Is presence of hypertension in obese children correlate with the criteria of metabolic syndrome?

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：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：:One thousand children with cerebral palsy (CP) were reviewed to study their clinical profile, etiological factors and associated problems. Spastic quadriplegia constituted the predominant group (61 per cent), followed by spastic diplegia (22 per cent). Dyskinetic CP was present in 7.8 per cent of the cases. Acquired C...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Singhi PD,Ray M,Suri G

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether persistent rhinorrhoea constitutes a significant problem requiring intervention, 17 rural day care centres (Balwadis) in Tamilnadu, India, were visited. Among 414 children in the Balwadis 92 (22 per cent) children with persistent rhinorrhoea (15 days duration or longer) were identified. Demographi...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Cherian T,Bhattacharji S,Brahmadathan KN,Lalitha MK,Raghupathy P,Steinhoff MC

更新日期：2000-12-01 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：:Free radicals have been implicated in the pathogenesis of neonatal septicemia. The present study was planned to estimate the lipid peroxidation and antioxidant status in neonatal septicemia. The study was done to evaluate the lipid peroxidation and antioxidant status, both enzymatic and non-enzymatic in neonates with ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Kapoor K,Basu S,Das BK,Bhatia BD

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to evaluate the prevalence and sociodemographic factors of anemia in children <36 months old in China. In this study, data of 24 235 children were investigated from 32 primary health care (PHC) facilities in 11 province-level regions. Pearson χ2-test and logistic regression model were used to estimate ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Xin QQ,Chen BW,Yin DL,Xiao F,Li RL,Yin T,Yang HM,Zheng XG,Wang LH

更新日期：2017-02-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVE:Febrile seizures may contribute to epilepsy later in life, but data in sub-Saharan Africa are scarce. We, therefore, conducted a hospital-based study on clinical characteristics of children with febrile seizures. METHODS:Over 2 years, we screened all pediatric admissions of Haydom Lutheran Hospital, northern...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Winkler AS,Tluway A,Schmutzhard E

更新日期：2013-08-01 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

abstract：:This study analyzed the pathogen distribution in bloodstream-infected (BSI) children hospitalized in Shandong Province from 2015 to 2018, to identify prevention strategies and select empiric antimicrobial therapy for BSI in children. Blood sample data from 14 107 children from 162 hospitals of Shandong Province were o...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Wang C,Hao W,Yu R,Wang X,Zhang J,Wang B

更新日期：2020-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to identify the reasons for hospitalization associated with abortion and pregnancy termination among women attending the Maternity Unit of IMIP, Recife, Brazil. In a case-control study, 230 women who were hospitalized consecutively between August 1994 and June 1995 due to causes related to pr...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： de Souza AI,Cecatti JG,Ferreira LO,Santos LC

更新日期：1999-02-01 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：: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：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：:Cassia occidentalis toxicity is thought to be uncommon; however, several cases have been described with acute hepatomyoencephalopathy with a high-mortality rate. We report a previously healthy, 2-year-old girl who developed acute liver failure after fresh seed ingestion. Without a specific antidote, we decided to impl...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Getsuwan S,Tanpowpong P,Trakulsrichai S,Sornmayura P,Treepongkaruna S

更新日期：2020-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The study was designed to determine the prevalence of congenital malaria, cord blood and placental malaria parasitaemia and the prevalence of clinical manifestations of congenital malaria. Ile-Ife is a holoendemic area for malaria. Placental, cord and peripheral blood smears of 120 newborn babies were examined for mal...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Obiajunwa PO,Owa JA,Adeodu OO

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective observational study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital to study clinicoepidemiological profile of potentially rabid animal bite cases from rural India. Total of 308 children (median age 6 years) admitted to hospital, were recruited over 1 year and followed up till completion of antirabies vaccine ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Samanta M,Mondal R,Shah A,Hazra A,Ray S,Dhar G,Biswas R,Sabui TK,Raychaudhuri D,Chatterjee K,Kundu C,Sarkar S

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

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：:We examined 397 school children for ankle clonus in five communities in three districts affected by konzo, spastic paraparesis associated with cassava consumption. From a subsample of 131 children, we analysed urine specimens for urinary thiocyanate, linamarin, and inorganic sulphate. The proportion of children with c...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Cliff J,Nicala D,Saute F,Givragy R,Azambuja G,Taela A,Chavane L,Gani A

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were to determine causes of admission to a district hospital neonatal nursery; to describe outcomes; and to determine risk factors for these outcomes. The study was based at the neonatal nursery of Hlabisa hospital, KwaZulu/Natal; 149 consecutive admissions to the nursery between May and N...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Wilkinson D,Connolly C,Stirling S

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of pandemic influenza in hospitalized children. METHODS:A total of 114 patients with suspected H1N1 virus infection were hospitalized, and nasal swabs were sent to National Influenza Reference Laboratory for confirmation ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Torun SH,Somer A,Salman N,Ciblak M,Demirkol D,Kanturvardar M,Badur S,Devecioğlu Ö

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of 128 jaundiced term neonates showed that 28 (22 per cent) had hearing loss based on brain stem-evoked response. There was no significant difference in the percentage of neonates with hearing loss between those with peak serum bilirubin levels of less than 340 mumol/l (16 per cent) and those with hyperbilirub...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Boo NY,Oakes M,Lye MS,Said H

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis (IPH) is a rare disorder characterized by recurrent bouts of haemoptysis, iron deficiency anaemia, and pulmonary infiltrates on chest radiograph. We present such a case and believe that it is the first report from the Middle East. ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Paul G,Bhatnagar SK,al Maskary S,Kuruvilla S,Kurien S

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are no evidence-based guidelines for the treatment of neonatal sepsis although standard text books recommend 14 days of antibiotics for blood culture-proven neonatal sepsis. OBJECTIVE:The present study compared the effectiveness of a 10-day course of antibiotic therapy with the conventional 14-day cou...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Gathwala G,Sindwani A,Singh J,Choudhry O,Chaudhary U

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This investigation was designed as an overall study of breast feeding rates and corresponding influencing factors in urban and rural communities in the People's Republic of China. In all 95,578 infants between 0 and 6 months old who lived within 20 different provinces or autonomous regions were subjects for the study ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Yun YP,Kang ZS,Ling LJ,Xin QC

更新日期：1989-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:HIV-infected adolescents are a heterogeneous population; source of infection, immunodeficiency severity and antiretroviral (ARV) experience vary. Here, we describe youth followed in an observational study at Latin American sites of the NICHD International Site Development Initiative (NISDI). METHODS:The NISD...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Santos Cruz ML,Freimanis Hance L,Korelitz J,Aguilar A,Byrne J,Serchuck LK,Hazra R,Worrell C,NISDI Pediatric Study Group 2010.

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The seroepidemiology of infection due to rubella virus in Saudi Arabia was investigated in various age groups including unvaccinated children (newborn to 15 years of age) using a newer rubella antibody test system, the ELISA with maximum sensitivity and reliability. The assessment of the immune status indicated the lo...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Hossain A

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00