abstract：:Due to changing characteristics of infective endocarditis in the past two decades, we, retrospectively analysed 28 cases of infective endocarditis in children of age less than 15 years at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar from December, 1983 to November, 1993. The incidence of disease was o...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Bhat AW,Jalal S,John V,Bhat AM

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sedation is being used increasingly in children to allay anxiety and discomfort. Sedation can also increase the efficiency of performing both diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in children. There are a wide array of available sedation methods that are used by radiologists, gastroenterologists, hematologists/oncolog...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Suresh S,Hall SC

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to compare two methods of breast milk expression, namely, the manual and the pumping method using a hand-held cylindric pump. The parameters evaluated were (i) the output of breast milk during milk expression sessions of 15 minutes' duration, and, (ii) the subjective preference of the method by...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Paul VK,Singh M,Deorari AK,Pacheco J,Taneja U

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical disappearance of the murmur of rheumatic mitral regurgitation after period of time has been documented by many researchers. However no studies have related the disappearance of the murmur with the functional or anatomical state of the mitral valve. This study was done to elucidate the mitral valve status ...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Kassem AS,el-Walili TM,Zaher SR,Ayman M

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein energy malnutrition leading to growth failure is an inevitable consequence of chronic liver disease in childhood. Although the precise pathophysiology is not understood considerable progress has been made in understanding the mechanisms of fat malabsorption and protein turnover in liver disease. There are many...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Kelly DA

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood samples from 813 newborns were spotted on to filter paper and the 17-hydroxyprogesterone concentration was measured using the Delfia (R) fluorometric immunoassay. The median, mean, and standard deviation (SD) for the total population were 20, 21 and (11) nmol/L respectively. Males had significantly higher levels...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： al-Nuaim AR,Abdullah MA,Stevens B,Zain M

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comprehensive survey was carried out to asses the Vitamin A status of pre-school (0-6 yrs). and school age (6-12 yrs.) children of socio-economically backward families from slums of Bombay and its suburbs. The Vitamin A, protein, calories and iron from the rice and dal based diet was found to be below recommended di...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Aspatwar AP,Bapat MM

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assay of hexosaminidase A and B enzymes in four cases with developmental regression and cherry red spot on fundus examination confirmed that three cases had Tay-Sachs disease, and one case had Sandhoff disease. Prenatal diagnosis was carried out by hexosaminidase enzyme assay in amniotic fluid and cells in one family,...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Kaur M,Verma IC

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study on twin births was conducted from May 1993 to April 1994 at S.A.T. Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram. The twinning rate in this period was found as 17.33 per 1000 births. 79.6% babies in the twin pairs were of like sex and 20.4% were of unlike sex. The incidence of low birth weight twin babies in this study was 68....

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Jaya DS,Kumar NS,Bai LS

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred and forty two mothers in 7 villages of Narayanganj district, Bangladesh were interviewed to assess their knowledge and attitude regarding breastfeeding and weaning using pretested questionnaires, though 83.5% mothers knew that colostrum is good for the child, less than 8 percent of them gave it as the firs...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Das DK,Ahmed S

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since transplacental immunity and waning of maternally derived measles specific antibodies play an important role in determining the optimum age for vaccination of infants against measles, a study was carried out in which 150 paired samples and 581 infant serum samples were tested for measles specific antibodies. Out ...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Sood DK,Kumar S,Singh S,Sharma SB,Sokhey J,Singh H

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone injuries during the process of delivery were studied among 34, 946 live born babies over a 11 period. There were 35 cases of bone injuries giving an incidence of 1 per 1,000 live births. Clavicle was the commonest bone fractured (45.7%) followed by humerus (20%), femur (14.3%) and depressed skull fracture (11.4%)...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Bhat BV,Kumar A,Oumachigui A

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetanus is still an important cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Fifty two patients with tetanus were admitted within a 15 year period to our hospital, and 24 of them died. The remaining cases were called for re-evaluation 3-13 years after the infection. Only 10 cases were admitted again, and 6 ...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Tutuncuoglu S,Demir E,Koprubasi F,Selcuki D

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computers can help to liberate students from the burden of rote learning of facts and enhance the role of reason and imagination in the learning process. Arguably, the computers constitute the most important single resource ever to become available to the teachers and students since the invention of the printing press...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Rattan A,Mittal S,Gupta AK

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guidelines for management of asymptomatic term and preterm neonates born to mothers with prolonged rupture of membranes (PROM) have not been clearly established. A survey was conducted to identify current management practice of neonatologists in midwestern states and to find if there is consensus among physicians with...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Teji JS,Srinivasan G,Pildes RS,Rydman RJ,Jacobs N

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major areas in which innovative approaches in medical education have been tried include student selection, learning strategies, and community orientation. It is relatively easier to implement innovations in a new institution. In established medical schools, running two simultaneous curricula tracks, the traditional an...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Paul VK

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow transplantations have a definite role in treatment of leukemias and lymphomas. In acute myeloid leukemia and CML an allogeneic transplant using an HLA identical donor certainly provides a far superior survival than chemotherapy. Patients with Ph' chromosome need to be transplanted in first remission if a s...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Vats TS

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Auditory evoked responses using BERA were studied in 30 newborn babies with plasma bilirubin > or = 15 mgm/dl and repeated after treatment of neonatal jaundice with bilirubin levels of < or = 10 mgm/dl. A few jaundiced babies (16.5%) showed absent BERA response at the initial/subsequent examination. After treatment, 3...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Bhandari V,Narang A,Mann SB,Raghunathan M,Bhakoo ON

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children who had undergone adenotonsillectomy for recurrent adenotonsillitis showing no signs of clinical or radiological obstructive manifestations were evaluated with pulmonary function tests before, and one month after the operation. In relation to the result obtained by function tests, 60% of 45 cases (27) had the...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Kavukcu S,Coskun S,Cevik N,Kuscu B,Akkoclu A

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the four years period from 1988 to 1991, 50 pediatric patients were diagnosed to have bacterial meningitis, out of a total number of 9057 pediatric admissions at Qatif Central Hospital, Qatif, Saudi Arabia, and 82% were less than two years of age. The causative organisms were isolated in 27 (54%) patients. The ...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Srair HA,Aman H,al-Madan M,al-Khater M

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty patients below the age of 15 years (range 8-1/2 to 15 years, mean 11.8 years) have been studied for the severity of rheumatic mitral regurgitation. Moderately severe to severe pulmonary venous hypertension was found in 76.6% and pulmonary arterial hypertension in 60%. Left ventricular volumes could be calculate...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Shrivastava S,Subramanyan K,Tandon R

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred and three multi-transfused children with thalassemia attending the thalassemia clinic of the Charak Palika Hospital, New Delhi were screened for human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV) antibodies by ELISA test. All positive cases were confirmed by the Western blot test. Of the 203 children screened, 17 (8.37%)...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Khan MA

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low hemoglobin and low MCHC levels were indicative of high incidence of iron deficiency in preschool children. The extent of iron deficiency as assessed by serum ferritin and free erythrocyte protoporphyrin showed a different trend. While FEP levels were highly suggestive of extensive iron deficiency (in 40-45% of chi...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Raman L,Pawashe AB,Ramalakshmi BA

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports the clinical picture and measles virus antibody titres in 32 patients with cases of suspected subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE). The history of myoclonic jerks, mental regression, inability to walk and slurred speech, were noted in these cases. The EEG showed generalised periodic complexes ...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Shaikh NJ,Rodrigues JJ

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical treatment for congenital heart disease has become available over the last five decades. Palliative procedures have been designed to improve physiologic abnormalities, for example systemic artery (or venous) to pulmonary artery shunts of various types to increase the pulmonary blood flow, pulmonary artery cons...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Chopra PS,Rao PS

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High vaginal swabs (HVS) of 1792 expectant mothers were sent for culture at the time of delivery, prior to first vaginal examination. The newborns were followed-up for development of superficial or deep infections. Appropriate cultures of the babies who developed infections were sent. Bacterial growth of predominantly...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Ayengar V,Madhulika,Vani SN

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty children aged 5 months to 3 years and suffering from wheezy baby syndrome (WBS) were evaluated to find out the prevalence of neonatal meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) from the birth records. Twelve (30%) babies with WBS were detected to have a history of MAS at birth, significant enough to require a neonatal I...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Gupta AK,Anand NK

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of taurine in diet is poorly understood. The present evidence suggests that it is a conditionally essential aminoacid in man wherein deficiency states may result in adverse changes which will be improved with supplementation. It has a role in fat absorption in preterm infants and children with cystic fi...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Karan S

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted in children under the age of four years for a period of one year. By domiciliary visits the diarrheal episodes were recorded, analysed and presented. The findings are based on the diarrheal experience of 4860 children. The attack rate was 2.6/child/year. Family with more than one child had mor...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Reddaiah VP,Kapoor SK

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severely malnourished children (26), weight for age 55.27 +/- 3.17, were identified in a colony of predominantly Muslim urban slum dwellers of low economic status. An equal number of normally nourished children matched for age, sex and per capita income were identified. A strong relation was found between nutritional ...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Gupta MC,Mehrotra M,Arora S,Saran M

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four patients from a Muslim family with an inherited skeletal dysplasia are presented. It is more crippling than usual form of spondylo-epiphysial dysplasia tarda and the onset is very early in the life i.e. at 4 years. The disorder is progressive, crippling and has striking clinical resemblance to juvenile rheumatoid...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Archik SG,Kamat RD

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate all the important limbs of the immune system in the same patient population with rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) cellular and humoral immune parameters as well as the immunogenetic profile in 265 North Indian patients with RHD were evaluated. They were studied for class in H...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Reddy KS,Narula J,Bhatia R,Shailendri K,Koicha M,Taneja V,Jhingan B,Pothineni RB,Malaviya AN,Mehra NK

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparison of mortality and morbidity pattern of hospital admissions of children under 14 years during 1966-68 and 1977-81 has been made. Annual admission rate has increased from 1515 to 2515, which is in proportion to the population increase of 3 lacs from 1966 to 1981. Recently more than 70% were discharged within...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Chansoria M,Thora S,Patel NV,Mukerjee B,Shrivastava DK,Kaul KK

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staff of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at the L.T.M.G. Hospital in Bombay, India exclusively feeds all infants breast milk. A lactation management nurse oversees its formal milk banking system by encouraging health mothers of NICU infants to donate milk and by assessing daily milk demand. Breast milk dono...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Fernandez A,Mondkar J,Vaz C

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from 31 children, 23 females (74.2%) and eight males (25.8%) with precocious puberty were analysed. They included 19 cases with central precocious puberty, 5 with premature thelarche, 5 with premature adrenarche and 1 each with adrenal adenoma and virilizing hepatoblastoma. Their clinical and hormonal profile and...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Khandekar S,Dash RJ

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-seven patients with pectus excavatum underwent cardiac examination and echocardiography (M-mode) to determine the diagnostic significance of pectus in children for mitral valve prolapse (MVP). Patients' ages ranged from 1 month to 18 years with a mean age of 5.4 years. Sixty-seven were males. Twenty of the 87 p...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Park JM,Varma SK

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the 500 Down syndrome children karyotyped, 15 (3%) were due to translocation; 10 were 21;21 translocation and five 14;21. There were 9 cases of de novo translocations, while 6 were inherited from father or mother. Family history was characteristic in all the translocation cases, with younger parental age, fetal ...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Lakshminarayana P

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-sectional study was conducted on the children of 146 randomly selected families in Abha, Saudi Arabia. Counting of teeth and examination for caries teeth of children under 12 years of age were done by family visits. The results showed that no child developed teeth before 5 months. By 12 months there were on an...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Khan MU,Abu-Zeid HA,Faraj A

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review is presented on the care of three diabetic emergencies: diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), hypoglycemias and sick days. A treatment scheme, based on low-dose insulin regime and i.v. insulin administration is presented. Plenty of emphasis is laid on fluid and electrolyte therapy. It is stressed that the primary goal...

journal_title：Indian journal of pediatrics

authors： Akerblom HK,Kaprio EA

更新日期：1989-11-01 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