Etretinate in the management of harlequin siblings.

abstract：:A 29 day old male infant presented with a history of fever, cough, increasing respiratory distress and abdominal distension from the 10th day of life. Examination revealed failure to thrive, marked tachypnea, pallor, hepatosplenomegaly and harsh vesicular breath sounds. Chest skiagram showed extensive broncho-pneumoni...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Balasubramanian S,Shivram R,Padmasani LN,Nagaraju

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glanzmann's thrombasthenia (GT) is an uncommon cause of bleeding in children. We diagnosed two siblings as having GT on the basis of flow cytometric studies. Both had cutaneous bleedings and epistaxis since early childhood. Hematological investigations revealed prolonged bleeding time and a normal platelet count. Both...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Tullu MS,Dixit PS,Nair SB,Kamat JR,Vaswani RK,Shetty SD,Pawar AR

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 25,000 children develop multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) each year, but few of them are diagnosed and appropriately treated for MDR-TB. New diagnostic tools have improved our ability to diagnose children with bacteriologically confirmed TB earlier. However, the majority of childhood TB cases a...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Schaaf HS

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To understand how decisions are made in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) settings where critically-ill children require life-support decisions and what are the perceptions of health professionals and parents. METHODS:In this qualitative study, in-depth, semi-structured, face to face interviews with 8 doctors, 9 nu...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Kahveci R,Ayhan D,Döner P,Cihan FG,Koç EM

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:In about 10% cases of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), death is due to cardiac dysfunction. The recognition of cardiomyopathy in DMD is thus important. OBJECTIVE:To assess cardiac involvement in DMD patients by clinical, radiographic, electrocardiographic (ECG) and echocardiographic monitoring and correla...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Gulati S,Saxena A,Kumar V,Kalra V

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fevers in children are mainly due to infection, malignancy or inflammatory conditions. Rheumatologists have an important role in the care of inflammatory conditions, many of which are associated with fevers. Seven conditions, the hereditary recurrent fever syndromes, have been defined with the presenting symptom of re...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Manners PJ,Guttinger R

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The developments in newborn care have enabled many more very low birth weight premature infants to live. The aim of our study was to determine the risk factors for bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) development by evaluating mild and moderate/severe BPD in extramural neonates with a birth weight <1501 g. METHO...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Demirel N,Bas AY,Zenciroglu A

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Septic arthritis in children remains a serious disease with the potential for significant systemic and musculoskeletal morbidity. Staphlococcus aureus is the most common cause of bone and joint infections in all age groups. Microbial invasion of the synovial space occurs typically results from hematogenous seeding. Di...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Shetty AK,Gedalia A

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple choice questions have come to occupy a prominent place in the evaluation system of medical education. However the framing of multiple choice questions and their effective use need further clarification in the Indian context. This paper outlines some of the steps that may be adopted for streamlining the prepar...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Srinivasa DK,Adkoli BV

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nosocomial infections in Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs) caused by multidrug-resistant bacterial organisms are increasing. This review attempts to report on significant findings in the current literature related to nosocomial infections in PICU settings with an international perspective. The types of nosocomial...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： McGrath EJ,Asmar BI

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： ICMR Task Force on Inherited Metabolic Disorders.

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To predict the added value of diaphragmatic and lung ultrasound indices (US) in anticipation of the outcome of mechanical ventilation of pediatric patients in the intensive care unit. METHODS:This prospective study was conducted in Zagazig University, Pediatric Hospitals, PICU; Egypt. One hundred six mechani...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Abdel Rahman DA,Saber S,El-Maghraby A

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present 2 cases of dengue shock syndrome with unusual complications. In the first case, a 14-y-old boy with dengue shock syndrome who required aggressive fluid resuscitation, developed abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS). Patient developed severe shock, increased ventilator requirement and oliguria as a c...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Gala HC,Avasthi BS,Lokeshwar MR

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hitherto poor outcomes, paucity of data and heterogeneity in International approach to Pediatric NHL (Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma) prompted the need for guidelines for Indian population with vast variability in access, affordability and infrastructure across the country. These guidelines are based on consensus among the expe...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Thacker N,Bakhshi S,Chinnaswamy G,Vora T,Prasad M,Bansal D,Agarwala S,Kapoor G,Radhakrishnan V,Laskar S,Kaur T,Rath GK,Dhaliwal RS,Arora B

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pair of female thoraco-omphalopagus twins, with two pairs of lungs, common diaphragm and separate pleural cavities was separated at the age of 5(1/2) months after a parasitic relationship had developed between them. Before separation both the babies developed recurrent respiratory tract infection and frequent diarrh...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Ray AK,Mukherjee NN,Mukherjee G,Patra R,Ghosh DK

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report 22 patients of Kawasaki disease, diagnosed and treated over a period of 3 years at a tertiary care centre in New Delhi. Ten cases fullfiled the criteria of a "classical" case while 12 cases were "incomplete" cases. Echocardiography was performed in all cases and coronary artery involvement was found...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Consul M,Mishra S,Taneja A

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the classic description of this disease by Harold Hirschsprung's. In 1886 just over a century ago, there has been a marked evolution in the diagnostic modalities, understanding of the pathophysiology, unraveling of genetic association and the treatment approach of this disease. Recent research on the molecular b...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Lall A,Gupta DK,Bajpai M

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-fungal agents are classified under two major headings, systematic and topical agents. Only systematic anti-fungal agents will be discussed in this chapter. Since the discovery in 1955, amphotericin B has been the cornerstone of anti-fungal treatment. It is active against most species of fungi. However, Candida lu...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Abuhammour W,Habte-Gabr E

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With improved survival of very low birth infants in India, Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) is emerging as a significant problem. The most important risk factor in the pathogenesis of ROP is prematurity. Other factors like, problems with oxygenation frequent blood transfusions, sepsis and apnea have also been implicat...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Chawla D,Agarwal R,Deorari AK,Paul VK

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The timing and role of chemotherapy in the management of Wilms' tumor has long been the matter of debate, with different groups showing equally comparable and encouraging results. Over the last decade, however, both the ideol-ogies seem to be converging and the attempt has been to identify groups benefitting with pre-...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Kumar A,Bakhshi S,Agarwala S

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are disorders of pulmonary inflammation characterized by hypoxemia and respiratory failure. Children have varying incidence of ALI/ARDS from 2.2 to 16 per 100,000 pediatric population associated with high morbidity, mortality, and financial burden....

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Saharan S,Lodha R,Kabra SK

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low hemoglobin and low MCHC levels were indicative of high incidence of iron deficiency in preschool children. The extent of iron deficiency as assessed by serum ferritin and free erythrocyte protoporphyrin showed a different trend. While FEP levels were highly suggestive of extensive iron deficiency (in 40-45% of chi...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Raman L,Pawashe AB,Ramalakshmi BA

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the incidence of early onset Group B Streptococcal (GBS) infection in infants born over a two year period and to determine the outcome of sepsis evaluation in infants born to mothers with GBS colonization. METHODS:The charts of infants born to mothers with GBS colonization were reviewed for deta...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Niduvaje K,Amutha C,Roy J

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal care has made tremendous improvements in developing countries. However there are number of challenges to be met and neonatal mortality remains unacceptably high. In contrast to this neonatal care in developed nations have moved ahead of a pre-occupation to reducing the neonatal mortality only. The main reason...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Garg P,Bolisetty S

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cohort study at a tertiary care neonatal service was undertaken to determine the neurodevelopmental outcome of neonates who required intensive care. One hundred and nineteen nursery graduates were enrolled for follow up if they fulfilled any of the following risk factors: birth weight less than 1500 g, Apgar score l...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Paul VK,Radhika S,Deorari AK,Singh M

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertransfusion and regular chelation therapy have allowed improved survival in patients with thalassemia major (TM). Despite medical advances, growth failure and hypogonadism remain significant clinical problems in these patients in adolescence. Disproportionate truncal shortening which is common especially among ad...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Low LC

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the correlation between echocardiographic inferior vena cava (IVC) measurements and central venous pressure (CVP) in neonates. Also, to evaluate the correlation between IVC measurements and gestational age (GA) and body weight (BW). METHODS:This cross sectional analytical study was conducted fro...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Mugloo MM,Malik S,Akhtar R

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term aseptic meningitis encompasses all types of inflammations of the brain meninges other than that caused by pus producing organisms. It is usually a benign illness. Etiology of aseptic meningitis is very wide and includes many infections - both viral and non viral, drugs, malignancy and systemic illness. The mo...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Kumar R

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the etiology and burden of comorbidities across stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD). METHODS:Children, 2-16 y of age with CKD Stages II- IV were recruited over 12 mo. The etiology, clinical presentation and severity of complications were studied. RESULTS:Among 78 children [Stage II (n = 21), St...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Kamath N,Iyengar AA

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema are rare complications of miliary tuberculosis in children. In this report, a 5-year-old girl with miliary tuberculosis complicated by pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema, is presented and relevant literature is discussed. ...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Das M,Chandra U,Natchu M,Lodha R,Kabra SK

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00