Valve replacement in children under twenty years of age

Heart valve replacement in children.

[Heart valve replacement in children].

Complications of adenotonsillectomy in children under 3 years of age.

Adenotonsillectomy in children may be performed safely on an outpatient basis in the majority of cases without an increase in complication rates. However, very young children comprise a unique patient subpopulation with regard to adenotonsillar surgery. Surgical indications in older children tend to be dominated by chronic recurrent infections, whereas younger children usually require surgery f...

Determinants of overweight in children under 4 years of age.

OBJECTIVES To describe the prevalence of and factors associated with overweight in children under 4 years of age in Feira de Santana, state of Bahia, Brazil. METHODS Cross-sectional study nested within a birth cohort of 793 children born in Feira de Santana, Brazil. Independent variables were related to infant characteristics, social and demographic factors, maternal reproductive aspects, and...

Mitral replacement: clinical experience with a ball-valve prosthesis. Twenty-five years later.

The purpose of this report is to review the results of mitral valve replacement since a first report in the Annals of Surgery in 1961, in order to determine the relative importance of new valve designs versus other surgical variables. The continued use of the silastic ball valve in its 1966 configuration (Model 6120), by providing a comparative data base for other new prosthetic valves, allows ...