Common queries in thalassemia care.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Auxiliary partial orthotopic liver transplantation is a technique where part of diseased native liver is removed and replaced with healthy donor liver so that, the left behind native liver could later regenerate. CASE CHARACTERISTICS:2 year 6 month old girl with acute liver failure due to Hepatitis A. She u...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Shanmugam NP,Al-Lawati T,Kelgeri C,Rela M

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome (SDS) is a rare inherited disorder characterized by pancreatic insufficiency, bone marrow dysfunction and skeletal abnormalities. It is the most common cause of pancreatic insufficiency in children after cystic fibrosis. We report a child with classical SDS who presented to us predominantly ...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Kathuria R,Poddar U,Yachha SK

更新日期：2012-09-01 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：:Five hundred ninety two children (6.0%) were diagnosed as persistent diarrhea (PD) out of a total attendance of 9795 cases in the Diarrhea Training and Treatment Unit (DTU) over a period of 1 year. Most of the cases were initially managed as outpatients on dietary advice and treatment of associated infections. Eighty ...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Patwari AK,Anand VK,Aneja S,Sharma D

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the clinical response and side effects of Ferrous sulfate (FS) and Iron polymaltose complex (IPC) in 118 children with Iron deficiency anemia (IDA). Subjects were randomized to receive therapy with either oral IPC (Group A, n=59) or oral FS (Group B, n=59); all were given elemental iron in three divided do...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Bopche AV,Dwivedi R,Mishra R,Patel GS

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Testicular adrenal rest tumors (TART) are consequences of delayed diagnosis and/or undertreatment in patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). We describe a case of CAH with TART who presented with bilateral macroorchidism. He was managed with glucocorticoids which led to decrease in testicular size without ...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Rastogi A,Walia R,Saikia UN,Bhansali A

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Calcinosis cutis is usually seen in long standing and untreated cases of juvenile dermatomyositis. CASE CHARACTERISTICS:7-year-old girl with severe calcinosis cutis who developed cutaneous ulceration, rash and myopathy. OBSERVATION:Myopathic changes in EMG, muscle edema in MRI, elevated muscle enzymes and ...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Meher BK,Mishra P,Sivaraj P,Padhan P

更新日期：2014-11-01 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：:In this cohort study, neurodevelopmental outcome of 20 of 24 surviving very low birth weight infants with sepsis followed up between 2008 and 2009 was compared with 20 control (uninfected infants). We found that plasma interleukin 6 and C reactive protein values were negatively correlated with mental developmental ind...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Díllí D,Eras Z,Dilmen U,Sakrucu ED

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：JUSTIFICATION:Gaucher disease (GD) is amongst the most frequently occurring lysosomal storage disorder in all ethnicities. The clinical manifestations and natural history of GD is highly heterogeneous with extreme geographic and ethnic variations. The literature on GD has paucity of information and optimal management g...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Puri RD,Kapoor S,Kishnani PS,Dalal A,Gupta N,Muranjan M,Phadke SR,Sachdeva A,Verma IC,Mistry PK,Gaucher Disease Task Force.

更新日期：2018-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Avian flu is affecting the poultry animals world over since first outbreak in 1997 in Hong Kong and has resulted in 92 human deaths and culling of more than 150 million poultry animals in Asia and Europe. The loss to the economy has also been enormous. 13 new countries, including India, reported occurrence of the dise...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Lahariya C,Sharma AK,Pradhan SK

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical, laboratory and therapeutic data of patients with diarrhea in Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody positive, immunocompromised and immunocompetent individuals were studied especially to look for prevalence of intestinal coccidiosis. During a study period of one decade, Isospora belli were identifie...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Mirdha BR,Kabra SK,Samantray JC

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hot water epilepsy (HWE) is a rare form of reflex epilepsy caused by bathing with hot water. In this paper, we describe three cases with hot water epilepsy. It occurs generally in children with normal psychomotor development and children continue to develop normally after seizure. HWE has usually a favorable prognosis...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Incecik F,Hergüner MO,Elkay M,Altunbasak S

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Gaucher disease in India has been reported only in a few case reports from India. The aim of the study was to assess the response to enzyme replacement therapy in Indian patients with Gaucher disease. DESIGN:Retrospective analysis of patients receiving CHO-derived recombinant macrophage-targetted glucocorebr...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Nagral A,Mewawalla P,Jagadeesh S,Kabra M,Phadke SR,Verma IC,Puri RD,Gupta N,Kishnani PS,Mistry PK

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted this study to determine the fatty acid composition of breastmilk of Israeli women and compare it with baby milk substitutes. Samples of mature breast milk, from 29 lactating Israeli Jewish mothers were collected during feedings. Total milk lipids extracts were transmethylated and analyzed by using an impr...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Saphier O,Blumenfeld J,Silberstein T,Tzor T,Burg A

更新日期：2013-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the survival of children =18 y, treated with immunosuppressive therapy (IST) using equine antithymocyte globulin (e-ATG) and cyclosporine (CsA). DESIGN:Prospective data entry as per a specified format. SETTING:Tertiary care hospital. PATIENTS:From January 1998 to December 2009, 40 children wer...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Nair V,Sondhi V,Sharma A,Das S,Sharma S

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A quadrivalent MMRV (measles-mumps-rubella-varicella) combination vaccine has recently been launched in India. This vaccine is highly immunogenic, with seroconversion rates against all antigens reaching 96.6-100% at 42 to 56 days after the second vaccine dose in unvaccinated children or in those previously vaccinated ...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Shah N,Parikh R,Casabona G,Kolhapure S

更新日期：2017-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to standardize a clinical test to assess cognitive functions in children between 3-14 years and to evaluate its use in patients with encephalopathy. We included 50 children in Group A with non-neurological illness. Another 50 children were included in Group B with encephalopathy due to varied ...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Jain M,Passi GR

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) has witnessed many changes and updates over the past decade. The definitions of disease subtypes, course and response to treatment have all been standardized recently. Consequent to the lack of an international consensus management guideline, wide variations exist in treatment pra...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Anoop P

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis is conventionally treated with steroids, prolonged usage of which maybe deleterious and disease often recurs on tapering. We initiated hydroxy-chloroquine and azathioprine early in treatment along with steroids in seven children with idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis, and observed t...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Pal P,De H,Giri PP,Ganguly N,Mandal A

更新日期：2019-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence and the factors that influence twinning were studied in six villages of Dholka Taluka, a rural field training centre. The twinning rate was 10.10 per 1000 maternities. The monozygotic and dizygotic twinning rates were 4.53 and 5.56, respectively by applying Weinberg's differential formula. In three fourt...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Talsania NJ,Purohit CK

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major purpose of the immunization coverage evaluation surveys to document the vaccination status of children aged 1-2 years was to determine the true picture of the immunization status of the target population and to identify areas which need strengthening. Immunization coverage evaluation surveys were carried out f...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Mehra M,Dewan S,Aggarwal S,Garg S

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the frequency of non-autoimmune subclinical and overt hypothyroidism in children with idiopathic steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS). METHODS:This cross-sectional study recruited 30 children (age 1-18 y) with idiopathic SRNS; and 30 healthy controls. Serum T3, T4 and TSH were performed in...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Marimuthu V,Krishnamurthy S,Rajappa M

更新日期：2017-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data on blood pressure recorded by oscillometric method is limited. OBJECTIVE:To develop simplified tables and charts of blood pressure recorded by oscillometric method in children. DESIGN:Cross-sectional. SETTING:Ballabhgarh, Haryana. PARTICIPANTS:Healthy school-children. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Blood pr...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Narang R,Saxena A,Ramakrishnan S,Dwivedi SN,Bagga A

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the factors influencing brain injury in infants with congenital heart disease (CHD) after cardiac surgery. METHODS:This retrospective study investigated 103 infants with CHD undergoing cardiac surgery between January 2013 and February 2016. Pre- and postoperative amplitude-integrated electroencep...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Gui J,He S,Zhuang J,Sun Y,Liu Y,Liang S,Chen C,Ren Y,Wang B,Chen J

更新日期：2020-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The phenotypic description of SHORT syndrome (OMIM- 269880) is expanding since its initial description in 1975. There have been 26 case reports till date but the genetic locus of this syndrome is elusive. Involvement of PITX2 gene initially envisaged is probably is not the only gene involved but has an important role ...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Singh A,Arora R,Singh P,Kapoor S

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We observed a significant fall in neonatal mortality in babies weighing less than 2 kg during 1986 as compared to 1973 (7.94% vs 12.88%; p less than 0.005), and in preterm babies the mortality fell from 26.88 to 11.5% (p less than 0.001) during 1986. This was achieved despite 2-3 fold increase in the high risk babies ...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Bhakoo ON,Khajuria R,Desai A,Narang A

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty children with acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) were prospectively studied for their serum sodium values and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), serum and urinary osmolality. The results have been compared with 20 age and nutritionally matched controls. Even though mean serum osmolality (283.2 +/- 13.84 mOsm/kg) and serum...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Singh BS,Patwari AK,Deb M

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This prospective study was conducted in a teaching hospital to identify and analyze medical errors in pediatric practice. All admitted children underwent surveillance for medical errors. Of 457 errors identified in 1286 children, medication errors were 313 (68.5%), those related to treatment procedures were 62 (13.6%)...

journal_title：Indian pediatrics

authors： Parihar M,Passi GR

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00