High-dose intravenous immunoglobulin downregulates the activated levels of inflammatory indices except erythrocyte sedimentation rate in acute stage of Kawasaki Disease.

abstract：:Distribution of anti-malarials at the community level is one of the interventions recommended to reduce mortality from febrile illnesses. Inappropriate treatment of fever with anti-malarials may result in missed diagnosis and delays in appropriate treatments including consideration of other illnesses than malaria. We ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Orostegui L,Balu L,Chevret L,Habes D,Pussard E

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study, which was carried out in the Jos Plateau in Nigeria, analysed the changes in growth and body composition that occurred among 17 male and 13 female Fulani children (aged 4-13 years) in the 7-month period which followed their displacement from their homes into a temporary camp due to ethnic/religious violenc...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Glew RH,Bhanji RA,VanderJagt DJ

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:143 neonates were diagnosed to have acquired systemic candidiasis out of a total 4530 admissions (3.2 per cent) to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) during a period of 6 1/2 years from January 1990 to June 1996. Mean age at onset was 10.4 days, mean birth weight 1454 g, and mean gestation was 31.7 weeks. Ninety-...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Narang A,Agrawal PB,Chakrabarti A,Kumar P

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:India with its 4 million cases of leprosy, accounts for one-third of the world's population of leprosy patients. One-fourth of them are below 15 years of age. We report a 5-year follow-up study of healthy children who were close contacts of leprosy patients, in order to: 1. detect subclinical infection and observe the...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Dayal R,Bharadwaj VP

更新日期：1995-06-01 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

authors： Ozdemir R,Isguder R,Kucuk M,Karadeniz C,Ceylan G,Katipoglu N,Yilmazer MM,Yozgat Y,Mese T,Agin H

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased bilirubin formation and decreased bilirubin conjugation play an important role in the pathogenesis of the newborn jaundice. Although physiologic jaundice is seen in most of the newborns, there are many risk factors that affect the severity and duration of hyperbilirubinemia. The latest studies showed that th...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Muslu N,Turhan AB,Eskandari G,Atici A,Ozturk OG,Kul S,Atik U

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 220 enteroadherent Escherichia coli were identified from 729 Egyptian children with diarrhea using the HEp-2 adherence assay. Enteropathogenic E.coli (EPEC = 38) was common among children <6 months old and provoked vomiting, while diffuse-adhering E.coli (DAEC = 109) induced diarrheal episodes of short dura...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Ahmed SF,Shaheen HI,Abdel-Messih IA,Mostafa M,Putnam SD,Kamal KA,Sayed AN,Frenck RW Jr,Sanders JW,Klena JD,Wierzba TF

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the birthweight, gestational age, and body proportions of home births in a malarious area of Papua New Guinea. A population based cohort of pregnant women was followed longitudinally through pregnancy. Within the first few days of birth anthropometric measures were taken and a gestational age a...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Garner P,Dubowitz L,Baea M,Lai D,Dubowitz M,Heywood P

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Early diagnosis and treatment is necessary to prevent HIV-infected infants progressing to AIDS. Antibody testing is not confirmatory before the age of 18 months and PCR not widely available in resource-poor settings. We studied the accuracy of CD4(+) T-lymphocyte count, CD4% and CD4/CD8 ratio as surrogate ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Navaneethapandian PG,Karunaianantham R,Subramanyan S,Chinnayan P,Chandrasekaran P,Swaminathan S

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether angiopoietin-1 and endostatin levels in the cord blood could predict the subsequent development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in preterm infants. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A total of 102 preterm (gestational age ≤ 32 weeks) infants (28 infants developed BPD and 74 had no BPD) were enrol...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Mohamed WA,Niyazy WH,Mahfouz AA

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify the immunization providers' characteristics associated with immunization rate in children younger than 2 years. A cohort and a cluster sampling design were implemented; 528 children between 18 and 70 months of age were sampled in five public health clinics in Mosul-Iraq. Providers' characterizations were o...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Al-lela OQ,Baidi Bahari M,Al-abbassi MG,Salih MR,Basher AY

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluates the impact of a milk-based cornstarch porridge fortified with iron, in 4-year olds, compared with control on hemoglobin levels and anemia prevalence. This trial was a cluster-randomized, double-blind one, and used milk-based cornstarch porridge fortified with 10 mg elemental iron (FeSO(4)), daily,...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Arcanjo FP,Arcanjo CC,Arcanjo FC,Campos Lde A,Amancio OM,Braga JA

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission in a breastfeeding population varies from 20% to 45%. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate breastfeeding practices and the early basic HIV transmission rate in HIV-exposed children in the Djoungolo health district (prevention of mother-to-child transmission HIV programme). ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Nlend AE,Ekani BB

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a 5-month study of Salmonella septicaemias in Kenyan children carried out during the annual peak infection period, Salmonella typhimurium septicaemias occurred seven times more frequently than typhoid or other non-typhoid infections. Salmonella typhimurium infections were predominantly community acquired, malnouris...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Nesbitt A,Mirza NB

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a rare primary immunodeficiency disorder identified by recurrent pyogenic and fungal infections infections secondary to defective nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase enzyme. In the present study, we demonstrated a case with a history of multiple segmental lung res...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Bayramoglu Z,Adaletli I,Caliskan E,Acar M,Hancerli Torun S,Somer A

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of Helicobacter pylori infection with recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) was studied in 65 children aged between 3 and 12 years. Cases with a specific cause for abdominal pain were excluded from the study. All the patients were subjected to upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and antral biopsy. The biopsy spe...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Das BK,Kakkar S,Dixit VK,Kumar M,Nath G,Mishra OP

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Assess drinking water fortification with iron and/or ascorbic acid as a strategy to control iron-deficiency anemia and iron deficiency. METHODS:Randomized blind clinical study, fortifying drinking water to 153 pre-school children during 3 months, with iron and ascorbic acid (A), ascorbic acid (B) or plain wa...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： de Almeida CA,De Mello ED,Ramos AP,João CA,João CR,Dutra-de-Oliveira JE

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective cohort study was carried out to determine the factors affecting initiation of breastfeeding, and describe patterns of breastfeeding and supplemental feeding in the multiethnically and culturally diverse population of Al Ain, UAE. Two-hundred-and-twenty-one infants completed the 4 weeks of follow up. None...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： al-Mazroui MJ,Oyejide CO,Bener A,Cheema MY

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Awareness of cardiac involvement in dengue infection has potentially valuable management implications. To determine the prevalence of myocarditis in dengue severity, we conducted prospective study of paediatric dengue illness at Dr. Sardjito General Hospital, a tertiary hospital in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, from period o...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Buntubatu S,Prawirohartono EP,Arguni E

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The visual dosing aid (VDA) was developed to facilitate dosing calculations in response to children's; growth and weight during antiretroviral treatment. The theoretical accuracy of the VDA was assessed using anthropometric data from 55 children receiving care in the USA and 324 children in the Democratic Republic of ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Callens SF,Westreich D,Kitetele F,Lusiama J,Shabani N,Belhorn T,Colebunders R,Behets F,Van Rie A

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the sensitivity, specificity and likelihood ratio of a low cost liquid crystal strip thermometer (LCT) compared with axillary mercury thermometry for the detection of neonatal hypothermia in Nepal. The subjects were 76 healthy newborns in the government maternity hospital of Kathmandu, Nepal in winter. The...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Manandhar N,Ellis M,Manandhar DS,Morley D,de L Costello AM

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha thalassaemia frequently occurs in several of the Middle Eastern populations. This study was conducted on 26 sickle cell disease (SCD) patients from Yemen and 19 normal children (Hb AA) living in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Blood samples were extracted by venepuncture, and haematological and biochemical parameters were...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： el-Hazmi MA,Warsy AS

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 7-month-old breast fed infant who presented with a nose bleed and bruises. Investigation showed severe nutritional B12 deficiency anemia with a pancytopenia. It is important to take the nutritional history of both the infant and the mother for early prevention and treatment. ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Citak FE,Citak EC

更新日期：2011-02-01 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

authors： Thakur N,Rai N

更新日期：2016-12-01 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

authors： Aggarwal R,Gathwala G,Yadav S,Kumar P

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infantile encephalitic beriberi (IEBB) is a rare form of thiamine deficiency and is poorly described. A proportion of Leigh's disease (LD) patients have similar clinical picture and response to thiamine as beriberi, leading to confusion in diagnosis and management. Data on IEBB and LD is scarce and status of thiamine ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Rao SN,Mani S,Madap K,Kumar MV,Singh L,Chandak GR

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital malaria, defined as the presence of malaria parasites in the erythrocytes of newborns aged <7 days, was considered rare in endemic areas until recent studies started reporting high prevalence rates. Various theories have been postulated to explain this phenomenon, but they are not proven conclusively from r...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Sotimehin SA,Runsewe-Abiodun TI,Oladapo OT,Njokanma OF,Olanrewaju DM

更新日期：2008-10-01 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

authors： Oso OO,Abiodun PO,Omotade OO,Oyewole D

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of therapeutic hypothermia (TH) using gel packs in reducing mortality and morbidity in term neonates with HIE and study the associated problems with TH. METHODS:Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy babies were randomized into TH and control group. Babies in TH group were cooled for first...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Bharadwaj SK,Bhat BV

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 511 young (1-19 years of age) Jamaicans sampled for IgG antibodies to Toxoplasma by the ELISA method, there was an overall prevalence of 45 per cent. Seropositivity ranged from 24-26 per cent in the 2-year-olds, up to 54 per cent in the 5-9-year-olds. There was no significant difference in prevalence between the se...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Rawlins SC,Prabhakar P

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00