[Priapism: diagnosis and treatment]. / Priapismo: diagnóstico y tratamiento.

Priapism, prolonged and painful erection, is an exceptional cause of consultation in the pediatric population. High- and low-flow priapism and recurrent prolonged erection must be differentiated, as the prognosis and treatment of these entities differ. Assessment of patients with priapism begins with a detailed history, physical examination, and complete blood cell count. The definitive diagnosis is given by penile Doppler ultrasonography, corpora cavernosa blood gas analysis, and pelvic arteriography. We present two patients who attended our emergency service in the last year and propose an algorithm for the diagnosis and treatment of this entity.

Priapismo: diagnóstico y tratamiento / Priapism: Diagnosis and treatment

El priapismo, erección prolongada y dolorosa, es un motivo excepcional de consulta pediátrica. La distinción entre el priapismo de alto y bajo flujo, así como la diferenciación de la erección prolongada recurrente, es esencial por su diferente tratamiento y pronóstico. La historia clínica, la exploración y el hemograma son el primer escalón diagnóstico. El eco-Doppler peneano, la gasometría de cuerpos cavernosos y la arteriografía de ilíacas permiten el diagnóstico definitivo. Presentamos 2 casos vistos en nuestra urgencia en el último año y realizamos una revisión de la literatura especializada estableciendo un algoritmo de diagnóstico y tratamiento

Priapism, prolonged and painful erection, is an exceptional cause of consultation in the pediatric population. High- and low-flow priapism and recurrent prolonged erection must be differentiated, as the prognosis and treatment of these entities differ. Assessment of patients with priapism begins with a detailed history, physical examination, and complete blood cell count. The definitive diagnosis is given by penile Doppler ultrasonography, corpora cavernosa blood gas analysis, and pelvic arteriography. We present two patients who attended our emergency service in the last year and propose an algorithm for the diagnosis and treatment of this entity

[Alcoholic embryofetopathy. Neonatal case reports for the past twelve years]. / Embriofetopatía alcohólica. Casuística neonatal propia en los últimos doce años.

OBJECTIVE: Alcohol embryopathy represents an important pediatric and obstetric problem, not only for the high risk of adverse effects on the neurodevelopment of the fetus and child, but for the imperative need for detecting and preventing alcohol consumption during pregnancy. In this study the clinical manifestations of newborns with maternal antecedents of alcohol consumption are reviewed. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Our experience from 1985 to 1996 with all newborns diagnosed as "children of an alcoholic mother, without associated clinical findings or partial forms (fetal alcohol effect) or as "alcohol embryofetopathy (complete forms) is reviewed. In this study we have reviewed the obstetric and neonatal records of 33 newborns born to 33 alcohol abusers, collecting both maternal (serological tests, alcohol and other substances consumed during pregnancy) and neonatal (gestational age, birth weight, birth length, head circumference, pathology, physical anomalies, cardiovascular defects and acute withdrawal symptoms) data. RESULTS: Our findings are similar to those described in other reports as regards to the incidence (1.9/1,000 newborns) and clinical manifestations, with the exception only in the low proportion of microcephalia. In our experience, alcohol consumption in pregnancy is associated with a high risk of low birth weight (39%) and intrauterine growth retardation (21%), malformations (42%, 9% cardiopathies), prematurity (54%) and maternal drug addiction (24%, with HIV serology positive in 18%). Acute withdrawal symptoms were detected in 24% of these newborns.