Use of Artificial Nipples Among Brazilian Infants and Associated Factors.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Febrile seizures may contribute to epilepsy later in life, but data in sub-Saharan Africa are scarce. We, therefore, conducted a hospital-based study on clinical characteristics of children with febrile seizures. METHODS:Over 2 years, we screened all pediatric admissions of Haydom Lutheran Hospital, northern...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Winkler AS,Tluway A,Schmutzhard E

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

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：:In a prospective study at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, 95 premature infants with birthweights equal or less than 1500 g were screened for intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH) using cranial ultrasound. Nineteen (20 per cent) were found to have developed IVH. Eight out of fourteen variables studied showed a signific...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Bassiouny MR,Remo C,Remo R,Lapitan R

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate causes of and contributors to newborn deaths in rural Haryana using a three delays audit approach. METHODS:The study was conducted in 28 villages under the rural field practice area of the Comprehensive Rural Health Services Project, All India Institute of Medical Sciences situated in Ballabga...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Upadhyay RP,Rai SK,Krishnan A

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of pandemic influenza in hospitalized children. METHODS:A total of 114 patients with suspected H1N1 virus infection were hospitalized, and nasal swabs were sent to National Influenza Reference Laboratory for confirmation ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Torun SH,Somer A,Salman N,Ciblak M,Demirkol D,Kanturvardar M,Badur S,Devecioğlu Ö

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present an 11-year-old boy with Brucellae osteoarthritis on caput femoris. We therefore emphasize the importance of Brucellae osteoarthritis and in particular bone scintigraphy in the diagnosis of childhood monoarthritis. ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Kalman S,Sakallioglu O,Altunbas A

更新日期：2005-08-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Assess drinking water fortification with iron and/or ascorbic acid as a strategy to control iron-deficiency anemia and iron deficiency. METHODS:Randomized blind clinical study, fortifying drinking water to 153 pre-school children during 3 months, with iron and ascorbic acid (A), ascorbic acid (B) or plain wa...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： de Almeida CA,De Mello ED,Ramos AP,João CA,João CR,Dutra-de-Oliveira JE

更新日期：2014-02-01 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：:In a 5-month study of Salmonella septicaemias in Kenyan children carried out during the annual peak infection period, Salmonella typhimurium septicaemias occurred seven times more frequently than typhoid or other non-typhoid infections. Salmonella typhimurium infections were predominantly community acquired, malnouris...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Nesbitt A,Mirza NB

更新日期：1989-02-01 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：:The clinical features of two cases of Hereditary Recurrent Polyserositis HRP (Familial Mediterranean Fever) in related Yemeni children resident in Saudi Arabia are described. One presented with recurrent acute hepatitis, which has not been previously documented. These are the first cases of HRP reported in Arabs origi...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Neequaye J,Jelly AE

更新日期：1994-08-01 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：Background:Most of the newborn deaths in developing countries occur at home. Up to two-thirds of these deaths would have been prevented if mothers and newborns had received known and effective interventions. The objective of this study is to determine newborn-care practices and health-seeking behavior in rural Eastern ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Gebre B,Biadgilign S,Taddese Z,Deribe K,Legesse T,Omar M

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CT scan gives valuable insight into the aetiology of epilepsy. Studies done so far in India suggest that the causes are quite different from the West. CT scan has become available in larger cities in India, but is expensive. Information about clinical features that may 'predict' a CT abnormality would be useful to...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Kumar R,Navjivan S,Kohli N,Sharma B

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a descriptive study of short-course chemotherapy in children with nodal tuberculosis at Port Moresby General Hospital (PMGH). Between 1 August 1989 and 31 December 1997 5248 children were started on TB treatment. In the retrospective study 427 children were treated for lymph node TB up to 31 December 1996. Of ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： McMaster P,Ezeilo N,Freisen H,Pomat N,Vince JD

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Tanzania, nurses play an important role in the management of patients with malaria. The study was conducted to identify the current status of the performance of nurses in the management of malaria patients, in order to provide the baseline data before the training intervention. METHODS:The study was cond...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Kanamori S,Kohi TW,Nyamhanga T,Mkude S

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver involvement is commonly observed in patients with typhoid fever. However, a hepatitis-like picture with fever and jaundice is unusual and infrequently reported in the paediatric literature. Our aim was to characterize the clinical picture, biochemical features, and prognosis of typhoid hepatitis. One hundred cas...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Shetty AK,Mital SR,Bahrainwala AH,Khubchandani RP,Kumta NB

更新日期：1999-10-01 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 care of very low birth weight (VLBW) neonates may impose an enormous burden on professional resources and finances of caregivers. This study seeks to evaluate the immediate cost of care of VLBW babies in a developing economy. Twenty-four hospital case records VLBW babies who survived till discharge over a 1 year p...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Tongo OO,Orimadegun AE,Ajayi SO,Akinyinka OO

更新日期：2009-08-01 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：:Infantile encephalitic beriberi (IEBB) is a rare form of thiamine deficiency and is poorly described. A proportion of Leigh's disease (LD) patients have similar clinical picture and response to thiamine as beriberi, leading to confusion in diagnosis and management. Data on IEBB and LD is scarce and status of thiamine ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Rao SN,Mani S,Madap K,Kumar MV,Singh L,Chandak GR

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Topical emollient application reduces trans-epidermal water loss (TEWL) in preterm neonates. Coconut oil used traditionally for infant massage in India has not been evaluated for the same. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Very low birth weight (VLBW) neonates were randomized at 12 h of age to Oil (n = 37) or Control (n ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Nangia S,Paul VK,Deorari AK,Sreenivas V,Agarwal R,Chawla D

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although group A meningococcal disease is a major cause of child morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, little is known about vitamin A status and T-cell subpopulations in affected children. A prospective study of vitamin A levels and T-cell subpopulations was conducted in 41 children hospitalized for meningoc...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Semba RD,Bulterys M,Munyeshuli V,Gatsinzi T,Saah A,Chao A,Dushimimana A

更新日期：1996-10-01 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：PURPOSE:Hepatic abscess is a rare but potentially fatal entity in neonates. The aim of this study was to provide valuable data for diagnosis, management and prevention of hepatic abscess in preterm infants. METHODS:A retrospective chart review was made for patients diagnosed with hepatic abscesses between 2012 and 201...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Semerci SY,Babayigit A,Cebeci B,Buyukkale G,Cetinkaya M

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One-hundred-and-eighty-eight ostensibly normal, pubertal schoolchildren, aged 9-16 years, residing in Chinamora Communal Land, Zimbabwe, had blood taken to assess thyroid function. Total goitre rate in the area was 44 per cent in primary schoolchildren: 91 of the subjects tested were goitrous. Thyroid stimulating horm...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Todd CH,Sanders D

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen cases of external hydrocephalus (EH) were seen from January 1993 to June 1995. There were 13 (81.3 per cent) male and three female children. Fourteen (87.5 per cent) were under 12 months of age. Three siblings with EH were seen in one family. All but three of the 16 recovered over time without medical or surgi...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Roshan K,Elizabeth C,Chacko A,Rajendra J,Gururaj A,Dilip S

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was carried out to examine the correlation between clinical diagnoses at the time of death and autopsy findings in newborn babies who died in the regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of King Edward VII Memorial Hospital affiliated to Bombay University. A consecutive sample of 240 newborns that died ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Kabra NS,Udani RH

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00