Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor(Radiological Case of the Month.)
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Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor can usually be cured, but sometimes causes death. The tumor occurs in children in the chest or abdomen, and some think it is caused by an abnormal response to a prior infection. Surgery is usually curative. It may recur locally, but rarely metastasizes. Six weeks after a bout of pneumonia, a 7-year-old girl was admitted to the hospital with cough, difficulty breathing, fever, poor appetite, and fatigue. She had scar tissue partially blocking one of the bronchi of the lung. Respiratory distress worsened despite treatment. A CT scan revealed lack of circulation to one lung, and bronchoscopy found a mass compressing the bronchus. The lung was removed and was found to be full of fibrous and calcified tissue, which had also invaded the tissue separating the lungs and the sac covering the heart. She improved with treatment with anti-inflammatory medication, but died two weeks later of respiratory failure.
Publication Name: Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1072-4710
Year: 1995
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Stress in pediatric faculty: results of a national survey
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Pediatric faculty experience significant stress. Researchers surveyed 252 pediatric faculty members about stress and related factors. Forty-six percent reported that their typical stress level was high or very high and 64% felt uncomfortably stressed at least frequently. Assistant and associate professors, tenure track faculty, and women experienced higher stress levels than others. Pressure to perform research, family obligations, and insufficient personal time were the predominant stressors. Approximately one-half agreed that efforts to reduce resident stress increased pressure on faculty. Faculty who felt valued by the chairperson and by other faculty tended to feel overstressed less frequently. Seventy-three percent of professors had considered significantly changing their work activities during the past year, although 81% would opt for the same career choices again.
Publication Name: Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1072-4710
Year: 1995
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The psychological and medical sequelae of war in Central American refugee mothers and children
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Children who have been exposed to war may have more serious psychological distress from it than their mothers think. Pediatricians may need to ask probing questions of such children to diagnose underlying psychological trauma. Researchers interviewed 22 women who had emigrated from Central America and one child aged five to 13 years from each woman. Eighteen of the children had chronic health problems. Thirteen children had psychological dysfunction, including posttraumatic stress disorder, and most of the mothers were unaware of it. The mothers' mental health influenced their children's.
Publication Name: Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1072-4710
Year: 1996
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