ABSTRACT
A group of 62 children (age 5-12) with vesicoureteral reflux (VR) in infancy, including those who were under either ambulatory or surgical treatment and also those whose parents didn't undergo treatment, was observed with special attention paid to the following features: evaluation of height, weight, arterial blood pressure, presence of VR, size of kidneys and renal scars in them, creatinine clearance, urine analysis and urine cultures. The analysis of studied parameters proves the necessity of constant nephrological control for many years in spite of disappearance of reflux. The reason is the high risk of recurrent urinary tract infections, arterial hypertension and worse kidney functioning.
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Health Status , Vesico-Ureteral Reflux/classification , Vesico-Ureteral Reflux/therapy , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Hypertension/complications , Kidney Function Tests , Male , Recurrence , Treatment Outcome , Urinary Tract Infections/complications , Vesico-Ureteral Reflux/complications , Vesico-Ureteral Reflux/urineABSTRACT
In 15-year-old girl with lichen sclerosus diagnosed 4 years ago described nephritis development in systemic sclerosis without skin manifestations of scleroderma (sclerodermia sine sclerodermia). Raynaud's phenomenon, typical microcirculatory abnormalities in capilaroscopy and positive antinuclear antibodies were observed.
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Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus/complications , Scleroderma, Systemic/diagnosis , Scleroderma, Systemic/etiology , Adolescent , Female , Humans , Nephritis/etiology , Raynaud Disease/diagnosis , Raynaud Disease/etiologyABSTRACT
In 20 children with cerebral palsy and following treatment of myelomeningocele sonography of urinary tract was performed. In 7 out of them (3 with meningocele and 4 with cerebral palsy) calcified deposits in urinary tract have been found.
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Cerebral Palsy , Meningomyelocele/surgery , Urinary Calculi/diagnosis , Adolescent , Cerebral Palsy/complications , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , Male , Meningomyelocele/complications , Meningomyelocele/diagnostic imaging , Ultrasonography , Urinary Calculi/complicationsABSTRACT
Sensitivity of bacterial strains causing urinary tract infections was analysed. High sensitivity of bacteria to nitrofurantoin, guinolones and cephalosporines--mainly of the III generation, as well as minute sensitivity to penicillins were demonstrated.
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Anti-Infective Agents, Urinary/therapeutic use , Urinary Tract Infections/drug therapy , Urinary Tract Infections/microbiology , Urine/chemistry , Catchment Area, Health , Child , Child, Preschool , Enterocolitis , Escherichia coli Infections , Female , Humans , Klebsiella Infections , Male , Proteus Infections , Retrospective Studies , Urinary Tract Infections/epidemiologyABSTRACT
OBJECT: Authors object were to determine dependence between cadmium level in blood and urine with eventual coincidention of hypomagnesemia in pre-school children living in town of Bytom in groups of different level of exposure on pollution. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Level of those metals was measured in groups of 150 pre-school children tocsycologically identical. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: Obtained results of level of cadmium in blood and urine of pre-school children were below normal parameters defined by WHO. Authors didn't define the connection with degree of environmental pollution. In examined population blood hypomagnesemia and total loss of magnesium in body were formed, which occurred in low magnesium level in urine. CONCLUSIONS: Level of cadmium in blood and urine is an answer to chronic environmental influence, not always connected with degree of pollution. The whole population of children developing under environmental cadmium exposition, demonstrate hypomagnesemia, especially dangerous in this moment of growth. Simple and non-invasive evaluation of magnesium level in children, allows early detection of magnesium deficit in child's body.
