Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in neonatal indirect hyperbilirubinemia.

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

authors： Burgoine K,Ikiror J,Naizuli K,Achom L,Akol S,Olupot-Olupot P

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dietary adequacy (qualitative and quantitative) of preschool children residing in rural areas near Mysore (a district in south India) was assessed by the 'Food frequency method' and '24-h recall method'. Food intake assessed in three different seasons revealed that their diets were predominantly cereal based with ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Lakshmi AJ,Khyrunnisa B,Saraswathi G,Jamuna P

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of iron deficiency anemia (IDA) on nerve conduction and efficiency of iron therapy were investigated by peripheral nerve-electrophysiological measurements. Eighteen children (10 boys, eight girls; mean age 31 +/- 1.3 months) with IDA and 12 healthy children (six boys, six girls; mean age 29 +/- 1.3 months)...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Kabakus N,Ayar A,Yoldas TK,Ulvi H,Dogan Y,Yilmaz B,Kilic N

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study is aimed to describe the changes in the prevalence of symptoms of asthma, rhinitis and eczema among Brazilian adolescents (AD, 13-14 years old) between Phases 1 and 3 of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC). The prevalence of self-reported symptoms of asthma, rhinitis ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Solé D,Melo KC,Camelo-Nunes IC,Freitas LS,Britto M,Rosário NA,Jones M,Fischer GB,Naspitz CK

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to explore the relationship between protein nutritional status and the development of rickets in children living in northern Nigeria. The diagnosis of rickets in 16 children between the ages of 10 months and 7 years was confirmed using established, and recently developed clinical and biochemic...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Walter EA,Scariano JK,Easington CR,Polaco AM,Hollis BW,Dasgupta A,Pam S,Glew RH

更新日期：1997-04-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Topical emollient application reduces trans-epidermal water loss (TEWL) in preterm neonates. Coconut oil used traditionally for infant massage in India has not been evaluated for the same. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Very low birth weight (VLBW) neonates were randomized at 12 h of age to Oil (n = 37) or Control (n ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Nangia S,Paul VK,Deorari AK,Sreenivas V,Agarwal R,Chawla D

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocyte subsets, activation markers and apoptosis were assessed in 20 HIV-exposed noninfected (ENI) children born to HIV-infected women who were or not exposed to antiretroviral (ARV) drugs during pregnancy and early infancy. ENI children and adolescents were aged 6-18 years and they were compared to 25 age-matched...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Miyamoto M,Pessoa SD,Ono E,Machado DM,Salomão R,Succi RC,Pahwa S,de Moraes-Pinto MI

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low birthweight (LBW) infants are at risk of increased mortality, impaired growth, and increased morbidity. We studied the progress of all LBW infants (less than 2.5 kg) born in a West African village where there is a resident pediatrician and midwife. There were 426 live births during the 8 years studied of which 42 ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Downes B,Downes R,Foord F,Weaver L

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This prospective study was undertaken to investigate the possibility of a concurrent outbreak of leptospirosis and dengue and to describe the clinical illnesses. From 20 June to 14 November 2002, children who presented to our hospital with a suspected diagnosis of leptospirosis or dengue were admitted. In every child ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Karande S,Gandhi D,Kulkarni M,Bharadwaj R,Pol S,Thakare J,De A

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A National Child Health Survey was conducted during 1987 for which a stratified multi-stage sampling was done. Out of the 8482 mothers interviewed 6131 had at least one live birth 5 years or less before the survey. Eighty-two per cent of the currently breastfed children, were less than 6 months of age, but only 55 per...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： al-Mazrou YY,Aziz KM,Khalil M

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic functions of 61 children, diagnosed to have dengue infection (DI), aged 2 months to 12 years comprising 37 cases of dengue fever (DF), 16 with dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), and eight with dengue shock syndrome (DSS) were prospectively studied during the acute attack. Hepatomegaly (74 per cent), epistaxis (26...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Mohan B,Patwari AK,Anand VK

更新日期：2000-02-01 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：:To reduce malnutrition and improve child survival, school feeding programmes have been established in many parts of Africa, although prevalence of child malnutrition and anaemia remains high, especially in urban slums. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of a school feeding programme in the slums of ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Neervoort F,von Rosenstiel I,Bongers K,Demetriades M,Shacola M,Wolffers I

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the time to normalization of procalcitonin (PCT) levels and duration of antibiotics in neonatal sepsis. METHODS:A prospective observational study design was used. The participants included were neonates with sepsis. The primary outcome measure was time to normalization of PCT levels and duration...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Mathur NB,Behera B

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenylketonruia (PKU) is an inherited metabolic disorder that results in progressive mental retardation. PKU is a paradigm of a disease that can be identified by proper screening of newborns and medical follow-up in order to prevent serious complications. The present study was designed to evaluate the Palestinian nati...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Abu Shahla AN,Abed Y,Abu Shahla NK

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysozyme level was measured in the fluid and serum of 42 tuberculous (25 pleural, 11 ascites and 6 pericardial) and 29 non-tuberculous (5 malignant, 9 empyema thoracis, 10 transudative ascites and 5 pyopericardium) effusions. The mean fluid lysozyme level was significantly raised in tuberculous pleural, ascites, and p...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Mishra OP,Yusuf S,Ali Z,Nath G

更新日期：2000-10-01 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：: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

authors： Quashie NB,Duah-Quashie NO

更新日期：2020-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of different doses of iron on haematological status of breastfed infants. One hundred and thirteen infants were randomized into four groups at 5 months of age. Iron supplementation was given at doses of 1 mg/kg/day, 2 mg/kg/day, and 2 mg/kg/every other day in the fi...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Ermis B,Demirel F,Demircan N,Gurel A

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clinical assessment of gestational age using four different methods was performed in the same population of 358 Cameroonian newborn infants with the aim of determining the most applicable in the local context. Method applicability was compared in terms of validity, accuracy, reliability, and ease of administration. ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Sunjoh F,Njamnshi AK,Tietche F,Kago I

更新日期：2004-10-01 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：:The diagnostic value of serum adenosine deaminase (ADA) activity was evaluated in childhood pulmonary tuberculosis. Serum ADA levels were measured in 20 children diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis (group 1) and 150 children (group 2) including 128 with tuberculosis infection (Mantoux test positive) and 22 healthy c...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Kuyucu N,Karakurt C,Bilaloğlu E,Karacan C,Teziç T

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cornerstone of emergency management of sepsis is early, goal-directed therapy. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of intraosseous (IO) vs. intravenous (IV) access for resuscitation of patients with septic shock admitted to pediatric intensive care unit. This prospective interventional randomized ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： El-Nawawy AA,Omar OM,Khalil M

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disseminated cryptococcosis is infrequent in immunocompetent children. Pulmonary and central nervous system are the commonly involved sites of infection in an immunocompromised host. We report a fatal case of disseminated cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent host presenting as fever of unknown origin with miliary shad...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Ismail J,Chidambaram M,Sankar J,Agarwal S,Lodha R

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:To evaluate pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) needs, outcome and predictors of mortality in post-neonatal tetanus. Materials and methods:Review of 30 consecutive post-neonatal tetanus cases aged 1 months to 12 years admitted to a PICU in north India over a period of 10 years (January 2006 to December 201...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Angurana SK,Jayashree M,Bansal A,Singhi S,Nallasamy K

更新日期：2018-02-01 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

authors： Islam MA,Rahman MM,Mahalanabis D,Rahman AK

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biparietal diameter (BPD) in 202 rural Tanzanian newborns was measured and correlated to maturity and body weight. The mean BPD at birth was 9.0 cm. The average body weight was 2642 g. Fetal maturity was determined by Petrussa score, serving as an estimate for gestational age. The mean gestational age of the 202 n...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Gutknecht JH

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:Infantile tremor syndrome (ITS) is characterized by anaemia, skin depigmentation, tremors and developmental delay. The lack of sufficient literature on ITS and its conflicting association with vitamin B12 deficiency made us present this article. Objective:The objective of this study is to describe demogra...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Gowda VK,Kolli V,Benakappa A,Srinivasan VM,Shivappa SK,Benakappa N

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to assess the value of procalcitonin in establishing the diagnosis and evaluating the prognosis of neonatal sepsis. Thirty-four infants with neonatal sepsis were included in the study. Procalcitonin values of the cases with sepsis were (2.21 +/- 2.48 ng/ml) significantly higher than the values ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Athhan F,Akagündüz B,Genel F,Bak M,Can D

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00