Vitamin A deficiency and T-cell subpopulations in children with meningococcal disease.

abstract：:Echocardiography (ECHO), electrocardiography (ECG), and chest radiography (CXR) were performed in 44 children with kwashiorkor, and 44 age- and sex-matched controls. In patients with kwashiorkor, mean values obtained for end diastolic dimension (29.2 +/- 3.8 mm), end systolic dimension (20.9 +/- 2.8 mm), posterior ven...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Olowonyo MT,Ogunkunle OO,Akinbami FO,Jaiyesimi F

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether angiopoietin-1 and endostatin levels in the cord blood could predict the subsequent development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in preterm infants. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A total of 102 preterm (gestational age ≤ 32 weeks) infants (28 infants developed BPD and 74 had no BPD) were enrol...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Mohamed WA,Niyazy WH,Mahfouz AA

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was taken up to evaluate the pattern of disease progression and survival in a group of HIV-1 positive children, coinfected with HCV infection (n=25) in comparison to those without such coinfection (n=23). There was a significant negative correlation between the rate of decline of the CD4 + T cell per...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Shivraj SO,Chattopadhya D,Grover G,Kumar A,Baveja UK

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessing mortality pattern of children after discharge from hospital is important to guide appropriate management policy. We studied young children aged 1-23 months, who were discharged from an urban Diarrhoea Treatment Hospital. Children were enrolled on discharge from the hospital, and followed at home after 6 and ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Islam MA,Rahman MM,Mahalanabis D,Rahman AK

更新日期：1996-12-01 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：:Idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis (IPH) is a rare disorder characterized by recurrent bouts of haemoptysis, iron deficiency anaemia, and pulmonary infiltrates on chest radiograph. We present such a case and believe that it is the first report from the Middle East. ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Paul G,Bhatnagar SK,al Maskary S,Kuruvilla S,Kurien S

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to classify intrauterine growth-retarded (IUGR) newborn babies from an urban region in Brazil into four different subtypes, according to their weight, length, and ponderal index (PI). Three hundred and fifty-six (356) babies were differentiated by this classification into IUGR subtypes ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Rondó PH

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analyzed the pathogen distribution in bloodstream-infected (BSI) children hospitalized in Shandong Province from 2015 to 2018, to identify prevention strategies and select empiric antimicrobial therapy for BSI in children. Blood sample data from 14 107 children from 162 hospitals of Shandong Province were o...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Wang C,Hao W,Yu R,Wang X,Zhang J,Wang B

更新日期：2020-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The study reports on chloroquine resistance of Plasmodium falciparum among Sudanese children (6 month to 16 years) living at Wad Medani, Central Sudan. All RI-III levels of resistant response were confirmed, while in vitro sensitivity test indicated that 25 per cent of P. falciparum isolates examined had exhibited mat...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Ibrahim AM,Ali FR,Ali ME

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disseminated cryptococcosis is infrequent in immunocompetent children. Pulmonary and central nervous system are the commonly involved sites of infection in an immunocompromised host. We report a fatal case of disseminated cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent host presenting as fever of unknown origin with miliary shad...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Ismail J,Chidambaram M,Sankar J,Agarwal S,Lodha R

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of socio-economic/cultural factors on the growth of school children in the city of Shiraz (Southern Iran) are examined by using univariate and multivariate analysis (ANOVA and MANOVA). Districts of residence and fathers' level of education are identified as the factors affecting the growth of children afte...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Ayatollahi SM

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Necrotizing pneumonia (NP) is recently recognized as a complication of pneumonia. The data on NP are scant from developing world and we aimed to describe the characteristic features of NP in our children. STUDY DESIGN:Single center retrospective cohort analysis. PATIENT SELECTION:Institutional database of c...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Sharma PK,Vinayak N,Aggarwal GK,Srivastava RD,Aggarwal PK,Kushwaha AS

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred children in the age group 6 months to 5 years were investigated for cell-mediated immune response in relation to their nutrition. The nutritional status was assessed by the Wellcome classification. The majority (54 per cent) of children had marasmus. Absolute lymphocyte count was found to be significantly ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Fakhir S,Ahmad P,Faridi MA,Rattan A

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are no evidence-based guidelines for the treatment of neonatal sepsis although standard text books recommend 14 days of antibiotics for blood culture-proven neonatal sepsis. OBJECTIVE:The present study compared the effectiveness of a 10-day course of antibiotic therapy with the conventional 14-day cou...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Gathwala G,Sindwani A,Singh J,Choudhry O,Chaudhary U

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnostic value of serum adenosine deaminase (ADA) activity was evaluated in childhood pulmonary tuberculosis. Serum ADA levels were measured in 20 children diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis (group 1) and 150 children (group 2) including 128 with tuberculosis infection (Mantoux test positive) and 22 healthy c...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Kuyucu N,Karakurt C,Bilaloğlu E,Karacan C,Teziç T

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosomiasis is an important communicable disease in the developing world. However, testicular schistosomiasis is an extremely rare condition. We report a case of testicular schistosomiasis mimicking testicular tumour in a 13 year old who presented with huge unilateral testicular mass. The dilemma encountered in th...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Ekenze SO,Modekwe VO,Nzegwu MA,Ekpemo SC,Ezomike UO

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety of heated humidified high-flow nasal cannula (HHHFNC) and nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) for prevention of extubation failure in preterm infants. METHODS:Preterm infants (gestation ≥28 weeks) were randomized to HHHFNC or nC...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Yengkhom R,Suryawanshi P,Gupta B,Deshpande S

更新日期：2020-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A protocol of nutritional rehabilitation using fermented milk, vegetable oil, and castor sugar has been tested on 54 Senegalese children age 6-36 months admitted with acute diarrhoea and malnutrition. At time of admission, 39 per cent of children were dehydrated and 26 per cent had sugar intolerance. In the course of ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Beau JP,Fontaine O,Garenne M

更新日期：1989-12-01 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：:Growth faltering, which may herald protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) usually begins between ages 6 and 12 months. However, arm circumference (AC or MUAC) has mainly been used to screen for PEM between 12 and 60 months of age, when AC is age-independent. This study of 378 infants aged 6-12 months in Pakistan, Nepal, Si...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Pust R,Johnson P,Lautenschlager J

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To estimate the prevalence and effects of sepsis-induced myocardial dysfunction (SIMD) in children with septic shock. Methodology:Enrolled children with septic shock (n = 31) and sepsis (n = 30) underwent echocardiography and cardiac troponin-I (cTnI) estimation within first 3 h. SIMD was defined as presence...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Jain A,Sankar J,Anubhuti A,Yadav DK,Sankar MJ

更新日期：2018-12-01 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：:The biparietal diameter (BPD) in 202 rural Tanzanian newborns was measured and correlated to maturity and body weight. The mean BPD at birth was 9.0 cm. The average body weight was 2642 g. Fetal maturity was determined by Petrussa score, serving as an estimate for gestational age. The mean gestational age of the 202 n...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Gutknecht JH

更新日期：1998-04-01 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：:This study evaluated the influence of iron supplementation in pregnancy and breastfeeding on iron status of lactating women from a Brazilian Human Milk Bank. Blood and mature breast milk samples were collected from 145 women for assessment of iron status, as well as copper and zinc status. Haemoglobin, serum iron and ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Mello-Neto J,Rondó PH,Oshiiwa M,Morgano MA,Zacari CZ,dos Santos ML

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：: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：:Rotavirus vaccination was introduced in Brazil in March 2006. We describe the distribution of rotavirus genotypes in children with acute gastroenteritis in a hospital in Recife, Brazil, during pre- and post-vaccination periods. There was a 43.8% reduction in the proportion of diarrhea episodes due to rotavirus. Nevert...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Montenegro FM,Falbo AR,Germano EM,Correia NB,Souza Eda S,Nakagomi O,Nakagomi T,Cuevas LE,Cunliffe NA,Correia JB

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A randomized controlled trial was conducted over a 1-year period (November 2001-November 2002) in Addis Ababa to study the effectiveness of early Kangaroo mother care before stabilization of low birthweight infants as compared with the conventional method of care. There were 259 babies weighing less than 2000 g during...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Worku B,Kassie A

更新日期：2005-04-01 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