F rom time to time weare warned to write legibly on our prescriptions. I won't claim any prizes
for handwriting, but over the years I have learned to keep carbon copies of my pre-scriptions …

A 26-year-old adult with well-documented cystic fibrosis, but with relatively mild pulmonary
involvement, was severely disabled by frequent severe attacks of abdominal pain and …

RESULTS When full strength Mucomyst (20 per cent N-AC) was instilled into rectum or small
intestine, a heavy outpouring of fluid into the bowel occurred with severe hyperemia and …

I NTESTINAL obstruction due to stenosis and atresia of various parts of the gut or to
constricting bands is not uncommon in newborn infants. From time to time there have …

A new nonoperative treatment for uncomplicated meconium ileus has recently been
described. Obstruction is relieved by high gastrografin enema. In View of the high surgical …

Sir.—The article by Sepkowitz 1 in the October 1987 issue ofAJDCleft the impression that
suctioning the meconium-stained infant at birth is simply defensive medicine and has no …

Current trends in the therapy of acute diarrheal disease in infants and children may be
responsible for the reported increase in the incidence of hypernatremia. In a series of 47 …

The acute gastro-intestinal disturbances of in-fants have always been a source of anxiety to
the pediatrician. Nutritional therapy has made severe demands upon his skill. The two horns …

• Following a legal action that resulted from the death of a newborn with the meconium
aspiration syndrome, I investigated the incidence and management at a community hospital …

The following is a case of intestinal obstruction in a newborn child resulting from inspissation
of abnormal meconium. Only a very few reports of the condition can be found in the …