Unintentional poisoning is the most common challenge during the childhood age. Among them organophosphate, the commonly used insecticide is the most common agent related to poisoning in children. Organophosphate poisoning causes up to 25% of mortality worldwide. The present artic...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2022/v9i230263
Introduction: Childhood immunisation is the most cost effective method to prevent vaccine preventable diseases and decrease childhood morbidity and mortality. COVID-19 pandemic has affected routine immunisation of children due to various reasons. We aimed to study the attendance...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2022/v9i230262
Oyster and co-authors (2022) have authored an article called Myocarditis cases reported after mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccination in the United States from December 2020 to August 2021, which studies and investigates the resulting number of cases of Myocarditis concerning the COVID-1...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2022/v9i230261
Nadia Mebrouk, Fatima Jabourik, Bouchra Chkirat, Loubna Chtouki, Thami Benouachane, Hassan Ait Oamer & Abdelali Bentahila·Asian Journal of Pediatric Research·2022
Deficiency rickets due to maternal hypovitaminosis D cause hypocalcaemia in infants, which may be complicated by dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) with myocardial dysfunction. Calcium is central in myocardial contraction coupling, and hypocalcemia decreases myocardial contractility. H...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2022/v9i230260
Andreza Moita Morais, Francisco Plácido Nogueira Arcanjo, Patrick Gonçalves de Oliveira, Caio Plácido Costa Arcanjo, Franco Bieh Dantas de Sousa, Kelle Maria Tomais Parente & Keylla Conceição de Albuquerque Carneiro·Asian Journal of Pediatric Research·2022
Introduction: Iron deficiency anaemia is a serious public health problem in developing countries, especially among children, as it is associated with serious developmental problems. Objective: To assess the effects of weekly ferrous sulphate supplementation on haemoglobin (Hb) le...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2022/v9i130259
Prashanth S. Veeraiah, Vikram S. Kumar, S. R. Dhananjaya, Anil Kallesh, M. K. Sajna, Patil Vinay Kumar & Shivaraj Gowda·Asian Journal of Pediatric Research·2022
Objectives: The aim of our study is to evaluate the effects of perinatal asphyxia and subsequent treatment with therapeutic hypothermia (TH) especially on gastrointestinal system in newborns diagnosed with moderate-to-severe Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE). The primary obje...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2022/v9i130258
Sahana Devadas, Meghana Jagadish, Pavan Kumar Karigoudar, H. Anil Kumar, Varun Govindarajan & Mallesh Kariyappa·Asian Journal of Pediatric Research·2022
Background: Cornelia de Lange syndrome is a genetic syndrome characterized by intellectual disability, facial features with synorphrys or fused eyebrows, upper limb anomalies and atypical growth. It is caused by spontaneous mutations in genes responsible for structural or regulat...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2022/v9i130257
J. Fondop, A. F. Atemkeng, M. C. Athyam, D. J. A. M. Chefor Alain, V. P. Djientcheu, . Scavarda, Pech Guh, J. Jouve, G. Lena & G. Bolini·Asian Journal of Pediatric Research·2022
Study Design: Retrospective case study. Objective: To determine the history, clinical and imaging signs, diagnosis, treatment and clinical follow-up. Summary of Background Data: The cranio vertebral junction (CVJ) is a complex transitional area between the skull, the upper cervic...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2022/v9i130255
Varsha Verma, Bipin Karki, Shyam Kumar Gupta, Ismat Jahan, Mohammad Kamrul Hassan Shabuj, Sadeka Choudhury Moni, Sanjoy Kumer Dey, Mohammod Shahidullah & M. A. Mannan·Asian Journal of Pediatric Research·2022
Background: Newborns with intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) are known to permanently change their physiology and metabolism to adapt to limited supply of nutrients in utero. These programmed changes can later be the cause for the origin of diseases like coronary artery disea...
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Salima M. M. Alzehawi, Amina Beayou, Najat B. Elgazal, Fawzia S. Khalifa, Salimah S. Alabeedi & Mohamed M. Alferjani·Asian Journal of Pediatric Research·2022
Patients undergoing chemotherapy are vulnerable to infection because of immunosuppression and prolonged hospitalizations. Chemotherapy drugs affect neutrophil production through myelosuppression (1) and low inflammatory response so that fever maybe the manifestation of infection...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2022/v8i430253