Abstract:
:One thousand children with cerebral palsy (CP) were reviewed to study their clinical profile, etiological factors and associated problems. Spastic quadriplegia constituted the predominant group (61 per cent), followed by spastic diplegia (22 per cent). Dyskinetic CP was present in 7.8 per cent of the cases. Acquired CP, particularly secondary to nervous system infections, constituted a significant proportion of cases. The clinical spectrum of CP is different in developing countries compared with developed countries. Associated problems were present in a majority (75 per cent) of cases, of which mental retardation was the commonest (72.5 per cent). Comprehensive assessment and early management of these problems are emphasized, which can minimize the extent of disabilities.
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J Trop Pediatrjournal_title
Journal of tropical pediatricsauthors
Singhi PD,Ray M,Suri Gdoi
10.1093/tropej/48.3.162keywords:
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Has Abstractpub_date
2002-06-01 00:00:00pages
162-6issue
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0142-6338issn
1465-3664journal_volume
48pub_type
杂志文章abstract::Analysis of data from the Shiraz (Iran) growth study requires to take age into account when assessing weight-for-height of school children aged 6-12. A unified structure standard score method is used to construct age-related weight-for-height. Weight-for-height charts were drawn for each age-sex category of children. ...
journal_title:Journal of tropical pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/tropej/41.3.181
更新日期:1995-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between anthropometric characteristics and both geophagy and cognitive function of children. STUDY DESIGN:The study prospectively followed singleton children whose mothers participated in the MiPPAD clinical trial in Allada, Benin, from birth to age ...
journal_title:Journal of tropical pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/tropej/fmaa009
更新日期:2020-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::This is a descriptive study of short-course chemotherapy in children with nodal tuberculosis at Port Moresby General Hospital (PMGH). Between 1 August 1989 and 31 December 1997 5248 children were started on TB treatment. In the retrospective study 427 children were treated for lymph node TB up to 31 December 1996. Of ...
journal_title:Journal of tropical pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/tropej/47.3.160
更新日期:2001-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To assess the feasibility of 12-lead electrocardiographic (ECG) measures such as P wave dispersion (PWd), QT interval, QT dispersion (QTd), Tp-e interval, Tp-e/QT and Tp-e/QTc ratio in predicting poor outcome in patients diagnosed with sepsis in pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). METHODS:Ninety-three pati...
journal_title:Journal of tropical pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/tropej/fmw021
更新日期:2016-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:Objective:This study described the prevalence of IgG class antibodies against Toxocara spp. and their association with urticaria in 2- to 12-year-old children. Methods:This population-based cross-sectional study was conducted between May 2012 and September 2014. The study sample comprised 168 children. Blood samples w...
journal_title:Journal of tropical pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/tropej/fmw094
更新日期:2017-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Congenital Toxoplasma infection can only be discovered or prevented by the appropriate serological screening and subsequent treatment of the mother and her offspring. In Colombia, there is no obligatory Toxoplasma screening for pregnant women and both the reporting and follow-up of congenital toxoplasmosis cases is li...
journal_title:Journal of tropical pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/tropej/fmi072
更新日期:2006-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The provision of written asthma action plans (WAAPs) is regarded by regional and international guidelines as an essential component of patient education and self-management. However, the evidence for this practice in children is deficient. AIM:To evaluate the effectiveness of adding a personalized WAAP in t...
journal_title:Journal of tropical pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1093/tropej/fmt063
更新日期:2014-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Schistosomiasis is an important communicable disease in the developing world. However, testicular schistosomiasis is an extremely rare condition. We report a case of testicular schistosomiasis mimicking testicular tumour in a 13 year old who presented with huge unilateral testicular mass. The dilemma encountered in th...
journal_title:Journal of tropical pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/tropej/fmv041
更新日期:2015-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Acute suppurative parotitis is a rare disease in childhood. Its incidence is higher in premature newborns. Parotid swelling and pus drainage from Stenson's duct is pathognomonic, and Staphylococcus aureus is the causative agent in most cases. Here, a 33-day-old patient with acute suppurative parotitis is presented. ...
journal_title:Journal of tropical pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/tropej/fmv012
更新日期:2015-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The aim of the study was to determine the etiology of meningitis and sepsis in the newborn at the State University Hospital of Haiti and evaluate the susceptibility 'in vitro' of the pathogens to the antibiotics commonly used. This was a prospective case series study over a 10-month period (May 1997-February 1998) of ...
journal_title:Journal of tropical pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/tropej/50.1.48
更新日期:2004-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Neonatal mortality continues to be a significant problem in the Indian setting, especially in very low birth weight (VLBW) neonates. Selenium (Se) has been shown to possess antioxidant properties, and some recent studies have shown a reduction in the sepsis-attributable neonatal mortality with its use. India...
journal_title:Journal of tropical pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1093/tropej/fmv096
更新日期:2016-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Portable hanging scales are a common means of weighing young children. Weighing trousers used to suspend children from a hanging scale are uncomfortable and require insertion of the child's legs through the trousers. The 'weighing seat' holds the child in a more natural, comfortable, and secure position, thus increasi...
journal_title:Journal of tropical pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/tropej/46.2.117
更新日期:2000-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::This study was carried out to determine the vitamin A status and nutritional intake of carotenoids of 213 children between the ages of 6 months and 6 years in a rural community in Nigeria. There were 109 males and 104 females. A total of 57 (26.8 per cent) children were deficient in serum retinol levels (< 10 microg/d...
journal_title:Journal of tropical pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/tropej/49.1.42
更新日期:2003-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cytomegalovirus (CMV) may transmit perinatally or from breast milk. The risk for development of symptomatic CMV disease in very-low-birth-weight premature infants after transmission from maternal breast milk is not clear. There are scarce data in the literature about congenital CMV infection in multiple pregnancies, b...
journal_title:Journal of tropical pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/tropej/fmt087
更新日期:2014-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:Background:Without early recognition and treatment, neonatal meningitis (NM) has a high mortality and morbidity. Although some neonates have features of NM, many do not. In many low-resource settings, the laboratory support to diagnose NM is not available, and bedside diagnostics are needed. Methods:This retrospective...
journal_title:Journal of tropical pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/tropej/fmy003
更新日期:2019-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Serum growth hormone (GH), cortisol, free thyroxine (FT4), thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), and insulin like growth factor I (IGF-I) concentrations were measured in 15 children with sickle cell disease (SCD) together with their heights < 5th percentile for age and gender, and in 15 healthy age-matched children who h...
journal_title:Journal of tropical pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/tropej/41.5.285
更新日期:1995-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::In a previous study of rachitic children in Jos, Nigeria we concluded that inadequate dietary intake of calcium was the primary contributing factor to the development of their rickets. The objective of the present study was to determine the effect of calcium supplementation in 10 children with radiographically and bio...
journal_title:Journal of tropical pediatrics
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1093/tropej/45.4.202
更新日期:1999-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Symptoms from the genitourinary system are unusual in Kawasaki disease (KD). Renal involvement is even rarer and it is confirmed by biopsy when the person is alive. We describe the case of an 11-year-old boy admitted to the hospital complaining about prolonged fever (5 days) and hematuria. His urinalysis showed also p...
journal_title:Journal of tropical pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/tropej/fmn065
更新日期:2009-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Eosinophilia is very common among rural poulation in Barabanki and neighbouring districts with no access to hygienic mode of stool disposition. Significant proportions of these children are suffering from anemia, undernutrition, anorexia, pain abdomen, cough and hence long term morbidity. This adds to the DALY of a de...
journal_title:Journal of tropical pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/tropej/fmw035
更新日期:2016-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::A hospital-based descriptive recall study was conducted to assess the relationship, if any, between breastfeeding practices and morbidity from respiratory and diarrhoeal diseases in infants. A total of 343 infants (285 admitted patients and 58 controls) were recruited. Clinical and sociodemographic data and details re...
journal_title:Journal of tropical pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/tropej/45.2.115
更新日期:1999-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Environmental enteropathy is an example of a poorly-understood intestinal disorder affecting millions of children worldwide, characterized by malabsorption and stunting. Although there is increasing interest in non-invasive means of assessing intestinal structure and function, the potential value of intestin...
journal_title:Journal of tropical pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/tropej/fmaa074
更新日期:2020-11-14 00:00:00
abstract::In an industrial hospital in India, a 23 per cent prevalence of low birth weight (LBW) was detected, of which 76 per cent were full term small for date (SFD) babies. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) comprised the single most common obstetrical problem associated with term SFD births (31 per cent). Age, parity...
journal_title:Journal of tropical pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/tropej/41.6.374
更新日期:1995-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::To determine whether persistent rhinorrhoea constitutes a significant problem requiring intervention, 17 rural day care centres (Balwadis) in Tamilnadu, India, were visited. Among 414 children in the Balwadis 92 (22 per cent) children with persistent rhinorrhoea (15 days duration or longer) were identified. Demographi...
journal_title:Journal of tropical pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/tropej/46.6.365
更新日期:2000-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::This study aims to evaluate the prevalence and sociodemographic factors of anemia in children <36 months old in China. In this study, data of 24 235 children were investigated from 32 primary health care (PHC) facilities in 11 province-level regions. Pearson χ2-test and logistic regression model were used to estimate ...
journal_title:Journal of tropical pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/tropej/fmw049
更新日期:2017-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Henoch-Schonlein Purpura (HSP) is a common cause of vasculitis in children. The role of an antecedent streptococcal infection is still controversial. The aim of this study is to verify such a relationship, as well as to provide a profile of the clinical features and the magnitude of this disorder in Jordan. We identif...
journal_title:Journal of tropical pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/tropej/42.4.200
更新日期:1996-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Rotavirus vaccination was introduced in Brazil in March 2006. We describe the distribution of rotavirus genotypes in children with acute gastroenteritis in a hospital in Recife, Brazil, during pre- and post-vaccination periods. There was a 43.8% reduction in the proportion of diarrhea episodes due to rotavirus. Nevert...
journal_title:Journal of tropical pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/tropej/fmv006
更新日期:2015-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To investigate causes of and contributors to newborn deaths in rural Haryana using a three delays audit approach. METHODS:The study was conducted in 28 villages under the rural field practice area of the Comprehensive Rural Health Services Project, All India Institute of Medical Sciences situated in Ballabga...
journal_title:Journal of tropical pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/tropej/fms060
更新日期:2013-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::To evaluate the state of iodine nutrition in post-iodation scenario, 3500 children were examined clinically for endemic goitre. Iodine and thiocyanate were measured in 240 urine samples; iodine content in 210 salt samples was measured. Total goitre prevalence was 6.1%. Median urinary iodine level was 21.80 µg/dl, and ...
journal_title:Journal of tropical pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/tropej/fmy011
更新日期:2019-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Assessing mortality pattern of children after discharge from hospital is important to guide appropriate management policy. We studied young children aged 1-23 months, who were discharged from an urban Diarrhoea Treatment Hospital. Children were enrolled on discharge from the hospital, and followed at home after 6 and ...
journal_title:Journal of tropical pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/tropej/42.6.342
更新日期:1996-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Based on reports of parasite resistance and on World Health Organization recommendation, chloroquine was replaced with the artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) as the first choice of drugs for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria. Disuse of chloroquine led to restoration of drug-sensitive parasite to some ...
journal_title:Journal of tropical pediatrics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/tropej/fmaa089
更新日期:2020-12-27 00:00:00