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D Dickson

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PubMed1987

Measurement of food intake in children with diabetes mellitus: a comparison of protein intake and urine nitrogen.

A comparison of estimates of protein intake and urine nitrogen excretion may reveal something of the strengths and weaknesses of the dietary survey method used. To this end we have compared the protein intake calculated from a 3-day diary with 24 hr urinary nitrogen excretion in 124 children with diabetes mellitus. A positive correlation was found between these measures although this became non-significant when the boys and girls were considered separately and height, weight and age were taken into account. We conclude that the estimates of mean protein intake of the whole group was satisfactory but that of some individuals may have been poor.

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PubMed1986

Results of inpatient pediatric resuscitation.

We retrospectively reviewed the results of 42 cardiopulmonary arrests occurring over 1 yr in the general ward of a pediatric hospital. These data were compared to those of a similar study done 10 yr previously in the same institution. Patients were divided into those having pure respiratory arrest and those who also had cardiac arrest. In the most recent series, overall 6-month survival was 17%; however, only 9% of the cardiac arrest patients survived. Ten years previously, the survival rate from cardiac arrest was 11%. In both series, pure respiratory arrest had a significantly better outcome than cardiopulmonary arrest, and predictors of nonsurvival were a duration of arrest greater than 15 min and the administration of more than one iv bolus of epinephrine. During the more recent series, sepsis and upper airway problems produced fewer arrests. There was one neurologically damaged survivor in each study period. Our study confirms that the outcome of pediatric cardiac arrest is poor when arrest occurs in the hospital.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1986

Cyclic eosinophilic myositis and hyperimmunoglobulin-E.

A 40-year-old man had regular cyclic episodes of weight gain and eosinophilic myositis associated with hyperimmunoglobulin-E and hypereosinophilia for 9 years. During the episodes his body weight increased up to 10.8%; eosinophil counts reached 41.3 X 10(-9) cells/L; and IgE levels reached 18 000 IU/mL. These values changed regularly in a definite sequence relative to the clinical state. Attempts to document a parasitic cause were unsuccessful, and several courses of anthelmintic therapy were ineffective. An oral dose of prednisone, 10 mg/d, begun in July 1982 resulted in an immediate lessening of the severity of the episodes and a progressive lengthening of the cycle from 35 to 170 days. No further episodes have occurred since March 1984. The patient is fit and well on prednisone therapy, 12.5 mg on alternate days. This apparently unique syndrome has a benign course and is a cyclic disease involving skeletal muscle as the target organ.

Adult↗
PubMed1985

Multicentric giant lymph node hyperplasia, Kaposi's sarcoma, and lymphoma.

We studied two cases of a recently recognized systemic lymphoproliferative disease with morphological features of Castleman's disease: multicentric giant lymph node hyperplasia. Both patients developed Kaposi's sarcoma and had laboratory evidence of immune abnormalities, including reversed T4 to T8 ratios. One patient's disease had a subacute course with fevers of unknown origin, mucocutaneous candidiasis, and progressive thrombocytopenia, while the other patient's disease had a fulminant course with anemia, thrombocytopenia, and splenic lymphoma. Both patients were elderly, and both died of complications of multicentric giant lymph node hyperplasia.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗