Neonatal sepsis following mater ...
Edwardsiella tarda, a gram-negative bacterium, is a rare pathogen in the neonatal period. We present a term newborn that developed E. tarda septicem ...
Diagnosis and management of acu ...
Acute pharyngitis is one of the most frequent causes of primary care physician visits; however, there is no agreement about which is the best strate ...
Management of pulmonary hyperte ...
Children with Down syndrome (DS) are at greater risk of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) than the general population, partly due to upper airwa ...
Neurological complications of p ...
The aim of this study was to determine the clinical characteristics of children demonstrating neurological complications with pandemic influenza (H1 ...
Prenatal presentation of transi ...
Introduction Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (DI) in the foetus has been described as a rare presentation of severe polyhydramnios. Discussion We re ...
Haiti earthquake 2010: a field ...
On January 12 2010, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti. The region had suffered an estimated 316,000 fatalities with approximately 300,000 inju ...
The diagnosis of brain tubercul ...
Toddlers are more prone to develop severe and extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) than older children. This is partially explained by differences in th ...
Idiopathic severe constriction ...
Idiopathic intrauterine constriction/closure of the ductus arteriosus, which is distinct from that secondary to maternal exposure to non-steroidal a ...
IgA nephropathy associated with ...
Most patients with IgA nephropathy exhibit complement deposition in the glomerular mesangium. Certain cases of IgA nephropathy have been associated ...
The impact of prophylaxis on pa ...
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of lower respiratory tract infections and hospitalizations in children aged <2 years. The aim ...
Discomfort in children undergoi ...
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans for research purposes usually do not directly benefit the children scanned, so that review boards need to ass ...
Maternal active or passive smok ...
The aim of this study was to assess the influence of active and passive maternal smoking on placenta total oxidant/antioxidant status in term infant ...
Performance characteristics of ...
Rapid tests for diagnosis of influenza are valuable assets in the management of influenza in pediatric patients. However, test performance fluctuate ...
Clinical and epidemiological ch ...
In June 2009, the first influenza pandemic of the twenty-first century, due to the swine origin influenza A (H1N1) 2009 virus, was declared. This st ...
Novel UBR1 gene mutation in a p ...
Johanson–Blizzard syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder, characterized by exocrine pancreatic deficiency and a wide range of other abnorma ...
Early diagnosis of cerebral X-l ...
Approximately one third of boys with X-linked adrenoleukodystophy (X-ALD) develop an acute, progressive inflammatory process of the central nervous ...
Diagnosis of alpha-1-antitrypsi ...
Alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency is a rare genetic disorder characterized by hepatitis in neonates, childhood and adulthood (protease inhibitor ...
Individual and social predictor ...
Many children exceed suggested screen-viewing guidelines and this is likely to be a risk factor for obesity. Understanding the predictors of screen- ...
Low and high birth weight as ri ...
Studies testing whether birth weight and childhood obesity differ by gender are lacking. We aimed to describe the relationship between birth weight ...
Obesity, metabolic syndrome, an ...
Introduction Children after craniopharyngioma surgery often develop rapid weight gain and hyperphagia. We investigate the metabolic syndrome feature ...
Clinical characteristics of chi ...
Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) is a very rare and severe form of group A streptococcal infection whose clinical characteristics, therapy, ...
Association between toll-like r ...
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play an important role in the induction and regulation of the innate immune system and adaptive immune responses. TLR10 g ...
The relationship between migrai ...
Migraine is the most common headache in childhood, and there are some reports that suggest the relationship between migraine and right-to-left shunt ...
Survey of sleeping position rec ...
The risk of sudden infant death syndrome is increased in prematurely born infants compared to those born at term, particularly if they are either sl ...
Study of patients with Hyper-Ig ...
Hyper-IgM syndromes are characterized by normal or elevated serum IgM levels with the absence or reduced levels of other immunoglobulins. There are ...