Index of Suspicion. Case 1: Status epilepticus, hypertension, and tachycardia in a 5-year-old boy. Case 2: Cardiopulmonary arrest during gymnastics practice in a teenage girl. Case 3: Acute renal failure in a teenage boy who has autism and pica

Pediatr Rev. 2011 Jun;32(6):257-63. doi: 10.1542/pir.32-6-257.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Kidney Injury / diagnosis
  • Adolescent
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / therapy
  • Autistic Disorder / complications
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Heart Arrest / etiology
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / etiology
  • Male
  • Nephritis, Interstitial / diagnosis*
  • Nephritis, Interstitial / therapy
  • Pheochromocytoma / diagnosis*
  • Pheochromocytoma / therapy
  • Pica / complications
  • Status Epilepticus / etiology
  • Tachycardia / etiology
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / diagnosis*
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / therapy

Supplementary concepts

  • Polymorphic catecholergic ventricular tachycardia