Hypoglycemia in the newborn.

abstract：:Medical bioethics has developed as a new field of study in the US in the past quarter decade, focusing upon the moral principles of autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice. These principles may, however, reflect biases in American culture, rather than a truly universal approach to ethical problems in medici...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Brody H

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Till forty years ago infants and children with hydrocephalus had a bleak future. Most of them used to die. Those who survived lived with mental retardation, spasticity and blindness. With the advent of an effective shunting device in 1957, a new era was ushered in the history of hydrocephalus. Today an infant with hyd...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Upadhyaya P

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal care has made tremendous improvements in developing countries. However there are number of challenges to be met and neonatal mortality remains unacceptably high. In contrast to this neonatal care in developed nations have moved ahead of a pre-occupation to reducing the neonatal mortality only. The main reason...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Garg P,Bolisetty S

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow transplantations have a definite role in treatment of leukemias and lymphomas. In acute myeloid leukemia and CML an allogeneic transplant using an HLA identical donor certainly provides a far superior survival than chemotherapy. Patients with Ph' chromosome need to be transplanted in first remission if a s...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Vats TS

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anorectal malformations are one of the commonest anomalies in the new born. Major advances have been made in the last decade in operative techniques to reconstruct this abnormality. The final outcome in these babies is dependent on careful planning and operative intervention in the neonatal period. The purpose of this...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Chowdhary SK,Gupta A,Samujh R,Narasimhan KL,Rao KL

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the implications of a newly defined severity scoring of empyema in children for the prediction of surgical management and to compare the length of hospitalization as an outcome measure of patients treated using medical therapy, salvage video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) vs early elective ...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Wong KS,Lin TY,Huang YC,Chang LY,Lai SH

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Achalasia is rare in children, more so familial. We report two siblings with familial achalasia who presented in their infancy with vomiting and failure to thrive. Achalasia can be misdiagnosed as upper gastrointestinal obstruction as happened in one of our siblings. Esophageal contrast roentgenography is diagnostic. ...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Rao PS,Vijaykumar,Rao PL

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatric interventional radiology (PIR), which includes variety of procedures done under image guidance has emerged as an essential adjunct to various surgical and medical conditions, plays a significant role in the delivery of safe and effective care by reducing surgical risks, decreasing the length of hospital stay...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Kandasamy D,Gamanagatti S,Gupta AK

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor (GABRG2) gene have been associated with generalized epilepsy, childhood absence epilepsy and febrile seizures. In the present study the authors investigated the association of polymorphism of the GABRG2 with simple febrile seizures (FS) in Egyptian children. Pol...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Salam SM,Rahman HM,Karam RA

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nutrition is a critical determinant of immunocompetence and risk of illness. Young children with protein-energy malnutrition exhibit increased mortality and morbidity, largely due to infectious disease. Recent work has demonstrated that, undernourished individuals have impaired immune responses. The most consistent ab...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Chandra RK

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To find the prevalence of associated anomalies in children with anorectal malformation (ARM). METHODS:One hundred and forty patients (80 males and 60 females) with expand were studied to detect associated anomalies and to find their prevalence. High and low type of ARM was seen in 52.14% and 47.86% of patien...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Mittal A,Airon RK,Magu S,Rattan KN,Ratan SK

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccination is one of the most cost effective methods of prevention of diseases without even raising the socioeconomic status of the community. Small pox eradication from the world is the perfect example of the role of mass vaccination of the entire community of the universe. India is feeling proud to be polio free fo...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Dutta AK,Ray S

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Teratomas form the most common type of congenital brain tumors, frequently presenting as stillbirth. The largest neonatal series of intracranial teratomas reported a 12% survival rate. Although the first teratoma of the lateral ventricle was reported in 1961 by Maier, neonatal intracranial teratoma of the lateral vent...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Jain A,Dixit S,Datar S,Jain PK

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty patients below the age of 15 years (range 8-1/2 to 15 years, mean 11.8 years) have been studied for the severity of rheumatic mitral regurgitation. Moderately severe to severe pulmonary venous hypertension was found in 76.6% and pulmonary arterial hypertension in 60%. Left ventricular volumes could be calculate...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Shrivastava S,Subramanyan K,Tandon R

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The renal tubule plays an important role in fluid and electrolyte homeostasis. Renal tubular disorders may affect multiple ( e.g., Fanconi syndrome) or specific (e.g., nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, renal glucosuria) tubular functions. Most conditions are primary and monogenic but occasionally are secondary to other ...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Bagga A,Bajpai A,Menon S

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the rising prevalence of childhood obesity, pediatricians are increasingly called upon to treat clinically overweight children. The primary treatment options are behavioral lifestyle modification, pharmacotherapy, and surgery. The cornerstone of childhood obesity treatment is lifestyle modification and has been s...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Dolinsky DH,Armstrong SC,Kinra S

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of DM is about 0.4/1000 children with a lower incidence in the rural areas. Children comprise 3-5% of the total diabetics. A study of 55 pediatric cases of DM (1980-84) showed that only 22 (40%) had ketoacidosis on admission. Ten (18.2%) had onset of illness before 4 years of age. HLA antigen studies in...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Verma IC

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paracetamol (acetaminophen) has become an antipyretic drug of choice. Due to its widespread use, toxicity secondary to overdose has increased in recent years. Children are especially vulnerable to accidental exposure due to non availability of child proof containers in India. The main clinical features of acute toxici...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Lall SB,Paul R

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccine Associated Paralytic Poliomyelitis (VAPP), although a known hazard with Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV), has not received adequate attention in India despite increasing use of OPV in repeated rounds of national immunization days. An analysis by National Polio Surveillance Project in 1999 suggested that incidence of V...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Mittal SK,Mathew JL

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant tumours of the chest wall are rare in the pediatric age group. Askin tumour, a primitive neuroectodermal tumour with aggressive nature, is extremely rare. Clinico-pathological features make it quite distinct from Ewing's sarcoma. Aggressive nature of the tumour results in short clinical presentation of the p...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Aggarwal M,Lakhhar B,Aggarwal BK,Anugu R

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was planned to evaluate the MCH services, particularly immunization in rural areas of the poor-performing state of Rajasthan. METHODS:A community-based, cross-sectional survey using the WHO 30 cluster technique was carried out as a field exercise by participants of 9th Field Epidemiology Training ...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Jain SK,Chawla U,Gupta N,Gupta RS,Venkatesh S,Lal S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A bleeding child is a cause of great concern and often, panic, for parents and pediatricians alike. Causes of bleeding could be trivial or secondary to an underlying bleeding disorder or a potentially serious systemic illness. Based on etiology, they can be categorized into disorders affecting platelets or the coagula...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Bansal D,Oberoi S,Marwaha RK,Singhi SC

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate genetic variations of innate immune system such as mannose binding lectin (MBL), Toll like receptor 4 (TLR4), CD14, LY96 (MD2) and Uroplakin 1B (UPK1B) genes in children with recurrent urinary tract infection (UTI). METHODS:The study included 30 children with recurrent UTI and 30 healthy controls...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Ertan P,Berdeli A,Yilmaz O,Gonulal DA,Yuksel H

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme is the largest program for promotion of maternal and child health and nutrition not only in India but in the whole world. The scheme was launched in 1975 in pursuance of the National Policy for Children. The scheme has expanded in the last twenty-seven years form...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Kapil U

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein energy malnutrition leading to growth failure is an inevitable consequence of chronic liver disease in childhood. Although the precise pathophysiology is not understood considerable progress has been made in understanding the mechanisms of fat malabsorption and protein turnover in liver disease. There are many...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Kelly DA

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Auditory evoked responses using BERA were studied in 30 newborn babies with plasma bilirubin > or = 15 mgm/dl and repeated after treatment of neonatal jaundice with bilirubin levels of < or = 10 mgm/dl. A few jaundiced babies (16.5%) showed absent BERA response at the initial/subsequent examination. After treatment, 3...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Bhandari V,Narang A,Mann SB,Raghunathan M,Bhakoo ON

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To understand the problems of school going adolescents in selected schools in the first phase and to provide class based family life education in the second phase. METHODS:Step 1: Identification of the study sample, Step 2: Each adolescent was individually administered TSQ-T by trained project staff , Step ...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Nair MK,Leena ML,Menon P,George B,Indira MS,Russell PS

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rotary one of the largest non-government international organization focused mainly towards the up-liftment of the downtrodden worldwide, got involved in the Polio Eradication Program way back in 1979 with a five-year pledge to immunize about six million Philippine children from the crippling disease of poliomyelitis. ...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Tandon R

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glial choristoma is a developmental malformation of heterotopic central nervous tissue with limited growth potential. It is considered to be one of the very rare choristomatous lesions involving the oral cavity. This report details the morphological characteristics of glial choristoma arising from the palate in a newb...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Bajaj P,Shubha BS,Agarwal K,Aggarwal C

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal tumours are rare in children and leiomyoblastoma of small intestine is still rarer. We report a case of leiomyoblastoma of small intestine in a child who presented with acute intestinal obstruction. ...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Dass B,Dalal A,Sharma U,Garg P

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00