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：:To determine whether persistent rhinorrhoea constitutes a significant problem requiring intervention, 17 rural day care centres (Balwadis) in Tamilnadu, India, were visited. Among 414 children in the Balwadis 92 (22 per cent) children with persistent rhinorrhoea (15 days duration or longer) were identified. Demographi...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Cherian T,Bhattacharji S,Brahmadathan KN,Lalitha MK,Raghupathy P,Steinhoff MC

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysozyme level was measured in the fluid and serum of 42 tuberculous (25 pleural, 11 ascites and 6 pericardial) and 29 non-tuberculous (5 malignant, 9 empyema thoracis, 10 transudative ascites and 5 pyopericardium) effusions. The mean fluid lysozyme level was significantly raised in tuberculous pleural, ascites, and p...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Mishra OP,Yusuf S,Ali Z,Nath G

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiological spectrum of 558 children (< 16 years) with partial seizures seen in a university hospital in south India, was analysed using syndromic classification proposed by the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE). Partial seizures accounted for 57 per cent of childhood epilepsies. Idiopathic localization...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Murthy JM,Yangala R

更新日期：2000-08-01 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：:A case-control study was carried out on 97 consecutive preterm (< 37 weeks) infants to determine predictors associated with failure of nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in the treatment of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). Logistic regression analysis showed that only three risk factors were signific...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Boo NY,Zuraidah AL,Lim NL,Zulfiqar MA

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Portable hanging scales are a common means of weighing young children. Weighing trousers used to suspend children from a hanging scale are uncomfortable and require insertion of the child's legs through the trousers. The 'weighing seat' holds the child in a more natural, comfortable, and secure position, thus increasi...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Murãmoto ML

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic functions of 61 children, diagnosed to have dengue infection (DI), aged 2 months to 12 years comprising 37 cases of dengue fever (DF), 16 with dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), and eight with dengue shock syndrome (DSS) were prospectively studied during the acute attack. Hepatomegaly (74 per cent), epistaxis (26...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Mohan B,Patwari AK,Anand VK

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding breastfeeding of 310 mothers in five rural communities in Toto Local Government in Nassarawa State, Nigeria were investigated using a questionnaire. One hundred and sixty-two (52.3 per cent) mothers were illiterate while 148 (47.7 per cent) had either primary or seconda...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Okolo SN,Adewunmi YB,Okonji MC

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha thalassaemia frequently occurs in several of the Middle Eastern populations. This study was conducted on 26 sickle cell disease (SCD) patients from Yemen and 19 normal children (Hb AA) living in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Blood samples were extracted by venepuncture, and haematological and biochemical parameters were...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： el-Hazmi MA,Warsy AS

更新日期：1999-12-01 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：:In a previous study of rachitic children in Jos, Nigeria we concluded that inadequate dietary intake of calcium was the primary contributing factor to the development of their rickets. The objective of the present study was to determine the effect of calcium supplementation in 10 children with radiographically and bio...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Thacher T,Glew RH,Isichei C,Lawson JO,Scariano JK,Hollis BW,VanderJagt DJ

更新日期：1999-08-01 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：:We examined 397 school children for ankle clonus in five communities in three districts affected by konzo, spastic paraparesis associated with cassava consumption. From a subsample of 131 children, we analysed urine specimens for urinary thiocyanate, linamarin, and inorganic sulphate. The proportion of children with c...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Cliff J,Nicala D,Saute F,Givragy R,Azambuja G,Taela A,Chavane L,Gani A

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most bacterial infections are caused by organisms that have already colonized the host. Bacterial attachment to pharyngeal cells and proliferation may be necessary to infect the lower respiratory tract or middle ear. We investigated the incidence of pathogenic bacteria isolated from the throat of healthy infants with ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Hokama T,Yara A,Hirayama K,Takamine F

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were to determine causes of admission to a district hospital neonatal nursery; to describe outcomes; and to determine risk factors for these outcomes. The study was based at the neonatal nursery of Hlabisa hospital, KwaZulu/Natal; 149 consecutive admissions to the nursery between May and N...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Wilkinson D,Connolly C,Stirling S

更新日期：1999-04-01 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：: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：: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：:During a 4-year period, March 1989 to February 1993, 22 children with proven urinary tract infections (UTI) due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa were studied retrospectively. The infections were more common in males (59 per cent), with the highest number of cases 10 (46 per cent) occurring in the 1-4 year age group. Sixty-ei...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Ozumba UC

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen children with protein-energy malnutrition and eight healthy children between the ages of 6 months and 60 months were studied for blood glucose and serum insulin levels in the fasting state and 120 minutes following oral glucose load. The measurements were repeated after normalization of the body weight followi...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Das BK,Ramesh J,Agarwal JK,Mishra OP,Bhatt RP

更新日期：1998-08-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:Validity of naked eye single tube red cell osmotic fragility test ('Nestroft') was evaluated on 253 individuals divided into two groups. The HbA2 values estimated in each child was taken as gold standard. Group I comprised of 93 individuals belonging to families in which at least one of the children was suffering from...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Gomber S,Sanjeev,Madan N

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective cohort study was carried out to determine the factors affecting initiation of breastfeeding, and describe patterns of breastfeeding and supplemental feeding in the multiethnically and culturally diverse population of Al Ain, UAE. Two-hundred-and-twenty-one infants completed the 4 weeks of follow up. None...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： al-Mazroui MJ,Oyejide CO,Bener A,Cheema MY

更新日期：1997-10-01 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：:We surveyed the clinical presentation, initial management and subsequent course of a prospectively registered cohort of 60 children with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) diagnosed before age 15 years in the Sultanate of Oman between January 1990 and December 1993. Clinical details from the time of diagnosis ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Soliman AT,al Salmi I,Asfour M

更新日期：1997-06-01 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：:The aim of the study was to explore the relationship between protein nutritional status and the development of rickets in children living in northern Nigeria. The diagnosis of rickets in 16 children between the ages of 10 months and 7 years was confirmed using established, and recently developed clinical and biochemic...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Walter EA,Scariano JK,Easington CR,Polaco AM,Hollis BW,Dasgupta A,Pam S,Glew RH

更新日期：1997-04-01 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：: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：:Henoch-Schonlein Purpura (HSP) is a common cause of vasculitis in children. The role of an antecedent streptococcal infection is still controversial. The aim of this study is to verify such a relationship, as well as to provide a profile of the clinical features and the magnitude of this disorder in Jordan. We identif...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： al-Sheyyab M,el-Shanti H,Ajlouni S,Batieha A,Daoud AS

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study attempts to select predictors for indirect estimation of low birth weight from three important anthropometric measurements (viz. body length, head and chest circumferences) taken at birth. The data of 422 Indian low birth weight babies have been used to select the best combination of predictors by examining...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Verma SS,Ghadiok AK,Kishore N,Singh OP

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Focus group discussions involving rural and urban residents drawn from Kanuri and Bura settlements, were conducted as part of an on-going survey of the perception and treatment of diarrhoea among major ethnic groups in northeastern Nigeria. Awareness of oral rehydration therapy (ORT) was universal among participants, ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Akpede GO,Omotara BA,Shettima AG

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-Aspergillus fumigatus antibodies (IgG and IgE class) and serum levels of cytokines (gamma Interferon, Interleukin-2 and tumour necrosis factor-alpha) were studied in multitransfused (MT) children in relation to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The specific antibodies to Aspergillus fumigatus were pre...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Bhatnagar PK,Chattopadhya D,Sharma GL,Madan T,Sarma PU

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between total bilirubin binding capacity (TBBC) and clinical status was investigated in order to assess the risk of bilirubin toxicity in 83 infants with jaundice in this study. Infants with respiratory distress, acidosis, hypoglycaemia, sepsis, asphyxia-anoxia and hypercarbia were accepted as ill and...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Satar M,Atici A,Oktay R

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac complications of 32 children with scorpion envenomation, during a 1-year period from August 1990 to August 1991 were studied. Sixteen children (50 per cent) were diagnosed as having myocarditis; of these in four children the presentation was subclinical. ECG changes were seen in 63 per cent of children envenom...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Das S,Nalini P,Ananthakrishnan S,Sethuraman KR,Balachander J,Srinivasan S

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an industrial hospital in India, a 23 per cent prevalence of low birth weight (LBW) was detected, of which 76 per cent were full term small for date (SFD) babies. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) comprised the single most common obstetrical problem associated with term SFD births (31 per cent). Age, parity...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Misra M,Mishra S,Sharadamma

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00