Lamine Thiam, Adama Coundoul, Isabelle Jokébé Coly, Ndiogou Seck, Djibril Boiro, Aliou Abdoulaye Ndongo, Idrissa Basse, François Niokhor Diouf, Moustapha Ndiaye, Amadou Lamine Fall & Ousmane Ndiaye·Asian Journal of Pediatric Research·2021
Introduction: Febrile seizures are seizures associated with fever in children. They represent a frequent reason for consultation in pediatric emergencies. Febrile convulsions are often qualified as benign pathologies but they are a source of concern, explaining the number of toll...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2021/v5i230167
Introduction: The pandemic caused by the new coronavirus forced the adoption of several measures for individual and collective protection measures, including isolation, which interrupted direct social contact and started to draw the attention of researchers due to its potential...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2021/v5i130164
Mohanad Abdulhadi Saleh Lawgali, Marium Mohamed Mustafa, Rasmia H. Feituri & Faiaz Ragab Salem Halies·Asian Journal of Pediatric Research·2021
Aims: To recognize cardiac arrhythmias and conduction abnormalities in children who underwent a surgical repair for congenital heart disease. Patients and Methods: One hundred thirty one (131) patients underwent a surgical repair of congenital heart disease between 2000-2018, and...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2021/v5i130166
This study aimed at assessing parental awareness of accidents prevention strategies towards the physical wellbeing of preschool children in Port Harcourt metropolis, Rivers State. A quantitative survey design was used for the study. A non-proportionate stratified random sampling...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2021/v5i130165
Introduction: While several literature reports have been published about patients with microdeletions within chromosome 7p, only a small fraction of those reports is specific to deletions that encompass the TWIST gene and HOXA gene cluster. The large-span deletions within this c...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2021/v5i130162
Iheanyi O. Okonko, Tochi I. Cookey, Ifeyinwa N. Chijioke-Nwauche, Sofiat Adewuyi-Oseni & Charles C. Onoh·Asian Journal of Pediatric Research·2021
Aim: Paediatric testing for HIV in low-income and middle-income countries is poor and must be raved up as this is important for treatment and survival among this disease-prone demographic area. This study was carried out to detect the presence of HIV-1 and -2 antibodies among chi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2021/v5i130163
Wejdan Khaled Ba- Atiyah, Riad Abou Zahr, Zaheer Ahmad, Yahia Mohamed El Mahdi & Mohammed Omar Galal·Asian Journal of Pediatric Research·2020
Aims: To understand the accuracy of non-invasively obtained blood pressure gradients (cuff vs Doppler gradient) with an invasively measured pressure gradient. Study Design: Retrospective study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Cardiolog...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2020/v4i430160
Background: Children with vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) are posed to the danger of recurrent pyelonephritis, kidney scar and renal failure. Nowadays, the evaluation of VUR is carried out using different imaging methods that are accompanied with different limitations. Pediatricians...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2020/v4i430158
Background: Diarrhoea is one of the commonest causes of death in children in developing countries. Proper home management can reduce morbidity and mortality. High rates of dietary restriction, poor knowledge of preparation of ORS solutions and low attention given to clinical indi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2020/v4i430159
Aims: To firstly determine the incidence of acute renal failure (ARF) related to malaria in a series of 11 cases among admitted patients at the pediatric hospitals in Dakar, Senegal and to lastly measure the performance of rapid diagnostic test (RDT) and microscopy in malaria dia...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2020/v4i430157