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A seven-year-old girl was admitted to the hospital because of a fourth episode of sore throat, dyspnea, and fever.
The child had been born after 35 weeks of gestation to a mother 36 years old (her third pregnancy). The pregnancy was complicated by gestational hypertension but not by the use of medications, cigarettes, or alcohol. Elective cesarean section was performed under general anesthesia one day after spontaneous rupture of the membranes. The patient had been an unexpected fraternal twin, and her respiratory status at birth had been very depressed, with Apgar scores of 2.1 at one minute and 7.5 at
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