TY - JOUR T1 - Tachycardia and heart failure after ritual circumcision. JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 80 LP - 81 DO - 10.1136/adc.62.1.80 VL - 62 IS - 1 AU - A Mor AU - G Eshel AU - M Aladjem AU - G Mundel Y1 - 1987/01/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/62/1/80.abstract N2 - Four newborn babies developed acute heart failure a few hours after circumcision at 8 days. During this procedure, a sponge soaked in epinephrine was applied to the circumcision site and left there for several hours. Treatment was with digoxin and diuretics and signs of heart failure disappeared within 24-72 hours. ER -