Coronary artery aneurysm is a rare entity and is being seen more frequently with the increasing use of stents during PTCA. Proximal ligation and plication of the aneurysm with coronary artery bypass grafting in the present series provided good results. With this case series, we seek to establish an optimal surgical therapy for this rare entity.

The study reaffirms the high prevalence of overweight and obesity in pre-school children in New Zealand, and demonstrates the variations in prevalence when using different reference standards.

Meningitis due to Multi Drug Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MRAB) is a serious emerging problem in pediatric intensive care. Treatment of these patients is challenging and polypeptide antibiotic is an important option but have poor cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) penetration. We describe our experience of a successfully treated neonatal ventriculitis and meningitis due to MRAB with intraventricular polymyxin B.

Community-based screening may be useful for identifying VPT children with school readiness difficulties, but low referral rates may limit the effectiveness of such programmes.

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