Isosporiasis in children.

abstract：:Capillaria hepatica is a very rare zoonotic infestation which primarily infests rodents and is rarely found in humans. The presenting features are fever of unknown origin, hepatomegaly and peripheral eosinophilia. Liver biopsy remains the cornerstone of diagnosis. Treatment of choice is Albendazole and outcome is gene...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Nabi F,Palaha HK,Sekhsaria D,Chiatale A

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the etiology and the short term outcome (3 month) of children with acute renal failure (ARF) at a tertiary care centre in north India. Acute tubular necrosis was the commonest cause of ARF (33%) especially in children <5 years of age; while in children >10 years, glomerulonephritis was the commonest cause...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Nasir SA,Bhat MA,Hijaz SW,Charoo BA,Sheikh BA

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper explores the relationships between maternal weight, height and poor pregnancy outcome using a data set from a case-control study of low birth weight (LBW) and perinatal mortality in Ahmedabad, India. Maternal height and weights were compared between mothers of 611 perinatal deaths, 644 preterm-LBW, and 1465...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Mavalankar DV,Trivedi CC,Gray RH

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are currently the buzz word in the field of e-learning. By definition, MOOCs are massive courses considering the number of participants enrolled across the globe per course, are open accessed, and are available online. MOOCs have evolved along the trajectory of correspondence course...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Mahajan R,Gupta P,Singh T

更新日期：2019-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In the newborn period, unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia (UHB) is common, multifactoral, and associated with a variety of physiologic and pathologic conditions. The most commonly identified pathologic cause leading to hyperbilirubinemia is hemolytic disease of the newborn. We report a five-days-old female infant with ne...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Zenciroğlu A,Tayman C,Bas AY,Demirel N

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted this double blind randomized controlled trial to compare the rapid bronchodilator effect of salmeterol and formoterol in 60 children with stable asthma. Participants were randomized to receive either salmeterol (50 microg) (n=31) or formoterol (24 microg) (n=29) by metered dose inhaler and spacer. Spirome...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Singhania N,Dhamija R,Lodha R,Kabra SK

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital hypoparathyroidism, growth retardation and dysmorphism is a rare autosomal recessive syndrome among Arab population commonly known as Sanjad-Sakati syndrome(SSS).Several metabolic and septic complications are known to manifest in the neonatal age. We describe the first report of morbid pathological fracture...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Pal K

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the effect of zinc supplementation in children under 5 years of age rom low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) on anthropometry and prevalence of malnutrition. Design:Systematic review of randomized controlled trials and cluster randomized trials. SETTING:Low- and middle-income countries. PARTIC...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Gera T,Shah D,Sachdev HS

更新日期：2019-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken to find out the best simple anthropometric parameter for identifying low birth weight babies (LBW). A total of 1000 newborn babies were subjected to anthropometry within 48 hours of life. Birth weight was significantly correlated (p less than 0.001) with thigh circumference (TC), mid-a...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Sharma JN,Saxena S,Sharma U

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on 16 children with ingestion of magnetic foreign bodies, who were identified by a medical record review of our hospital data for the time period between January, 2017 and May, 2018. Digestive tract wall was sandwiched in 13 (75%) children and 11 (74%) had gaptic intestinal perforation. ...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Su ZL,Liu D,Zhou XH,Tian XE,Shan ZC,Hou SZ

更新日期：2020-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical presentations of intestinal lymphangiectasia include pitting edema, chylous ascites, pleural effusion, diarrhea, malabsorption and intestinal obstruction. CASE CHARACTERISTICS:An 8-year-old male child presented to the emergency department with clinical features of peritonitis, raising suspicion of ...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Goel A,Gaur MK,Garg PK

更新日期：2018-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred and fifty eight newborn babies were studied for the presence of retinal hemorrhages between 1-3 days of birth. The overall incidence of retinal hemorrhages was found to be 18.9%. It was observed that the incidence of retinal hemorrhages was higher in unassisted vaginal deliveries than in assisted births. A...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Govind A,Kumari S,Lath NK

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the safety and reactogenecity of indigenously produced measles vaccine derived from EZ strain. DESIGN:A longitudinal clinical follow up after vaccination. SETTING:Hospital based and home follow up, as required. SUBJECTS:12,470 children, 9 to 15 months old, immunized with measles vaccine of EZ str...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Bhargava I,Chhaparwal BC,Phadke MA,Irani SF,Chakladhar BK,Maheshwari CP

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This retrospective study was conducted to estimate the shedding of 2009 H1N1 virus and the risk analysis by review of medical charts, laboratory and radiological findings of all inpatients with confirmed pandemic influenza A (H1N1) at a provincial pediatric hospital. A total of 41 cases attending the inpatient departm...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Chen Y,Qiao H,Zhang CM,Tong M,Shang S

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guillain-Barre syndrome is a post infectious polyradiculoneuropathy. It is equally prevalent in both the adult and the pediatric populations. Guillain-Barre syndrome following dengue fever is not a classically described entity and has not been reported in children. ...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Sulekha C,Kumar S,Philip J

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, brainstorm auditory evoked responses (BAER) were recorded in 68 at risk neonates discharged from the neonatal ICU of Safdarjung Hospital. The high risk group of 35 neonates included 13 neonates with multiple (3-4) risk factors and 22 neonates with single risk factors, viz., prematurity (less than...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Raj H,Gupta AK,Anand NK

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to determine the frequency of antinuclear antibodies (ANA) positivity and uveitis in our newly diagnosed juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) patients classified according to International League Against Rheumatology (ILAR) classification criteria. Ninety-two girls and 106 boys, totally 198 chi...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Kasapçopur O,Yologlu N,Ozyazgan Y,Ercan G,Caliskan S,Sever L,Ozdogan H,Arisoy N

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective analysis was carried out to identify factors associated with delay in diagnosis of Kawasaki disease in a tertiary care pediatric hospital setting in Chennai, India. Over a period of 2 years, a total of 37 cases were studied. The cases were divided into Early Diagnosis Group (EDG) and Delayed Diagnosis ...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Balasubramanian S,Krishna MR,Dhanalakshmi K,Amperayani S,Ramanan AV

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly active antiretroviral therapy is beyond reach of most HIV-infected children in developing countries. There is paucity of data on more affordable regimens such as ones based on nevirapine and 2 nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors. We report our experience with the use of antiretroviral therapy in childre...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Lodha R,Upadhyay A,Kabra SK

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychosocial assessment was carried out in 35 children with acute lymphatic leukemic, an equal number with non-leukemic chronic illness and their parents. Psychological dysfunction existed more frequently in parents of leukemic children. Depression as an initial reaction on being conveyed the diagnosis, was seen in 85...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Rao GP,Malhotra S,Marwaha RK

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study population included 110 term healthy small-for-gestational age (SGA) infants having a blood sugar of > 30 mg/dl at the age of < 30 minutes. They were randomized into two groups; (a) Group I (study group) received sugar-fortified milk formula and (b) Group II (control group) received standard milk formula. A ...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Singhal PK,Singh M,Paul VK,Lamba IM,Malhotra AK,Deorari AK,Ghorpade MD

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty five to thirty per cent of all patients admitted with head injuries to any large hospital are children. Head injuries in children differ in several ways from those seen in the adult population. A standard management protocol is used in a service hospital and CT and neurosurgical consultation/transfer is based o...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Sharma M,Sharma AK

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus viridans is usually considered to be nonpathogenic in healthy patients. Some strains become penicillin-resistant and cause life-threatening infections in immuno-compromised patients. We report an immunocompetent boy who had community-acquired S. viridans pneumonia that was resistant to penicillin. Clinic...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Liaw FY,Wang CC,Chang YW,Chen SJ

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study was undertaken to compare WHO and Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) recommended growth charts compiled by Agarwal. 2105 children aged less than 5 years, attending 132 Anganwadi centres in Mysore city, were included by simple random sampling method. Weight and height of all children were rec...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Savitha MR,Kondapuram N

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Childhood Hodgkins Disease (HD) is a lymphoma that displays characteristic epidemiological, clinical and pathological features according to various geographic areas, particularly according to the socio-economic level of a given country. India presents a similar sex, age and subtype distribution as other emerging count...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Dinand V,Arya LS

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the incidence, risk factors and outcome of acute kidney injury (AKI) in hospitalized children with nephrotic syndrome. METHODS:All consecutive hospitalized children (aged 1-14 years) with diagnosis of nephrotic syndrome between February 2016 and February 2017 were enrolled for the study. Childre...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Prasad BS,Kumar M,Dabas A,Mishra K

更新日期：2019-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a leading cause of potentially avoidable childhood blindness worldwide. With improvement in neonatal care, more preterm infants are surviving with a resultant increase in the number of ROP cases. In low-middle income countries, the disease epidemiology is characterized by the occurr...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Sivanandan S,Chandra P,Deorari AK,Agarwal R

更新日期：2016-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The year 2013 marks 50 years of both newborn screening and the Indian Academy of Pediatrics. India has seen a lot of change in terms of motivation, evolution and implementation of newborn screening as pilot projects for few disorders. Facilities for implementing screening using tandem mass spectrometry or what is term...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Kapoor S,Gupta N,Kabra M

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence, age distribution and common causes of chronic/recurrent cough in rural children. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:Pediatric population in five villages of Dehlon Block of Ludhiana, Punjab. METHODS:2275 children in the age group of 1 to 15 years were screened by house to house ...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Singh D,Arora V,Sobti PC

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred nine patients presenting with ambiguous genitalia over the past 10 years (year 1995 to 2004) to Pediatric Endocrine Service of our hospital were reviewed. On the basis of clinical and investigative evaluation like hormonal and biochemical estimations, imaging studies, karyotype and invasive techniques like...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Joshi RR,Rao S,Desai M

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00