Does phosphorylcholine coating of bypass systems used for young infants attenuate the inflammatory response?
Phosphorylcholine coating does not attenuate the complement activation during CPB in neonates and infants.
In our review of 503 consecutive children with meningitis, none were noted to have bacterial meningitis manifesting solely as a simple seizure. We suspect that this previously described entity is either extremely rare or nonexistent. Commonly taught decision rules requiring lumbar puncture in children with fever and a seizure appear to be unnecessarily restrictive.