Nutritional regulation of immunity and risk of illness.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To generate consensus on the assessment of hypotonia in the pediatric population, more specifically with respect to the clinical characteristics and first line tests and methods to be used to assess these characteristics. METHODS:Consensus methodology was used. A sample of experts was recruited based on spe...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Naidoo P,Joubert RW

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutropenic enterocolitis is a common gastrointestinal complication in children undergoing chemotherapy for a variety of malignancies. It usually involves ileum and caecum, and involvement of rectum has rarely been reported. The authors report neutropenic enterocolitis in a child undergoing chemotherapy for acute lymp...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Gupta S,Kapoor S,Ravi RN,Prakash A,Aggarwal SK

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children who had undergone adenotonsillectomy for recurrent adenotonsillitis showing no signs of clinical or radiological obstructive manifestations were evaluated with pulmonary function tests before, and one month after the operation. In relation to the result obtained by function tests, 60% of 45 cases (27) had the...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Kavukcu S,Coskun S,Cevik N,Kuscu B,Akkoclu A

更新日期：1993-03-01 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：:Upper gastrointestinal bleeding is a life threatening condition in children. Common sources of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in children include variceal hemorrhage (most commonly extra-hepatic portal venous obstruction in our settings) and mucosal lesions (gastric erosions and ulcers secondary to drug intake). Whil...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Bhatia V,Lodha R

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is known to complicate asthma in adults, its association with childhood asthma is very rare. We present two patients, a four-and half year old boy who presented with severe asthma and a 12 year-old girl whose previous chest radiographs revealed fleeting opacities. B...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Chhabra SK,Sahay S,Ramaraju K

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate obesogenic co-causing factors, promoting rise of weight in children, associated to local differences in India. METHODS:Overall 1,680 children, aged 3-11 and balanced by gender, were recruited in school contexts distributed in seven major Indian cities. All children were weighted and measured i...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Gregori D,Gulati A,Paramesh EC,Arockiacath P,Comoretto R,Paramesh H,Hochdorn A,Baldi I

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the etiological profile of patients with acute febrile encephalopathy syndrome focusing chiefly on the viral etiology, and to correlate clinical and radiological features of patients with viral encephalitis. METHODS:A prospective hospital based study conducted on the consecutive patients admitted in...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Karmarkar SA,Aneja S,Khare S,Saini A,Seth A,Chauhan BK

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frank-Ter Haar syndrome is an unusual type of skeletal dysplasia with megalocornea and developmental delay. It is usually transmitted as autosomal recessive disorder. Only a few cases have been reported in the literature and none from India. The authors report a case with other unusual features and a short review of t...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Femitha P,Joy R,Gane BD,Adhisivam B,Bhat BV

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the trends and outcomes in referrals of 'phimosis for circumcision' to a tertiary care pediatric surgical department. METHODS:This is a prospective study of 100 consecutive children of presumed phimosis referred for circumcision. They were assessed and classified by the senior author as having eith...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Kumar P,Deb M,Das K

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the application of the nasal-tragus length (NTL) to predict the proper endotracheal tube (ETT) depth; also, as relatively thinner size of Asian than Caucasian, the fitness of using the NTL to estimate the optimal ETT depth for neonates in Taiwan was examined. METHODS:The newborn infants who do need...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Wang TC,Kuo LL,Lee CY

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children with upper airway obstruction are both unique and variable in their presentation and management, often posing a challenge to the pediatrician. Several anatomical and physiologic peculiarities make a child vulnerable to develop an obstruction of upper airways. The characteristic finding in upper airway obstruc...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Mandal A,Kabra SK,Lodha R

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the epidemiology of rotavirus gastroenteritis in Haryana post-introduction of rotavirus vaccine. Expanded National rotavirus surveillance network in India reported high burden of rotavirus diarrhea in India. The Government of India introduced the monovalent rotavirus vaccine made in India by Bhara...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Dalal P,Gathwala G,Singh J,Nair NP,Thiyagarajan V

更新日期：2021-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the correlation between echocardiographic inferior vena cava (IVC) measurements and central venous pressure (CVP) in neonates. Also, to evaluate the correlation between IVC measurements and gestational age (GA) and body weight (BW). METHODS:This cross sectional analytical study was conducted fro...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Mugloo MM,Malik S,Akhtar R

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 diabetes mellitus is considered a common form of diabetes mellitus in young people. Type 1 diabetes in infants is rare. However, the condition is rare in infants. Type 1 diabetes has not been reported in the literature in 45 days old child of an Indian population. Type 1 diabetes typically begins between the ag...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Jali MV,Patil VD,Jali SM,Gowda S,Kambar S

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：:Treatment with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) is an effective therapy for children and adolescents with chronic phase of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). For the majority of patients with CML in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), imatinib is the TKI of choice for reasons of cost, availability, and experience. C...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Bansal D

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare early child care practices at home as possible risk factors among children between 2 and 6 y of age with autism and a control group of normal children without any symptom of autism, presenting at the well-baby/immunization clinic. METHODS:This case control study was undertaken at the autism clini...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： George B,Padmam MS,Nair MK,Leena ML,Russell PS

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hirschsprung's disease may be associated with a number of congenital anomalies of which Down's syndrome and intestinal atresias are commonly encountered. The study aimed to assess the impact of rare associated anomalies on the diagnosis and management of Hirschsprung's disease. METHODS:A retrospective review...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Das K,Alladi A,Kini U,Babu MK,D'Cruz AJ

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With improved survival of very low birth infants in India, Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) is emerging as a significant problem. The most important risk factor in the pathogenesis of ROP is prematurity. Other factors like, problems with oxygenation frequent blood transfusions, sepsis and apnea have also been implicat...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Chawla D,Agarwal R,Deorari AK,Paul VK

更新日期：2008-01-01 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 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：:Retroperitoneum, pelvis and scrotum are unusual sites of lymphangiomas. Retroperitoneal lymphangiomas presenting as inguino-scrotal masses are extremely rare. An unusual case of retroperitoneal lymphangioma extending into scrotum, presenting as acute scrotum is reported due to its unusual location. Complete surgical e...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Budhiraja S,Rattan KN,Gupta S,Pandit SK

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital cystic dilatation of the intrahepatic bile ducts involving the major intrahepatic radicles was first described by Caroli and hence named as Caroli's disease. We present here a case in which the only symptom was intermittent pain in the abdomen for last one-and-a-half-year and a radionuclide scan done effect...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Sharma R,Mondal A,Taneja V,Rawat HS

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the efficacy of all types of spacers commonly available to children in India. METHODS:150 children 5-14 yr of age with persistent asthma presenting with peak expiratory flow (PEF) < 70% of personal best were randomized to receive 200 mg salbutamol through one of five spacers: A) 750 ml spacer with...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Dahiya B,Mathew JL,Singh M

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fevers in children are mainly due to infection, malignancy or inflammatory conditions. Rheumatologists have an important role in the care of inflammatory conditions, many of which are associated with fevers. Seven conditions, the hereditary recurrent fever syndromes, have been defined with the presenting symptom of re...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Manners PJ,Guttinger R

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amoebiasis, a common parasitic infection in the tropics is most commonly associated with solitary liver abscess. Multiple hepatic, splenic and renal abscesses are a very rare presentation of extraintestinal amoebiasis in children. The authors report a 6-y-old girl who presented with a febrile illness, hepatosplenomega...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Satish G,Rajam L,Regi S,Nazar PK

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) commonly experience diarrhea at some time during their illness. A variety of enteric pathogens are identified in 50-80% of these patients, depending on the intensity of the diagnostic work-up that is done. In addition to the common enteric pathogens, severa...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Ramakrishna BS

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A young girl with an uncommon renal tumour is the subject of this communication. A diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma was established post-operatively. Combined modality treatment including chemotherapy and radiotherapy has helped achieve a disease free survival of nearly 5 years. ...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Ray M,Marwaha RK,Trehan A,Narasimhan KL

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TAR syndrome is a rare inherited autosomal recessive disorder with a mortality rate of 30-40% mainly as a result of haemorrhage, in the first year of life. Most of the infants recover from the effects of thrombocytopenia and associated haematological complications with the modern medical care. Very rarely, the outcome...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Rao VS,Shenoi UD,Krishnamurthy PN

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00