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The article presents three case of hypernatremia patients. Patient 1 hospitalized for evaluation for persistent emesis and significant weight loss, ceftriaxone and oral antibiotics were give and she showed improvement. Patient 2 presented with multiple episodes of nonbloody diarrhea and emesis, management of dehydration and showed improvement. Patient 3 presented with dusky spells and the patient was managed with home breast-feeding support.

Central nervous system herpes simplex virus infection is suspected in patients presenting with acute-onset seizures and lethargy. The potential neurologic sequelae from untreated herpes infection can prompt empirical acyclovir therapy, even in afebrile subjects. The objectives of this study were to determine the frequency of central nervous system herpes simplex virus infection in children presenting with afebrile seizures and to assess the need for empirical acyclovir therapy. Clinical and laboratory data of children with acute-onset afebrile seizures and children with central nervous system herpes simplex virus infection were compared. Polymerase chain reaction and viral cultures of the cerebrospinal fluid for herpes simplex virus infection were negative in all subjects with afebrile seizures; 32.7% of these subjects were empirically treated with acyclovir. In conclusion, central nervous system herpes simplex virus infection is uncommon in children presenting with afebrile seizures, and acyclovir therapy is rarely necessary in subjects with normal neurologic examination and cerebrospinal fluid analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a case series of lingual thyroid in children. One case involves a 9-day-old girl who developed a lingual thyroid with the absence uptake in the anterior neck. Another case involves a 2 1/2-year-old boy who developed primary hypothyroidism. One case involves a 3-year-old girl with minimal thyroid tissue in neck.

The article presents case study of a 5-year-old boy and a 4-year-old girl who was recovered after suffering from Kawasaki Disease (KD). It mentions symptoms including respiratory distress, inguinal rash and abdominal pain. It also mentions recovery from the disease after treatment with the immunoglobulin element of donors blood (IVIG) with anti-histamine and steroid premedication.