High prevalence of infantile encephalitic beriberi with overlapping features of Leigh's disease.

abstract：:One-hundred-and-eighty-eight ostensibly normal, pubertal schoolchildren, aged 9-16 years, residing in Chinamora Communal Land, Zimbabwe, had blood taken to assess thyroid function. Total goitre rate in the area was 44 per cent in primary schoolchildren: 91 of the subjects tested were goitrous. Thyroid stimulating horm...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Todd CH,Sanders D

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple dose measles vaccination was applied in Gweru, Zimbabwe in 1990-1996. This included (a) a vaccine administered to children at 9 months of age and revaccination of the same children at any point between the ages of 12 and 23 months, and (b) a single mass vaccination campaign targeted at children aged 12-119 mo...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Marufu T,Siziya S

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As fewer children in Thailand are exposed to hepatitis A virus (HAV) and so do not have seroprotective anti-HAV antibodies, they are becoming an important source of HAV transmission. A flexible HAV vaccination schedule would facilitate incorporation of the vaccine into existing immunization programmes, and we compared...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Lolekha S,Pratuangtham S,Punpanich W,Bowonkiratikachorn P,Chimabutra K,Weber F

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-three children with tuberculous meningitis (TBM) were studied in parallel with 37 children with primary pulmonary complex (PPC), 32 tuberculin skin positive controls, and 38 skin negative controls for immunological evaluation. Proportions of peripheral blood total T and T helper lymphocytes (TH) were significant...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Rajajee S,Narayanan PR

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Very preterm babies, after their initial need for rigorous supports, remain in intensive care units for maintaining euthermia. We compared proportion of 'hypothermia OR hyperthermia episodes(HHE)'; physiological instability events; and weight gain in stable preterm babies between 29 and 32 weeks nursed in Cocoon warme...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Vijayan S,Pournami F,Prabhakar J,Jain N

更新日期：2020-02-01 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：:In this article, we will describe the presence of metabolic syndrome and its components in a group of hypertensive and obese adolescents. The study presented here was conducted on 20 patients (10 boys) presented with complaints of obesity and hypertension who were diagnosed as metabolic syndrome. In 20 patients who we...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Mir S,Tabel Y,Darcan S

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social factors influencing diarrhoea prevalence rates, in Saudi communities, were studied during 1991 taking statistically representative samples from the whole population. The factors included mother's age, child's age, birth order, parent's education, feeding pattern, and urban, rural, and regional residences. This ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： al-Mazrou YY,Khan MU,Aziz KM,Farag MK,al-Jefry M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most bacterial infections are caused by organisms that have already colonized the host. Bacterial attachment to pharyngeal cells and proliferation may be necessary to infect the lower respiratory tract or middle ear. We investigated the incidence of pathogenic bacteria isolated from the throat of healthy infants with ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Hokama T,Yara A,Hirayama K,Takamine F

更新日期：1999-06-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To determine the burden and etiological factors of leave against medical advice (LAMA) in Indian children. METHODOLOGY:In this prospective study, legal guardians of 528 patients who took the decision of LAMA were interviewed (using structured question answers based multi-option) and data were captured over ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Datta D,Mondal T,Sarkar M,Chel S,Das SK,Nandy A,M Ivan D,Mondal R

更新日期：2020-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A case-control study was carried out on 97 consecutive preterm (< 37 weeks) infants to determine predictors associated with failure of nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in the treatment of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). Logistic regression analysis showed that only three risk factors were signific...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Boo NY,Zuraidah AL,Lim NL,Zulfiqar MA

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preliminary to the development a new program supporting perinatal HIV prevention, this assessment was conducted to evaluate Vietnam's national prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) program by estimating HIV prevalence among prenatal women and analyzing the healthcare system capacity to deliver service...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Le CT,Vu TT,Luu MC,Do TN,Dinh TH,Kamb ML

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess whether the key informant method (KIM) is an effective method to identify children with disabling sensory or physical impairments, or epilepsy (tonic-clonic seizures), in a low-income setting. METHODS:In one subdistrict each, the Key Informants (KIs) were trained to recognize children with visual imp...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Mackey S,Murthy GV,Muhit MA,Islam JJ,Foster A

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a descriptive study of short-course chemotherapy in children with nodal tuberculosis at Port Moresby General Hospital (PMGH). Between 1 August 1989 and 31 December 1997 5248 children were started on TB treatment. In the retrospective study 427 children were treated for lymph node TB up to 31 December 1996. Of ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： McMaster P,Ezeilo N,Freisen H,Pomat N,Vince JD

更新日期：2001-06-01 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：:We studied the age specific distribution of enteropathogens in young children presenting at a large diarrhoeal diseases hospital in urban Bangladesh. A 5 per cent systematic sample was used to examine 1207 rectal swab specimens of children aged 1-35 months with acute watery diarrhoea. Variation in isolation rates of e...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Hoque SS,Faruque AS,Mahalanabis D,Hasnat A

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the patterns of disclosure of HIV positive serostatus among 145 Indian children aged >5 years. Only 60 (41.4%) children were aware of their HIV-positive status. Disclosure was most frequently done by parents [51/60 (85%)] at a mean age of 9.1 ± 1.4 y...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Bhattacharya M,Dubey AP,Sharma M

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 4-year period, March 1989 to February 1993, 22 children with proven urinary tract infections (UTI) due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa were studied retrospectively. The infections were more common in males (59 per cent), with the highest number of cases 10 (46 per cent) occurring in the 1-4 year age group. Sixty-ei...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Ozumba UC

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A randomized controlled trial was conducted over a 1-year period (November 2001-November 2002) in Addis Ababa to study the effectiveness of early Kangaroo mother care before stabilization of low birthweight infants as compared with the conventional method of care. There were 259 babies weighing less than 2000 g during...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Worku B,Kassie A

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Validity of naked eye single tube red cell osmotic fragility test ('Nestroft') was evaluated on 253 individuals divided into two groups. The HbA2 values estimated in each child was taken as gold standard. Group I comprised of 93 individuals belonging to families in which at least one of the children was suffering from...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Gomber S,Sanjeev,Madan N

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-thalassaemia major, an autosomal recessive hemoglobinopathy, is one of the most common single gene disorders in multi-racial Malaysia. The control of beta-thalassaemia major requires a multi-disciplinary approach that includes population screening, genetic counselling, prenatal diagnosis and the option of termina...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Thong MK,Tan JA,Tan KL,Yap SF

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between the clinical outcome of chloroquine treatment and mutations in the putative Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter (Pfcrt) gene at codon 76 and multidrug resistance gene 1 (Pf mdr1) at codon 86 were investigated among 406 children with uncomplicated malaria presenting at five ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Duah NO,Wilson MD,Ghansah A,Abuaku B,Edoh D,Quashie NB,Koram KA

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital Toxoplasma infection can only be discovered or prevented by the appropriate serological screening and subsequent treatment of the mother and her offspring. In Colombia, there is no obligatory Toxoplasma screening for pregnant women and both the reporting and follow-up of congenital toxoplasmosis cases is li...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Gallego-Marín C,Henao AC,Gómez-Marín JE

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A community-based study was undertaken to determine the prevalence and types of intestinal parasites in the pediatric population of Al-Baha region, Saudi Arabia. Stool samples were randomly collected from 19,939 children of whom 4208 (21.1%) were found to harbour intestinal parasites. The most affected age group was 5...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： al-Eissa YA,Assuhaimi SA,Abdullah AM,AboBakr AM,al-Husain MA,al-Nasser MN,al Borno MK

更新日期：1995-02-01 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：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：:The aim of this article is to investigate the prevalence of Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and to compare the clinical presentation and course of G6PD-deficient and normal patients. This study included a total of 624 term neonates with indirect hyperbilirubinemia fro...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Atay E,Bozaykut A,Ipek IO

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, 95 premature infants with birthweights equal or less than 1500 g were screened for intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH) using cranial ultrasound. Nineteen (20 per cent) were found to have developed IVH. Eight out of fourteen variables studied showed a signific...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Bassiouny MR,Remo C,Remo R,Lapitan R

更新日期：1997-06-01 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