Can throat swab after physiotherapy replace sputum for identification of microbial pathogens in children with cystic fibrosis?

abstract：:It is common for primary care physicians to be faced with children with hematological disorders in everyday practice. The article seeks to provide realistic information for the first-contact physician in handling common hematological diseases in children. Practical step-wise approach to understanding and investigating...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Bansal D,Totadri S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a new case of the split notochord syndrome (SNS) with dorsal enteric fistula in an eight-month-old-boy. The child had also central nervous system anomalies including dysgenetic corpus callosum, absence of septum pellucidum, triventricular hydrocephalus, small posterior fossa, and lipomyelomeningoc...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Kanmaz T,Demirbilek S,Oztürk A,Baykara S,Yücesan S

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the impact of co-occurring attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) on the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of children with newly diagnosed specific learning disability (SpLD). METHODS:From September 2005 to March 2006, 150 parents (either mother or father) of children consecutively...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Karande S,Bhosrekar K

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate clinical, etiological and EEG profile of neonatal seizures. METHODS:In all the neonates enrolled in the study baseline information recorded was sex, gestational age, weight, ponderal index etc. Clinical profile of seizure episode included age at onset of seizure, type and duration of seizure, ass...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Kumar A,Gupta A,Talukdar B

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Juvenile dermatomyositis and juvenile scleroderma are rare multisystem autoimmune disorders. Although they share some pathognomonic hallmarks with adult onset myositis or scleroderma, there are significant differences in presentation, characteristics and associated features when the diseases present in childhood. In v...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： McCann LJ,Pain CE

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical bioethics has developed as a new field of study in the US in the past quarter decade, focusing upon the moral principles of autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice. These principles may, however, reflect biases in American culture, rather than a truly universal approach to ethical problems in medici...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Brody H

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High dose vitamin A (HDVA) concentrate began to be distributed in India in 1970 as a short-term, stop-gap approach to reduce clinical signs of vitamin A deficiency. As this problem declined globally, the purpose of distributing them changed to the reduction of young child mortality. However, their impact on this has a...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Greiner T,Mason J,Benn CS,Sachdev HPS

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess serum sclerostin levels in relation to severity of arthropathy and bone mineral density (BMD) in children with hemophilic arthropathy. METHODS:This cross-sectional study included 40 male children suffering from Hemophilia A, and 10 matched healthy controls. Assessment of factor VIII deficiency degr...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： El-Mikkawy DME,Elbadawy MA,Abd El-Ghany SM,Samaha D

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A bleeding child is a cause of great concern and often, panic, for parents and pediatricians alike. Causes of bleeding could be trivial or secondary to an underlying bleeding disorder or a potentially serious systemic illness. Based on etiology, they can be categorized into disorders affecting platelets or the coagula...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Bansal D,Oberoi S,Marwaha RK,Singhi SC

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The cause of majority of acute leukemias is unknown, but likely to involve interaction of environment, hematopoitic development and weak susceptibility loci within an individual's genetic constitution. The present study evaluates the association between plasma levels of homocysteine, folate and vitamin B12 an...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Sadananda Adiga MN,Chandy S,Ramaswamy G,Appaji L,Krishnamoorthy L

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, new broad spectrum carbapenem has been investigated on a world-wide scale for the treatment of moderate to severe infections. In the neonatal intensive care units the extensive use of third generation cephalosporins for therapy of neonatal sepsis may lead to rapid emergence of multiresistant gram-negative or...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Köksal N,Hacimustafaoğlu M,Bağci S,Celebi S

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypothyroidism and type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) constitute two common endocrine disorders of children. Both these are chronic conditions which require long term follow-up for optimum control, can be missed on initial presentation unless a high index of suspicion is maintained and may be associated with adverse outc...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Seth A,Maheshwari A

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the application of the nasal-tragus length (NTL) to predict the proper endotracheal tube (ETT) depth; also, as relatively thinner size of Asian than Caucasian, the fitness of using the NTL to estimate the optimal ETT depth for neonates in Taiwan was examined. METHODS:The newborn infants who do need...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Wang TC,Kuo LL,Lee CY

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study pulmonary function tests (PFT) in multiple transfusion recipient thalassemics, PFTs were done for 30 thalassemics and 20 matched controls. Confirmed cases of thalassemia on regular transfusion therapy were the subject of study. Apart from history and physical examination of the thalassemics, serum ferritin es...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Arora M,Chandra J,Suri JC,Narayan S,Dutta AK

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The present study was conducted to assess the utility of serum transferrin receptor (sTfR) and sTfR ferritin indices to differentiate ACD from IDA and also to diagnose coexisting IDA and ACD. METHODS:The study group comprised of 30 IDA patients, 30 cases of ACD and 30 age and sex matched controls. Complete h...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Jain S,Narayan S,Chandra J,Sharma S,Jain S,Malhan P

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To understand the causes of child deaths in order to implement appropriate child survival interventions in the country. We present a systematic review of studies reporting causes of child, infant, and neonatal deaths from India for 1985 to 2008. METHODS:PubMed, EMBASE, Google Scholar, and WHO regional databa...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Lahariya C,Sudfeld CR,Lahariya D,Tomar SS

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assay of hexosaminidase A and B enzymes in four cases with developmental regression and cherry red spot on fundus examination confirmed that three cases had Tay-Sachs disease, and one case had Sandhoff disease. Prenatal diagnosis was carried out by hexosaminidase enzyme assay in amniotic fluid and cells in one family,...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Kaur M,Verma IC

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the burden of rotavirus acute gastroenteritis (AGE) and the genotypes presenting in the authors' area in the period after introduction of rotavirus vaccine in Universal Immunization Programme (UIP). METHODS:Children aged less than 5 y and presenting to hospital for the treatment of AGE were enrol...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Badur M,Pidugu VKR,Kasala L,Samarasimha Reddy N,Thiyagarajan V

更新日期：2021-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate changes in annual blood transfusion requirements and complications after splenectomy in patients with β-thalassemia. METHODS:Forty post-splenectomy β-thalassemic patients aged 8-33 y, receiving regular blood transfusions and chelation therapy were included and non transfusion dependant patients ...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Merchant RH,Shah AR,Ahmad J,Karnik A,Rai N

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review, the clinical features and management of most commonly encountered acyanotic, left-to-right shunt lesions are discussed. Patients with small defects, especially in childhood, are usually asymptomatic while moderate to large defects in infancy may present with symptoms. Hyperdynamic precordium, widely sp...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Syamasundar Rao P

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) is an effective therapy for children and adolescents with chronic phase of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). For the majority of patients with CML in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), imatinib is the TKI of choice for reasons of cost, availability, and experience. C...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Bansal D

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The post eighteen months have been exciting time for craniosynostosis research. In a rapid flurry of publications, mutations of fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFRs) have been identified in three of the best known craniosynostosis syndromes, namely Apert, Crouzon and Pfeiffer syndromes, as well as in Jackson-Weis...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Wilkie AO

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the prevalence of celiac disease in Indian children with Down syndrome and evaluate its clinical and laboratory predictors. METHODS:Prevalence of celiac disease (CD) was assessed in 100 patients with Down syndrome (DS) attending pediatric genetic clinic at All India Institute of Medical Sciences,in ...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Bhat AS,Chaturvedi MK,Saini S,Bhatnagar S,Gupta N,Sapra S,Gupta SD,Kabra M

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Autopsy findings play an important role in prevention of perinatal and neonatal deaths. Therefore, we attempted to reveal demographic and forensic features of these deaths in Turkey. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed autopsy reports for 184 cases of perinatal deaths released from Istanbul Forensic Medicine...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Ozkara E,Canturk G,Canturk N,Ozata AB,Yavuz MF

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary micronutrients such as vitamins and trace minerals are known modulators of host immune responses against common pathogens. In this respect, vitamin A and zinc have recently received increased attention. Several in vivo and in vitro studies suggest that vitamin A may be a critical player in the mucosal immune r...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Molina EL,Patel JA

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-sectional study was conducted on the children of 146 randomly selected families in Abha, Saudi Arabia. Counting of teeth and examination for caries teeth of children under 12 years of age were done by family visits. The results showed that no child developed teeth before 5 months. By 12 months there were on an...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Khan MU,Abu-Zeid HA,Faraj A

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted in children under the age of four years for a period of one year. By domiciliary visits the diarrheal episodes were recorded, analysed and presented. The findings are based on the diarrheal experience of 4860 children. The attack rate was 2.6/child/year. Family with more than one child had mor...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Reddaiah VP,Kapoor SK

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is an autosomal dominant disorder, caused due to mutations in the TSC1 and TSC2 genes. Mutations in TSC2 gene are more common than in TSC1 gene and mostly they are in the form of large genomic deletions or duplications. The authors report on a novel deletion in TSC2 gene, prenatal diag...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Padma Priya T,Dalal AB

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Essential fatty acids cannot be synthesized in the body but they are required for maintenance of optimal health. There are two classes of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs)--omega-6 and omega-3. The parent omega-6 fatty acid, linoleic acid (LA) is desaturated in the body to form arachidonic acid while parent omega-3 ...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Singh M

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is one of the most common preventable causes of mental retardation in children. Early diagnosis and treatment prevent the devastating outcome of mental retardation. Clinical features of CH are subtle and are not evident early in the neonatal period. Therefore, universal newborn screening...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Salim FA,Varma SK

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00