Over a 14-year period (1984-97) the presence of rotavirus in stool samples from children under 15 years with acute gastroenteritis was studied by enzymoimmunoanalysis. Serotyping (G1-G4) was performed using monoclonal antibodies. A total of 17,348 children under 15 were investigated. Rotavirus was detected in 3637 (21.0%) specimens, 74.6% of which were from children younger than 2 years old. G1...

We are, indeed, fortunate in the Anesthesia Department at North Carolina Baptist Hospital to have an excellent supply of equipment. Yet, we are guilty, at times, of failing to take full advantage of it. A prime example is the temperature probe, a valuable aid in the diagnosis of malignant hyperpyrexia. In fact, it is so important that failure to monitor body temperature during anesthesia may ha...

We present a description of emergency medical rescue procedures in a patient suffering from severe hypothermia who was found in the Babia Gora mountain range (Poland). After diagnosing the symptoms of II/III stage hypothermia according to the Swiss Staging System, the Mountain Rescue Service notified the coordinator from the Severe Accidental Hypothermia Center (CLHG) Coordinator in Krakow and ...

Two Japanese outbreaks of erythema infectiosum were investigated for evidence of human parvovirus infection by a solid phase antibody capture radioimmunoassay based on a monoclonal antibody to human parvovirus. Specific IgM and high concentrations of specific IgG were detected in 37 sera from 27 children with erythema infectiosum. No anti human parvovirus IgM was detected in a remaining case of...

An association is described between hypothermia occurring in anaesthetized babies and early postoperative morbidity and death. Sixty-seven children under one year old had operations in 1960, of whom twelve died; seven of these cases (which are described) were associated with hypothermia. While other factors were undoubtedly involved it seems that hypothermia was the principal factor responsible...

In a post hoc analysis of samples collected in 2009, we determined seroprevalence of parvovirus 4 (PARV4) among elderly Cameroonians. PARV4 seropositivity was associated with receipt of intravenous antimalarial drugs, intramuscular streptomycin, or an intramuscular contraceptive, but not hepatitis C virus seropositivity. Findings suggest parenteral acquisition of some PARV4 infections.

Canine parvovirus disease appeared in the world and in Europe during the second half of the 1970s. Over the course of 40 years the original CPV-2 strains mutated and variants 2a, 2b and 2c appeared. Their appearance is connected with specific amino acid changes, mainly in the capsid protein VP2. Strains isolated by the authors were adapted for in vitro cell culture. Phylogenetic analysis reveal...

A L T H O U G H tilt table procedures have been used extensively in the study of the circulatory system, most studies have been with subjects in the feet-down position. 1,2 The tilt table provides a means of studying the influence of g force upon the circulatory system. When an individual is strapped to the tilt table, feet down, in the vertical position r he is exposed to + 1 g. When tilted to...

THE MORTALITY associated with malignant hyperthermia was 77 per cent in 1967 ~ but had decreased to 64 per cent in 19703 primarily because of increased awareness by anaesthetists of the early signs of this syndrome and the prompt initiation of prompt therapy. The incidence of malignant hyperthermia in children is 1;10,000, with a range of 1:5,000 to 1:70,0007 However, our experience at the Vanc...

BACKGROUND The Mega Acer Kit® (MAK) is a newly designed heated and humidified breathing circuit that warms fluid passing through the circuit lumen. In this study, we investigated the system's efficacy for the perioperative prevention of hypothermia and fluid warming. METHODS Ninety patients undergoing spinal surgery were enrolled in this study and randomly assigned to 3 groups based on the fl...