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Siviero I, de Almeida UVB, Penna CRR, Di Puglia EBM, Simões BCB. Abdominal complications of ascariasis in childhood. J Pediatr (Rio J) 2024; 100:460-467. [PMID: 38522478 DOI: 10.1016/j.jped.2024.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2023] [Revised: 02/16/2024] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/26/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVE Complications of ascariasis are a significant cause of abdominal pain in pediatric emergencies, especially where it is endemic. A literature review was conducted with the aim of improving diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for these patients. DATA SOURCES A PubMed search was conducted using the key terms "ascariasis complications" and "hepatobiliary ascariasis". The search strategy included meta-analyses, randomized controlled trials, clinical trials, observational studies, case reports, and reviews published up to December 2023. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS Obstruction of the small bowel is the most common complication. Others that are, rarer and more difficult to properly identify and treat, such as biliary, hepatic, and pancreatic complications, acute appendicitis, Meckel's diverticulitis, or peritoneal granulomas. Hepatic and pancreatic complications are rarer and more serious in children than in adults. While plain radiography is usually the only option in cases of intestinal obstruction, ultrasonography is the examination of choice in cases of hepatobiliary, pancreatic, and appendicular ascariasis complications in childhood. The treatment is clinical and conservative in most patients. Surgical treatment is indicated if conservative therapy fails, or if there are signs of complications. Laparoscopy has been used as an excellent technical alternative in adults with hepatobiliary complications of ascariasis, but further studies on its use in children are still needed. CONCLUSION The creation of protocols and greater debate on this subject should be encouraged for a better understanding of the disease and to establish an early diagnosis and adequate treatment for children with complications resulting from massive infestation by Ascaris lumbricoides.
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- Ivonete Siviero
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Cirurgia, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira (IPPMG), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira (IPPMG), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira (IPPMG), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Cirurgia, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Shang L, Gu X, Du S, Wang Y, Cao B, Wang C. The efficacy and safety of therapeutic lung lavage for exogenous lipoid pneumonia: A systematic review. CLINICAL RESPIRATORY JOURNAL 2021; 15:134-146. [PMID: 32940399 DOI: 10.1111/crj.13273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Exogenous lipoid pneumonia (ELP) is a lung inflammatory disease with low prevalence and has the feature of external lipid substances presented in the alveoli. Therapeutic lung lavage (segmental bronchoalveolar lavage and whole lung lavage) has been gradually recognized as an important therapy for the disease. There was no comprehensive summary on its efficacy and safety. METHODS We searched PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, CNKI, Wanfang Database, clinicaltrials.gov, and the references of included studies. After study selection, data extraction and quality assessment, we performed a qualitative description of current data. RESULTS We included 90 ELP patients from 25 case reports and 8 case series studies. Eighty-four (93.3%) patients received segmental bronchoalveolar lavage and six (6.7%) patients received whole lung lavage. Eighty-seven (96.7%) patients got clinical improvement after lavages, while three (3.3%) patients had no improvement and eventually died. The follow-up status was reported in 29 patients, of whom 24 patients remained well without any use of drugs and 4 patients remained well with some periods of corticosteroids. One patient endured recurrence. The radiological change was reported in 72 patients, of whom 41 (56.9%) patients had full resolution until the last follow-up. Two studies reported acute pulmonary edema and transient hypoxemia during lavages. CONCLUSIONS Therapeutic lung lavage might be an effective and safe therapy with long-term benefits for ELP. Current studies were all case reports and case series with relatively high risk of bias. Prospective controlled studies are needed to explore the actual efficacy, safety, individualized indications, and optimized treatment procedures of therapeutic lung lavage for ELP.
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- Lianhan Shang
- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.,Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center for Respiratory Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.,Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center for Respiratory Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.,Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.,Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center for Respiratory Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.,Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.,Department of Respiratory Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center for Respiratory Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.,Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.,Department of Respiratory Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,Clinical Center for Pulmonary Infections, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center for Respiratory Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.,Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.,Department of Respiratory Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,Clinical Center for Pulmonary Infections, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,Tsinghua University-Peking University Joint Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center for Respiratory Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.,Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.,Clinical Center for Pulmonary Infections, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,Tsinghua University-Peking University Joint Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, China.,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Eber E, Antón-Pacheco JL, de Blic J, Doull I, Faro A, Nenna R, Nicolai T, Pohunek P, Priftis KN, Serio P, Coleman C, Masefield S, Tonia T, Midulla F. ERS statement: interventional bronchoscopy in children. Eur Respir J 2017; 50:50/6/1700901. [DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00901-2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2017] [Accepted: 08/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Paediatric airway endoscopy is accepted as a diagnostic and therapeutic procedure, with an expanding number of indications and applications in children. The aim of this European Respiratory Society task force was to produce a statement on interventional bronchoscopy in children, describing the evidence available at present and current clinical practice, and identifying areas deserving further investigation. The multidisciplinary task force panel performed a systematic review of the literature, focusing on whole lung lavage, transbronchial and endobronchial biopsy, transbronchial needle aspiration with endobronchial ultrasound, foreign body extraction, balloon dilation and occlusion, laser-assisted procedures, usage of airway stents, microdebriders, cryotherapy, endoscopic intubation, application of drugs and other liquids, and caregiver perspectives. There is a scarcity of published evidence in this field, and in many cases the task force had to resort to the collective clinical experience of the committee to develop this statement. The highlighted gaps in knowledge underline the need for further research and serve as a call to paediatric bronchoscopists to work together in multicentre collaborations, for the benefit of children with airway disorders.
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OBJECTIVE To analyze the clinical and imagenological characteristics of acute Exogenous lipoid pneumonia (ELP), explore its risk factors, and assess the potential role of multiple bronchoalveolar lavages (BALs) and steroid therapy in the treatment of children with acute ELP. METHODS Between May 2011 and July 2014, 33 pediatric patients with pneumonia caused by aspiration of oil-based substances were admitted to the Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangdong, China. Data on the demographics of these patients, as well as that on clinical presentations, imagenological characteristics, history of ingestion, laboratory observations, treatment protocol, response to therapy, BAL findings, and treatment outcomes were collected. RESULTS The study group consisted of 23 boys (69.7 %) and 10 girls (30.3 %), with ages ranging from 4 mo to 4 y. They were admitted to the hospital 2 h to 13 d after ingesting the oil-based substance. By the time of admission, most patients presented with respiratory distress and other symptoms, including tachypnea (n = 21), cough (n = 25), mild fever (n = 18), progressive dyspnea (n = 12), and pneumorrhagia (n = 5); six patients received mechanical ventilation because of complicated respiratory distress syndrome. The most common laboratory observations were leukocytosis (25 of 33, 75.8 %), neutrophilia (23 of 33, 69.7 %), and anemia (8 of 33, 24.2 %). Serum biochemical examination showed elevated sedimentation rates (24 of 33, 72.7 %), lactate dehydrogenase levels (18 of 33, 54.5 %), and C-reactive protein levels (17 of 33, 51.5 %). The most common finding on computed tomography (CT) scans was areas of consolidation. Within the follow-up duration of 2 wk to 6 mo, all patients with clinical symptoms of ELP experienced remission, and none died. The CT scans of most of the cases were normal by 1 to 3 mo, except for two patients who showed complete improvement 6 mo after treatment. CONCLUSIONS It was found that multiple BALs combined with steroid therapy result in significant improvement of clinical, radiologic, and laboratory parameters in children with acute ELP. Further, some traditional practices may predispose children to ELP, even in the absence of underlying risk factors. Finally, pneumorrhagia and acute respiratory distress syndrome may be the main complications of acute ELP in children.
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