Pediatric emergency care
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Pediatric emergency care · Sep 2005
Predicting the need for hospitalization in acute childhood asthma using end-tidal capnography.
To explore the utility of end-tidal capnography for predicting hospitalization in acute childhood asthma. ⋯ This pilot study suggests that baseline capnography may be useful as an objective effort-independent tool for identifying children with an asthma exacerbation who are at risk for hospitalization.
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Lemierre syndrome is characterized by pharyngitis followed by Fusobacterium necrobacillosis sepsis complicated by internal jugular vein thrombosis and infectious metastatic abscesses. It has been considered to be a rare disease until the last decade when a larger number of cases have been reported. We discuss a case of Lemierre syndrome in a 17-year-old girl and review the pathophysiology of Fusobacterium necrobacillosis and diagnosis and treatment of Lemierre syndrome.