Experience with sublingual nifedipine in paediatric hypertensive emergencies.
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Acute Disease↗
Biomedical subjects
U K Jayantha
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia.
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Child, Preschool↗
Acalypha indica induced haemolysis in G6PD deficiency.
Four patients who developed acute intravascular haemolysis after ingestion of a broth containing Acalypha indica (Sinhala: Kuppameniya) are reported. All four patients were found to have glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. It is a common belief that ayurvedic medicines are free of side effects. Our report confirms again the fallacy of this belief.
Child↗
"CHARGE" association.
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Abnormalities, Multiple↗
Wilms tumour associated with unilateral dysplasia of the iris.
We report a case of Wilms tumour associated with unilateral partial aniridia. Although Wilms tumour is known to be associated with bilateral aniridia, there is only one previously reported case associated with dysplasia of the iris.
Aniridia↗
An outbreak of measles in the Southern Province.
During an outbreak of measles in the Southern Province in 1990, 69 patients were admitted to the Professorial Paediatric Unit of Teaching Hospital Galle. Of these, 13 patients had received the measles vaccination. The commonest complication seen was bronchopneumonia. There were 3 deaths, 2 due to bronchopneumonia and 1 to encephalitis.
Bronchopneumonia↗
Long term survival in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.
A case of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) with a long survival of 8 years is reported. Long term survival in SSPE has not been previously reported from Sri Lanka.
Child, Preschool↗
An outbreak of salmonellosis following consumption of monkey meat.
An outbreak of salmonellosis due to consumption of monkey meat is reported among nine patients of whom one died. S. enteritidis phage type 8 was cultured from the stools of four patients. The spread of salmonellosis due to the consumption of monkey meat has not been reported before.
Adolescent↗
Changing antibiotic sensitivity patterns in shigellosis.
Over five and a half months stool cultures were performed in 154 patients admitted with suspected bacillary dysentery to the Professorial Paediatric Unit of the Teaching Hospital, Galle. Thirty one patients had a positive stool culture; Shigella dysenteriae type 1 was isolated in 23 patients, and S flexneri in 8. In both groups the antibiotic sensitivity pattern was uniform, the only difference being S dysenteriae type 1 being resistant to nalidixic acid while S flexneri was sensitive. This antibiotic sensitivity pattern was different to that reported from Colombo during the same period. Complications were observed in some patients with S flexneri infection.
Anti-Bacterial Agents↗
Acute liver failure in a patient with hepatitis A infection on sodium valproate therapy.
An epileptic patient on sodium valproate therapy, who developed acute liver failure following acute hepatitis A infection is reported. The hepatotoxic effects of this drug, and the possibility of intercurrent infection precipitating the toxic effects are discussed.
Acute Disease↗