Pectus excavatum in children: diagnostic significance for mitral valve prolapse.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The present study aimed to estimate the prevalence of acute diarrhea and its correlates in remote rural villages of south Pakistan. METHODS:The authors selected 1878 children less than 3 years of age through stratified random sampling from 64 villages having the number of children enrolled proportionate to t...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Shah SM,Yousafzai M,Lakhani NB,Chotani RA,Nowshad G

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of the study is to report a unique association of clinical and pathological findings in a neonate. Foregut enteric duplication cysts--rare developmental anomalies that are associated with midline vertebral fusion anomalies. METHODS:We had a neonate with foregut duplication cyst who presented at b...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Prasad A,Sarin YK,Ramji S,Suri VS,Sinha A,Malhotra V

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the efficacy of temporal artery thermometer in febrile and hypothermic neonates in comparison to axillary thermometer. METHODS:It was a cross sectional observational study. Study participants included 210 neonates admitted in neonatal intensive care unit of a tertiary care teaching hospital, divide...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Goswami E,Batra P,Khurana R,Dewan P

更新日期：2017-03-01 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

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare tympanic membrane temperature and rectal temperature in febrile pediatric patients. METHODS:Sixty febrile children were enrolled as continuous enrollment at initial triage. Two readings of ear temperature were taken in each child with Thermoscan infrared thermometer. Rectal temperature was recorde...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Sehgal A,Dubey NK,Jyothi MC,Jain S

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare oral co-amoxiclav with injectable ampicillin and amikacin for the management of asymptomatic neonates born to mothers with risk factors for infection. METHODS:This open label, randomized controlled trial was conducted in a tertiary care teaching hospital on neonates of gestational age ≥ 34 wk with...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Kumar A,Dubey AK,Basu S

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Valid screening tools are needed to identify Indian children and adolescents with mental health problems, both for clinical or research purposes. The present study validated the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) in Malayalam across different informants and sub-scales. METHODS:A sample of 150 ch...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Phillips Owen JA,Mirza KA,Goodman R

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severely malnourished children (26), weight for age 55.27 +/- 3.17, were identified in a colony of predominantly Muslim urban slum dwellers of low economic status. An equal number of normally nourished children matched for age, sex and per capita income were identified. A strong relation was found between nutritional ...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Gupta MC,Mehrotra M,Arora S,Saran M

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secondary Moyamoya disease, also known as Moyamoya syndrome has been rarely associated with Down syndrome. In pediatric patients, the usual presentation is that of ischemic stroke. Here is reported a 4-year-old child with Down syndrome and Moyamoya syndrome who presented with acute-onset right hemiplegia. A high index...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Bhalala US,Parekh PR

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a new case of the split notochord syndrome (SNS) with dorsal enteric fistula in an eight-month-old-boy. The child had also central nervous system anomalies including dysgenetic corpus callosum, absence of septum pellucidum, triventricular hydrocephalus, small posterior fossa, and lipomyelomeningoc...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Kanmaz T,Demirbilek S,Oztürk A,Baykara S,Yücesan S

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moebius syndrome is characterized by congenital complete or partial facial nerve palsy with or without paralysis of cranial nerves and often associated with other malformations. Cardiac anomalies though known are very rare and till date only 4 cases have been reported. We present a case of Moebius syndrome with suprac...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Suvarna J,Bagnawar M,Deshmukh CT

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with Mycoplasma pneumonia extrapulmonary manifestations such as encephalitis, meningitis, cerebellar and brain stem involvement, cranial nerve lesions, peripheral neuropathy, polymyositis have been observed. We report a 16-year-old girl with M. pneumonia infection, acute behavioral changes and coma. Treatm...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Gücüyener K,Simşek F,Yilmaz O,Serdaroğlu A

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the correlation between various obesity indices and pulmonary function parameters in obese Thai children and adolescents. METHODS:Obese children and adolescents aged from 8 to 18 y and diagnosed under the criteria of International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) were enrolled. Anthropometric and body ...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Kongkiattikul L,Sritippayawan S,Chomtho S,Deerojanawong J,Prapphal N

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most children tolerate the first-line antibiotics used to treat Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) very well. The most common adverse effect is gastrointestinal distress unrelated to hepatotoxicity; the latter is seen in less than 1% of children. Despite the infrequency of hepatotoxicity, the potential long-term impact o...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Cruz AT,Starke JR

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In neonatal period anemia is a complex problem owing to the unique blood picture. The erythrocytic system undergoes serial adaptation to meet progressively changing demands of oxygen in the embryo, the fetus and neonate. This leads to rapid change in normal hematological change in post-birth period. Definition of anem...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Lokeshwar MR,Singhal T,Shah N

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone injuries during the process of delivery were studied among 34, 946 live born babies over a 11 period. There were 35 cases of bone injuries giving an incidence of 1 per 1,000 live births. Clavicle was the commonest bone fractured (45.7%) followed by humerus (20%), femur (14.3%) and depressed skull fracture (11.4%)...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Bhat BV,Kumar A,Oumachigui A

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastro-esophageal reflux (GER) is a common occurrence in newborns and a cause of anxiety to most parents. This physiological process needs to be closely differentiated from pathological reflux. The clinical signs in infants are generally non-specific which makes the distinction difficult. The diagnostic options in inf...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Chellani H,Dabas A,Arya S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report our experience before and after implementation of pediatric rapid response team (RRT) in pediatric wards of a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan. METHODS:An audit of RRT activity from December 2007 to August 2008 was conducted and reviewed patient diagnoses at the time of call placement, interventi...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Anwar-ul-Haque,Saleem AF,Zaidi S,Haider SR

更新日期：2010-03-01 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：:Fifteen low birth weight premature infants with a diagnosis of PDA were administered 0·2 mg/kg of indomethacin orally, 3 doses at 12 hourly intervals. The results were compared with 18 prematures who were managed by fluid restriction (80-100 ml/kg/day) and decongestive therapy. Nine out of the 15 cases who received in...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Nair PA,Karan S

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fifteen-month-old boy, born to consanguineously married couple, presented with asymptomatic hepatomegaly. Investigations revealed mildly deranged liver functions, necroinflammatory changes and cirrhosis on liver biopsy, a markedly raised alpha feto protein and tyrosine levels in plasma and a generalized aminoaciduri...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Bijarnia S,Puri RD,Ruel J,Gray GF,Jenkinson L,Verma IC

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present case is a 5 y old child with Pre-B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), presenting with fever, pallor, purpuric spots, hepato-splenomegaly and lymphadenopathy of 20 d duration. During re-induction chemotherapy, he developed atypical skin lesions diagnosed as Varicella Zoster infection. He and his parents te...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Ghosh M,Banerjee M,Chakraborty S,Bhattacharyya S

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increased interest in the surgical management of epilepsy in children in the last decade or two. The plasticity of the developing brain and realization of the deleterious effects of uncontrolled seizures on the brain have prompted earlier surgery where indicated. All patients with uncontrolled partial seizure...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Singh VP

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the four years period from 1988 to 1991, 50 pediatric patients were diagnosed to have bacterial meningitis, out of a total number of 9057 pediatric admissions at Qatif Central Hospital, Qatif, Saudi Arabia, and 82% were less than two years of age. The causative organisms were isolated in 27 (54%) patients. The ...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Srair HA,Aman H,al-Madan M,al-Khater M

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of nitazoxanide in intestinal parasitic infections in children. METHODS:Four databases, PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science and Cochrane Library, have been systematically searched from the inception of each database up to March 1st, 2019. The enrolled studies were limited to r...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Li J,Kuang H,Zhan X

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of R501X mutation of Filaggrin gene in children with allergic diseases. METHODS:Ninety patients recruited from Allergy and Asthma clinic of Advanced Pediatric Centre, PGIMER, Chandigarh and 81 healthy controls from local schools matched for age, gender and BMI were enroled in the ...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Chauhan A,Panigrahi I,Singh M,Attri SV,Agarwal A,Singh M

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To test the feasibility of adding a novel delayed intensification chemotherapy to a dose-intensive induction regimen chemotherapy for high-risk neuroblastoma. METHODS:Patients enrolled in this study received chemotherapy in accordance with the design of the NB97 trial. At the end of the therapy, patients re...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Zhang YT,Chang J,Xu HM,Li YN,Zhong XD,Liu ZL

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is an autosomal dominant disorder, caused due to mutations in the TSC1 and TSC2 genes. Mutations in TSC2 gene are more common than in TSC1 gene and mostly they are in the form of large genomic deletions or duplications. The authors report on a novel deletion in TSC2 gene, prenatal diag...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Padma Priya T,Dalal AB

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a 14-y-old boy with insulin resistance, acanthosis nigricans, acral hypertrophy and muscle cramps. While there was a dramatic response of the muscle cramps to phenytoin therapy, some other features of metabolic syndrome did not respond to phenytoin therapy alone. ...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Ghosh U,Thomas M,Mathai S

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema are rare complications of miliary tuberculosis in children. In this report, a 5-year-old girl with miliary tuberculosis complicated by pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema, is presented and relevant literature is discussed. ...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Das M,Chandra U,Natchu M,Lodha R,Kabra SK

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00