Background: Preterm infants with Intra-Ventricular Hemorrhage (IVH) are at risk for developing significant complications, including post hemorrhagic hydrocephalus and seizures. Neonatal seizures are the most common overt manifestation of neurological dysfunction in the newborn, a...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2021/v6i130185
Objective of the Study: We sought to evaluate the role of guidewire placement as ureteral stent in passive ureteral dilatation for uretero-renoscope negotiation in pediatric patients. Study Designs: This was a prospective cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of the Study: De...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2021/v6i130184
Background: Sepsis is one of the most common causes of mortality and morbidity among neonates. The prevalence of microorganisms varies with regions, and the sensitivity pattern also changes over time. Aim: To study the prevalence of various microorganisms and their sensitivity...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2021/v6i130183
Introduction: Inflammatory demyelinating disease like combined central and peripheral demyelination (CCPD) could have varied clinical presentation depending upon the topographical distribution of neural involvement. Case presentation: A seven-year-old child had presented with fev...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2021/v5i430182
Aims: To determine the clinical and laboratory profile of children with acute post streptococcal glomerulonephritis (APSGN) admitted into Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH) Sokoto, the outcome, and factors associated with in-hospital mortality. Study Design: A...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2021/v5i430181
Objective and Methods: HIV specific health related quality of life (HRQOL) instrument based on PedQLTM4.0 generic scale was prepared and named HIV-QOL. It was validated and used to evaluate HRQOL in HIV infected children in an observational,crossectional study conducted in the De...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2021/v5i430180
I. L. Oboro, M. Bob-Manuel, I. N. Chijioke-Nwauche, O. Maduka, T. Kasso, A. T. O. Awopeju, N. I. Paul, L. E. Yaguo-Ide, M. Ogoro, I. M. Siminialayi, C. I. Abam, A. R. Nte, F. O. Nduka, O. K. Obunge & C. A. Nwauche·Asian Journal of Pediatric Research·2021
Background: Malaria still remains an overwhelming cause of morbidity and mortality among children under five years of age, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of Plasmodium parasitemia among children below 5 years of age in Akwa...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2021/v5i430179
Cynthia Francisca Xavier Costa de Assis Silva, Maria do Carmo Barros de Melo, Roberto Gomes Chaves & Maria Cândida Ferrarez Bouzada·Asian Journal of Pediatric Research·2021
Objective: To investigate the proficiency, practices, and attitudes about breastfeeding of participants in a Pediatrics Congress. Methods: Cross-sectional study in which an online questionnaire was applied, using a specific QRcode, for each study participant, in June 2018. The qu...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2021/v5i430178
Aims: To determine the factors associated with the occurrence of skin diseases among children attending the Children’s Outpatient Clinic of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH). Study Design: A Cross sectional study design was used. It was both descriptive and...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2021/v5i330177
Background: The risk factors of neonatal jaundice are largely known, yet there is little agreement on the association between it and perinatal asphyxia. Aim: To investigate the association between severe perinatal asphyxia (SPA) and the risk of clinical jaundice (NNJ) among neona...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2021/v5i330176
Introduction: Hepatic hemangioma is the third most common pediatric tumor, and it is rare in the neonatal period. Because of its rarity, a treatment strategy for this disease is still being established. Patient and Methods: A neonate girl was referred to our unit for hepatomegal...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2021/v5i330175
This is an interesting case of myiasis found in the umbilicus in an eight-day-old infant with successful treatment. Because of its connection to the vital abdominal organs, any suspicion of infections around the umbilicus always requires immediate medical attention.
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2021/v5i330174
Community-acquired Pneumonia (CAP) is an infection of the lung parenchyma that is acquired outside of hospital, [1] involved approximately 150 million new cases annually, among children younger than 5 years old worldwide. We retrospectively evaluated the effect of Prednisolone in...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2021/v5i330173
Elsharif A. Bazie, Abdulkarim Alanazi, Wejdan Hamed Abdullah Alshammari, Fahad Mishal Alharbi & Faisal Ahmed Alghamdi·Asian Journal of Pediatric Research·2021
Coronaviruses (CoV) are RNA respiratory viruses that present with a wide range of symptomatology which range from common cold to severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV). In December 2019 a new strain was...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2021/v5i230171
The “Type of Article” of this paper is “Letter to the Editor”. This paper discuses about: “Effect of COVID-19 on Mental Health of Teenagers”. No formal abstract is available. Readers are requested to read the full article.
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2021/v5i230172