[The frequency of urinary tract infections in hospitalized infants]. / Ucestalost uroinfekcija u hospitalizirane dojencadi.

The authors present the frequency of urinary tract infections in hospitalised infants. A retrospective study of infants hospitalized during a five year period, from 1979-1983 was made. The average frequency for the mentioned period was 12%, all of which were bacterial infections. In 70.7% of patients we diagnosed cytopyelonephritis. Girls prevailed among the patients with urinary tract infections, even in the neonatal period. Vesicoureteric reflux was confirmed in 36.5% children. The results of this study show that the symptoms of urinary tract infections in infancy are not specific. As the frequency of cytopyelonephritis and vesicoureteric reflux was high it emphasizes the significance of early diagnosis. In every febrile child, diagnosis of urinary tract infections should be suspected.

Hypertrophic gastritis in association with sepsis and death in a two-month-old infant.

The article reports the case of a 2-month-old infant with Ménétrier's disease. Clinical manifestations, laboratory data, and roentgenologic diagnostics of this disease are presented. The child died with the clinical signs of cardiorespiratory insufficiency, and the diagnosis of Ménétrier's disease was established postmortem.

[Thalassemia major (with a case report of a 6-month-old patient)]. / O talasemiji major (s prikazom 6-mjesecnog bolesnika).

This article describes recent views about patophysiology of thalassemia, and deals with a case of thalassemia major in a 6-month infant from the continental part of Croatia. Based on literature data, therapy included frequent transfusions of blood so as to correct anaemia to the level enabling the child to develop and interact with his environment as normally as possible. Administration of desferioxamine promoted excretion of iron in urine and decreased its concentration in serum.