Severe vitamin B12 deficiency in a breast fed infant with pancytopenia.

abstract：:Serum growth hormone (GH), cortisol, free thyroxine (FT4), thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), and insulin like growth factor I (IGF-I) concentrations were measured in 15 children with sickle cell disease (SCD) together with their heights < 5th percentile for age and gender, and in 15 healthy age-matched children who h...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Soliman AT,Darwish A,Mohammed SH,Bassiony MR,el Banna N,Asfour M

更新日期：1995-10-01 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：: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：:Ninety-one consecutive cases of coma were identified among gravidas at Maputo Central Hospital. The commonest causes were eclampsia (70 cases), cerebral malaria (six cases), and meningitis (five cases). Fetal mortality in eclampsia was 23 per cent and maternal mortality 10 per cent. There was a markedly higher inciden...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Ching C,Songane F,Bergström S,Povey G

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In-hospital treatment of children with tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is not a feasible option in many resource-poor countries. Home-based treatment has shown to be a viable alternative. Adherence is an important factor determining success of treatment. OBJECTIVE:Identify possible barriers to adherence of h...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： van Elsland SL,Springer P,Steenhuis IH,van Toorn R,Schoeman JF,van Furth AM

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report diagnosis, treatment and evolution of cases of ocular toxocariasis in specialized consultation in Quindío, Colombia. No cases were seen during the 2000-17 period, but five cases were confirmed from November 2017 to March 2019; two children resulted with definitive loss of vision on the affected eye. Studies ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Gómez-Marín JE,Londoño ÁL,Cabeza-Acevedo N,Torres E,Navarrete-Moncada L,Bueno O,Nati A,Nieto-Rodríguez P,Ariza-Pardo S,Isaza KJ,Chacón-Álvarez V,Romero-Delgado SA,Grijalva-Plaza S

更新日期：2020-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Enteropathogens were investigated in 406 children aged 0-3 years with diarrhoea attending the Salles Neto Municipal Hospital. Enteric bacterial pathogens were isolated from 49 per cent of the children. Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) (20.9 per cent), enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) (16.5 per cent), rotavirus (...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Mangia AH,Duarte AN,Duarte R,Silva LA,Bravo VL,Leal MC

更新日期：1993-12-01 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 relationship between total bilirubin binding capacity (TBBC) and clinical status was investigated in order to assess the risk of bilirubin toxicity in 83 infants with jaundice in this study. Infants with respiratory distress, acidosis, hypoglycaemia, sepsis, asphyxia-anoxia and hypercarbia were accepted as ill and...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Satar M,Atici A,Oktay R

更新日期：1996-02-01 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：: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：:Diarrhoeal mortality and hospital admissions for diarrhoea are described among children under the age of 5 years in a large rural Bangladeshi community during 1986-87. Acute watery (dehydrating) diarrhoea was associated with 11 per cent of all deaths among infants aged 1-11 months and 5 per cent among children aged 1-...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Fauveau V,Yunus M,Zaman K,Chakraborty J,Sarder AM

更新日期：1991-02-01 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：:We surveyed the clinical presentation, initial management and subsequent course of a prospectively registered cohort of 60 children with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) diagnosed before age 15 years in the Sultanate of Oman between January 1990 and December 1993. Clinical details from the time of diagnosis ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Soliman AT,al Salmi I,Asfour M

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the plasma lipid levels in patients with red cell genetic disorders, we investigated 400 normal individuals, 100 sickle cell disease (SCD) patients, 220 sickle cell heterozygotes (Hb AS), and 100 individuals suffering from glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) deficiency. Whole blood samples were used fo...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： el-Hazmi MA,Warsy AS,al-Swailem A,al-Swailem A,Bahakim H

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to study the epidemiological and clinical profile of patients attending an exclusive pediatric Emergency Department (ED). Data was retrieved from records of the patients seen over a 6-year period from 1995 to 2000. Descriptive analysis was done to define demographic and clinical detail...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Singhi S,Jain V,Gupta G

更新日期：2003-08-01 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：:The knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding breastfeeding of 310 mothers in five rural communities in Toto Local Government in Nassarawa State, Nigeria were investigated using a questionnaire. One hundred and sixty-two (52.3 per cent) mothers were illiterate while 148 (47.7 per cent) had either primary or seconda...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Okolo SN,Adewunmi YB,Okonji MC

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Giardia duodenalis prevalence is commonly as high as soil-transmitted helminths (STH), nevertheless is not considered for large-scale chemotherapy through mass drug administration (MDA) due to its short incubation period and frequent reinfections, its control being associated to improving access to water and sanitatio...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Ferreira FS,Baptista-Fernandes T,Oliveira D,Rodrigues R,Neves E,Lima A,Garrido E,Afonso G,Zaky A,Telles de Freitas P,Atouguia J,Centeno-Lima S

更新日期：2015-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to evaluate left and right ventricular functions by using the Doppler myocardial performance index (MPI), in children with sickle cell anemia (SCA). METHODS:We examined 32 patients with SCA and 30 age-matched healthy children. Echocardiography and Doppler examinations were comp...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Arslankoylu AE,Hallioglu O,Yilgor E,Duzovali O

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between ocular manifestation of vitamin A deficiency and children's anaemic/morbidity status as well as the efficacy of vitamin A prophylaxis in preventing these conditions was determined. The prevalence of xerophthalmia in morbid children with anaemia and history of worm infestation, measles, and dia...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Gujral S,Abbi R,Gopaldas T

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:India has recently completed 2 years without single case of poliomyelitis on 13 January 2013. This has brought South East Asian Region closer to eradication. Recently, India is being regarded as a role model for polio eradication efforts in other low-income endemic countries-Pakistan, Nigeria and Afghanistan. However,...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Grover M,Bhatnagar N,Sinha S,Kaur R

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the aim of studying the feeding patterns in infants under 6 months of age, 451 mothers attending the children's clinic in two university hospitals in the north of Tehran were interviewed. All babies had been born in hospital and > 98 per cent had been breastfed during the first few hours of birth. The rate of ful...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Shiva F,Nasiri M

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fasciolosis is a chronic parasitic disease caused by two species of liver trematodes, Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica, which infest ruminants and rarely humans. The disease is spread all over the world, but more common in Asia in areas with extensive livestock farming and can be imported cases in Europe and A...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Velev V,Vutova K,Pavlova M,Mangarov I

更新日期：2020-04-01 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：: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：:Thrombocytopoenia is a well-described marker of human immunedeficiency virus type 1 (HIV) infection of children. After documenting thrombocytopoenia in a HIV-exposed neonate, who was subsequently shown not to be infected, we evaluated thrombocytopoenia (platelets < 150 x 10(9)/l) as a marker for HIV exposure in newbor...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Roux W,Pieper C,Cotton M

更新日期：2001-08-01 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：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