Renal function in acute malaria in children.

abstract：:A study of 128 jaundiced term neonates showed that 28 (22 per cent) had hearing loss based on brain stem-evoked response. There was no significant difference in the percentage of neonates with hearing loss between those with peak serum bilirubin levels of less than 340 mumol/l (16 per cent) and those with hyperbilirub...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Boo NY,Oakes M,Lye MS,Said H

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stunting is a major public health problem in Africa and is associated with poor child survival and development. We investigate factors associated to child stunting in three Tanzanian regions. METHODS:A cross-sectional two-stage cluster sampling survey was conducted among children aged 6-59 months. The sampl...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Altare C,Delbiso TD,Mutwiri GM,Kopplow R,Guha-Sapir D

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this prospective, randomized and controlled study was to compare the clinical efficacy of intravenous magnesium sulfate (MgSO₄) and oral sildenafil therapies with persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn. A total of 34 infants in the MgSO₄ group and 31 infants in the sildenafil group completed the s...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Uslu S,Kumtepe S,Bulbul A,Comert S,Bolat F,Nuhoglu A

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Missed opportunities and inappropriately time immunization substantially reduced the coverage achieved in Mozambique and Guinea Conakry. During coverage surveys in Mozambique, we noted dates of attendance at a health facility for growth monitoring or vaccination, and in Conakry we also abstracted dates of curative car...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Cutts FT,Zell ER,Soares AC,Diallo S

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Japanese encephalitis virus is a common cause of encephalitis in Asian children; therefore, maintenance of immunity against Japanese encephalitis virus is essential. Although many countries recommend booster vaccination, some trials have concluded that administration of one or two vaccinations is sufficient. The curre...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Choi UY,Lee SY,Kim KH,Kim DS,Choi KM,Cha SH,Kang JH

更新日期：2013-10-01 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：:The aim of this study was to identify the reasons for hospitalization associated with abortion and pregnancy termination among women attending the Maternity Unit of IMIP, Recife, Brazil. In a case-control study, 230 women who were hospitalized consecutively between August 1994 and June 1995 due to causes related to pr...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： de Souza AI,Cecatti JG,Ferreira LO,Santos LC

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:There is insufficient knowledge on the * duodenal histology and Helicobacter pylori infection in malnourished Bangladeshi children. Therefore, we attempted to explore the prevalence of H. pylori infection and duodenal histopathology in 2-year-old chronic malnourished Bangladeshi slum-dwelling children and investiga...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Hossain MS,Das S,Begum SMKN,Rahman MM,Mazumder RN,Gazi MA,Fahim SM,Mahfuz M,Haque R,Petri WA,Sarker SA,Ahmed T

更新日期：2020-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A hospital-based descriptive recall study was conducted to assess the relationship, if any, between breastfeeding practices and morbidity from respiratory and diarrhoeal diseases in infants. A total of 343 infants (285 admitted patients and 58 controls) were recruited. Clinical and sociodemographic data and details re...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Perera BJ,Ganesan S,Jayarasa J,Ranaweera S

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Without early recognition and treatment, neonatal meningitis (NM) has a high mortality and morbidity. Although some neonates have features of NM, many do not. In many low-resource settings, the laboratory support to diagnose NM is not available, and bedside diagnostics are needed. Methods:This retrospective...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Burgoine K,Ikiror J,Naizuli K,Achom L,Akol S,Olupot-Olupot P

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determination of lead, cadmium, nickel, chromium, manganese and copper levels in colostrum samples (n = 30), collected from middle-class mothers, was carried out by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrophotometer (ETAAS) with Zeeman effect background correction using a tungsten-palladium-citric acid chemical modifi...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Turan S,Saygi S,Kiliç Z,Acar O

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abdominal pain-predominant functional gastrointestinal diseases (AP-FGD) are common in children and commonly attributed to exposure to child abuse. However, this relationship has not been studied in teenagers, and the main objective of the current study was to assess it. Teenagers were recruited from four randomly sel...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Devanarayana NM,Rajindrajith S,Perera MS,Nishanthanie SW,Karunanayake A,Benninga MA

更新日期：2014-10-01 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：:Healthy children contacts of leprosy patients had their humoral and cell-mediated immunological status assessed using the Fluorescent Leprosy Antibody Absorption Technique (FLA-ABS) and the Lepromin test, respectively. Subsequently, they were followed up for 2 1/2 years to study the development of overt disease. Two-h...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Dayal R

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The aim of the study was to assess the effect of early-onset neutropenia (EON) on the development of candidemia in premature infants and evaluate other risk factors. Materials and Methods:This prospective study was carried out in a neonatal intensive care unit of Cairo University Hospital. Fifty neutropenic...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Ramy N,Hashim M,Abou Hussein H,Sawires H,Gaafar M,El Maghraby A

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Awareness of cardiac involvement in dengue infection has potentially valuable management implications. To determine the prevalence of myocarditis in dengue severity, we conducted prospective study of paediatric dengue illness at Dr. Sardjito General Hospital, a tertiary hospital in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, from period o...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Buntubatu S,Prawirohartono EP,Arguni E

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the sensitivity, specificity and likelihood ratio of a low cost liquid crystal strip thermometer (LCT) compared with axillary mercury thermometry for the detection of neonatal hypothermia in Nepal. The subjects were 76 healthy newborns in the government maternity hospital of Kathmandu, Nepal in winter. The...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Manandhar N,Ellis M,Manandhar DS,Morley D,de L Costello AM

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to assess the value of procalcitonin in establishing the diagnosis and evaluating the prognosis of neonatal sepsis. Thirty-four infants with neonatal sepsis were included in the study. Procalcitonin values of the cases with sepsis were (2.21 +/- 2.48 ng/ml) significantly higher than the values ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Athhan F,Akagündüz B,Genel F,Bak M,Can D

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the clinical outcomes of a combined approach to the treatment of severe acute malnutrition in an area of high HIV prevalence using: (i) an initial inpatient phase, based on WHO guidelines and (ii) an outpatient recovery phase using ready-to-use therapeutic food. METHODS:An operational prospective cohort ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Sadler K,Kerac M,Collins S,Khengere H,Nesbitt A

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify the immunization providers' characteristics associated with immunization rate in children younger than 2 years. A cohort and a cluster sampling design were implemented; 528 children between 18 and 70 months of age were sampled in five public health clinics in Mosul-Iraq. Providers' characterizations were o...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Al-lela OQ,Baidi Bahari M,Al-abbassi MG,Salih MR,Basher AY

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The seroepidemiology of infection due to rubella virus in Saudi Arabia was investigated in various age groups including unvaccinated children (newborn to 15 years of age) using a newer rubella antibody test system, the ELISA with maximum sensitivity and reliability. The assessment of the immune status indicated the lo...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Hossain A

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:To evaluate pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) needs, outcome and predictors of mortality in post-neonatal tetanus. Materials and methods:Review of 30 consecutive post-neonatal tetanus cases aged 1 months to 12 years admitted to a PICU in north India over a period of 10 years (January 2006 to December 201...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Angurana SK,Jayashree M,Bansal A,Singhi S,Nallasamy K

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The values of erythrocyte protoporphyrin, ferritin and mean corpuscular volume (MCV) measurements in diagnosing iron deficiency anemia were investigated in 72 iron deficient and in 25 healthy control infants. Receiver operator curve, sensitivity and specificity of erythrocyte protoporphyrin, ferritin and mean corpuscu...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Serdar MA,Sarici SU,Kurt I,Alpay F,Okutan V,Kurnaz L,Kutluay T

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate vitamin D status of preterm and term low birthweight (LBW) and term normal birth weight (NBW; weight ≥ 2500 g) infants at birth and in early infancy. METHODS:We enrolled 220 LBW and 119 NBW infants along with their mothers. Blood samples of both infants and mothers were taken within 48 h of birth...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Agarwal R,Virmani D,Jaipal ML,Gupta S,Gupta N,Sankar MJ,Bhatia S,Agarwal A,Devgan V,Deorari A,Paul VK,Investigators of LBW Micronutrient Study Group, Departments of Pediatrics and Endocrinology.

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 74 multitransfused (MT) children of beta thalassaemia major were analysed for prevalent viral markers transmitted through transfusion. A higher incidence of serological markers for Hepatitis B virus (HBV), cytomegalovirus (CMV) could be observed in the group of MT children compared to control group. There w...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Yadav S,Chattopadhya D,Prakash C,Kumari S,Vergheese T

更新日期：1993-08-01 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：Background:Fear of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) has perpetuated delayed initiation and slow advancement of enteral feeding in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants with inherent risks of parenteral alimentation. The objective of this study was to assess effect of early total enteral feeding (ETEF) on day of achieveme...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Nangia S,Bishnoi A,Goel A,Mandal P,Tiwari S,Saili A

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the birthweight, gestational age, and body proportions of home births in a malarious area of Papua New Guinea. A population based cohort of pregnant women was followed longitudinally through pregnancy. Within the first few days of birth anthropometric measures were taken and a gestational age a...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Garner P,Dubowitz L,Baea M,Lai D,Dubowitz M,Heywood P

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Early diagnosis and treatment is necessary to prevent HIV-infected infants progressing to AIDS. Antibody testing is not confirmatory before the age of 18 months and PCR not widely available in resource-poor settings. We studied the accuracy of CD4(+) T-lymphocyte count, CD4% and CD4/CD8 ratio as surrogate ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Navaneethapandian PG,Karunaianantham R,Subramanyan S,Chinnayan P,Chandrasekaran P,Swaminathan S

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Early diagnosis and appropriate management of neonatal jaundice is crucial in avoiding severe hyperbilirubinemia and brain injury. A low-cost, minimally invasive, point-of-care (PoC) tool for total bilirubin (TB) estimation which can be useful across all ranges of bilirubin values and all settings is the n...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Kamineni B,Tanniru A,Vardhelli V,Sharma D,Pawale D,Kulkarni D,Muppidi PR,Deshabhotla S,Murki S

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00