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Neonatal hemostatic immaturity complicates anticoagulation during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Current practice largely follows the strategy of 400 U/kg from adult protocols, as neonatal-specific guidelines and…
Read caseA Spanish female patient presented with macrocephaly, global developmental delay, and leukoencephalopathy. Whole-exome sequencing identified a novel de novo heterozygous FAM50A variant, c.905 A > T (p.His302Leu).
A 6-month-old boy developed chickenpox with fever, irritability, and a vesicular rash. Although the rash and fever resolved, he had persistent irritability, poor feeding, intermittent vomiting, developmental regression…
A 5-year-old boy with low-risk B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia developed severe, refractory pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome during induction therapy, with profound hypoxemia.
A healthy 2-month-old boy presented with features of left unilateral lambdoid craniosynostosis, including occipitoparietal flattening, ipsilateral mastoid bulge, contralateral parietal bulge, and ear-level asymmetry; 3D…
A 2-year-old child in Sri Lanka was found to have a patent infection with Dirofilaria asiatica, a canine filarioid implicated in zoonotic human infection.
A 3-year-old boy in Georgia, USA, receiving chemotherapy for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia was hospitalized with febrile neutropenia.
A 6-year-old boy born to healthy parents had global developmental delay, with milestones reached substantially later than expected. Diagnostic evaluation began at 18 months.
A 4-year-old girl presented with recurrent hypertension, polycythemia and renal hilar masses. Imaging, biochemical testing and genetic analysis of paraffin-embedded tissue confirmed Pacak-Zhuang syndrome with a somatic…
Two girls, aged 4 and 9 years, presented with severe hypertension and electrolyte disturbances, including hyponatremia and hypokalemia, with elevated renin-aldosterone activity.
A retrospective review at an Italian referral center described three children with congenital, clinically heterogeneous inherited epidermal differentiation disorders.
A 1.5-year-old girl with Arnold-Chiari malformation, hydrocephalus, spina bifida, and profound bilateral sensorineural hearing loss had limited auditory development despite early hearing-aid use.
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