Lack of fiber may play an important role in the etiology of chronic idiopathic constipation in children.

Hospital noise levels were measured for four consecutive days every two hours throughout the day in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), a normal nursery room and inside infant incubators when the latter were associated with different types of life-support equipment. There was a difference in the noise level between normal nursery and NICU, whereas a considerable increase of noise was recorded when the infant received supplemental oxygen, was under ventilator or when an air compressor was in operation. High noise levels were equally the same both in a.m. and p.m. hours in the NICU. As many high risk infants spend a long time in a NICU, there is an urgent need for further evaluation of noise levels and their effect on the outcome of infants.

Thirty nine children with 71 hydatid cysts were given mebendazole orally in a dose of 100-200 mg/kg/day for 12 weeks and were followed up for a mean (SD) of 63 (24) (67) 10 (27) Improvement (%) 2 (6) 11 (30) Failure (%) 9 (27) 16 (43) 'Tere was one cyst found in the spleen, which did not respond to treatment.differences were also found in the hepatic cysts (3-93 (1-87) and 7-78 (3 08) cm, respectively, p

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