Monatsschr Kinderh
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A ten-year-old girl presented with an asymptomatic tumor of the lung. X-ray morphology suggested malignancy. Laboratory investigations revealed hypochromic anaemia, strong signs of inflammation, and hypergammaglobulinaemia. ⋯ Histologic analysis established the diagnosis of a plasma cell granuloma. Postoperatively, laboratory parameters normalized. During the follow-up period of now 30 months there has been no relapse.
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Comparative Study
[Noninvasive determination of oxygen saturation using pulse oximetry in pediatric cardiology].
Pulse oximetry is a relatively new noninvasive method to measure arterial oxygen saturation (SO2). We evaluated the reliability of a pulse oximeter (N-100, Nellcor/Drger, Lübeck) in single and continuous measurements of SO2. During cardiac catheterisation we compared pulse oximeter (puls. ⋯ Continuous measurements with the pulse oximeter are very simple and very reliable and are not associated with skin injury. Because the pulse oximeters responses rapid to oxygenation changes and does not need calibration it is very valuable in the assessment of therapeutic procedures in patients with cyanotic heart disease. We conclude that the pulse oximeter is a very important new diagnostic tool in pediatric cardiology.
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Case Reports
[Nonsurgical removal of iatrogenic intracardiac foreign bodies. A study in a 5-month-old infant].
The development of new techniques and special catheter instruments permit iatrogenically embolized polyethylene catheter fragments to be retrieved nonsurgically. A case is reported in which a fragment of a central venous catheter was removed from the right atrium and ventricle by a DORMIA catheter in a 5-month-old child. The literature concerning nonsurgical retrieval of catheters is reviewed and indications for removal and complications discussed.