher than the 95th percentile on at least three separate occasions. If the values are above the 90th percentile but below the 95th percentile, the child ...
OBJECTIVES: This study took place at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Dr Daniel de Matos Maternity Hospital and evaluated the incidence of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), the clinical evolution of the newborns affected, the treatment prescribed, and associated morbidity and mortality. METHODS: We carried out a retrospective medical chart review of newborns admitted to the NICU between January 2001...
We present a case of tricuspid atresia and the treatment that was used in a child now aged 12. The malformation was corrected at the age of five through intracardiac Fontan circulation. Later, the child developed a right-to-left shunt due to dehiscence in the intra-atrial conduit, causing significant desaturation. This was treated by transcatheter closure with a 10 mm Amplatzer device at 8 years of age. Current...
As infecções por echovirus tipo 13 são raras. Até ao ano de 2000 não tinha havido registo de infecções por este agente em Portugal, altura em que 11 casos de meningite foram internados no Serviço de Pediatria do Hospital Fernando Fonseca. Em Inglaterra e Espanha, no mesmo ano, foram documentados surtos de meningite por este agente. A propósito destes factos os autores fazem uma análise epidemiológica da sua cas...