Role of computers in learning--application in formative assessment.

abstract：:Dietary micronutrients such as vitamins and trace minerals are known modulators of host immune responses against common pathogens. In this respect, vitamin A and zinc have recently received increased attention. Several in vivo and in vitro studies suggest that vitamin A may be a critical player in the mucosal immune r...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Molina EL,Patel JA

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pair of female thoraco-omphalopagus twins, with two pairs of lungs, common diaphragm and separate pleural cavities was separated at the age of 5(1/2) months after a parasitic relationship had developed between them. Before separation both the babies developed recurrent respiratory tract infection and frequent diarrh...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Ray AK,Mukherjee NN,Mukherjee G,Patra R,Ghosh DK

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Juvenile dermatomyositis and juvenile scleroderma are rare multisystem autoimmune disorders. Although they share some pathognomonic hallmarks with adult onset myositis or scleroderma, there are significant differences in presentation, characteristics and associated features when the diseases present in childhood. In v...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： McCann LJ,Pain CE

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic infection in the newborn is the commonest cause of neonatal mortality. Data from National Neonatal Perinatal Database 2000 suggest that Klebsiella pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus are the commonest causes of neonatal sepsis in India. Two forms of clinical presentations have been identified. Early onset se...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Aggarwal R,Sarkar N,Deorari AK,Paul VK

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The OMENS syndrome involves craniofacial maldevelopment of the orbit, ear cranial nerve and soft tissue, while OMENS-plus syndrome also includes extracraniofacial anomalies. These may be skeletal, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, pulmonary, renal and central nervous system malformations. A fourteen-year-old girl pres...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Kapoor S,Mukherjee SB,Paul R,Dhingra B

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Group A beta hemolytic streptococcus (GAS) sore throat primarily occurs among children in 5-15 years age group, and if not treated appropriately causes rheumatic fever/rheumatic heart disease (RF/RHD). Present study was aimed at validation of a clinical scoring system for diagnosis of GAS. METHODS:Five hundr...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Nandi S,Kumar R,Ray P,Vohra H,Ganguly NK

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous antimicrobials including pentavalent antimonials are implicated in causing prolong QT-interval and ventricular tachycardia. Torsades de pointes is rarely documented with use of sodium stibogluconate. Here is described a 12-yr-old girl with visceral leishmaniasis, who developed syncopal attacks, prolong QT-int...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Baranwal AK,Mandal RN,Singh R,Singhi SC

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin isotypes (IgG, IgA, IgM, IgD, IgE) in serum were investigated in 64 Libyan children with mild to moderately severe asthma (age: 1-12 years; sex: 39 males, 25 females) (Group A) and in 57 healthy Libyan children (age: 1-12 years; sex: 30 males, 27 females (Group B). The patients were classified according...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Najam FI,Giasuddin AS,Shembesh AH

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy is a common childhood neurological morbidity needs careful evaluation, relevant investigations and precise therapy with appropriate antiepileptic drugs for optimal duration. Majority of childhood epilepsy remits with antiepileptic drugs and should be managed in the community. Practising pediatricians must cou...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Kalra V

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the possible risk factors for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in children below 5 y admitted in a hospital in north India. METHODS:This case-control study was conducted in a medical college hospital in children below 5 y of age. All cases of SAM (diagnosed as per WHO definition) between 6 and 59...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Mishra K,Kumar P,Basu S,Rai K,Aneja S

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article is our life time experience in conceptualizing and systematically developing Child Development Centre (CDC) Kerala in the last 25 years, from a research project to a national training centre in child and adolescent development and premarital counseling. CDC Kerala's major contribution was in creating a 'c...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Nair MK,Leela LM,George B,Bhaskaran D,Pillai AN,Sarasamma HN

更新日期：2016-05-01 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：:Biotin Thiamine responsive Basal Ganglia Disease (BTBGD) is a rare treatable autosomal recessive metabolic disorder caused by mutations in SLC19A3 gene. It usually presents with encephalopathy and dystonia; if not treated, can progress to quadriparesis and death. Two Indian siblings born to a consanguineous marriage p...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Gowda VK,Srinivasan VM,Bhat M,Benakappa N

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the duration of the peripheral venous catheter access and the effect of variables such as intravenous fluid, medications and blood products on the life span of the catheter in authors' pediatric intensive care unit. METHODS:All peripheral intravenous lines established in sick children aged 1 mo to ...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Shenoy S,Karunakar BP

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify biomarkers for neuronal injury and outcome in perinatal asphyxia. METHODS:This prospective cohort study was done in authors' level III NICU involving 80 neonates - 40 babies with perinatal asphyxia and 40 weight and gender matched normal neonates. Levels of cytokines IL-6, IL -1β, IL-2 and TNF -...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Bharathi B,Bhat BV,Negi VS,Adhisivam B

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： ICMR Task Force on Inherited Metabolic Disorders.

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of Bifilac on reducing the episodes (frequency) and duration of diarrhea induced by rotaviral infection and to evaluate the efficacy of Bifilac to ameliorate the associated symptoms like dehydration and duration of rotaviral shedding in faeces. METHODS:80 children aged bet...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Narayanappa D

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To field test the Individualised Color Coded Any Day (ICCAD) growth monitoring charts at primary health care level in three districts of Maharashtra. METHODS:The present study was conducted in three districts of Maharashtra - Pune, Satara and Kolhapur and included newborns with weight ≥ 1500 g born during 1s...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Pratinidhi AK,Doke PP,Kakade SV,Aundhkar CD,Ingale SY,Patil SS,Patil SV

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonates are among those patients generating the highest hospital costs in recent years. There are no published data on the costs of neonatal intensive care in our country. The aim of our study was to analyse the cost of neonatal intensive care in a tertiary care unit. The average hospital charges per day were higher ...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Shanmugasundaram R,Padmapriya E,Shyamala J

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The post eighteen months have been exciting time for craniosynostosis research. In a rapid flurry of publications, mutations of fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFRs) have been identified in three of the best known craniosynostosis syndromes, namely Apert, Crouzon and Pfeiffer syndromes, as well as in Jackson-Weis...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Wilkie AO

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of early erythropoietin treatment on induction of erythropoiesis and the need for transfusion in Very Low Birth Weight (VLBW) infants with acute neonatal problems. METHODS:The study group consisted of 14 VLBW prematures with gestational ages less than 32 weeks who were given subcuta...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Atasay B,Günlemez A,Akar N,Arsan S

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the need and feasibility of a Transition Clinic in the care of adolescents with chronic illness. METHODS:A qualitative study, piloted by a questionnaire-based survey, followed by Focus Group Discussions was conducted in the Department of Pediatrics in a government teaching hospital in Kerala. The p...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Menon J,Peter AM,Nayar L,Kannankulangara A

更新日期：2020-06-01 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：:Pulmonary arterial hypertension in children can occur secondary to shunt lesion like ventricular septal defect, patent ductus arteriosus or it may be idiopathic, the so called primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH). The progression of PPH is usually rapid in children as compared to adults and the mean survival is 2-3 ye...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Krishnan U

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the incidence of hyponatremia during the first 48 h in hospitalized children receiving normal saline vs. N/2 saline as maintenance intravenous fluid. METHODS:This open label, randomized controlled trial to compare the incidence of hyponatremia in hospitalized children receiving normal saline (0.9%...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Bagri NK,Saurabh VK,Basu S,Kumar A

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study was carried out to evaluate the efficacy of IPV in neonates and to study the additive effect of IPV or OPV at birth on seroconversion with three subsequent doses of OPV. Addition of IPV or OPV at birth to the conventional OPV schedule resulted in significantly higher seroconversion rates than in the controls...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Jain PK,Dutta AK,Nangia S,Khare S,Saili A

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical retinopathy eventually develops in the majority of insulin dependent diabetics during several decades of metabolic abnormality. Early structural lesions short of clinical significance may occasionally be detected in children much more frequently, however, after puberty. Major factors modulating the developmen...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Weber B,Hövener G,Burger W,Hartmann R,Enders I

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various blood indices vary in a newborn as compared to older child or adult. It depends on the gestational age, day of life, maternal factors, mode of delivery and site of blood collection. Hemoglobin, HCT & MCV tend to be higher in newborns. They further increase in first 2 days of life. Reticulocytosis and presence ...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Lokeshwar MR,Dalal R,Manglani M,Shah N

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the causes and contributing factors of persistent pneumonia in children. METHODS:41 cases with persistent pneumonia were investigated (biochemical, microbiological, histopathological, immunological and radiological tests) to find out the underlying cause. RESULTS:Out of 41 cases, 8 had pulmonary...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Kumar M,Biswal N,Bhuvaneswari V,Srinivasan S

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypocalcemia is a frequently observed clinical and laboratory abnormality in neonates. Ionic calcium is crucial for many biochemical processes including blood coagulation, neuromuscular excitability, cell membrane integrity, and many of the cellular enzymatic activities. Healthy term infants undergo a physiological na...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Jain A,Agarwal R,Sankar MJ,Deorari A,Paul VK

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00