AbstractSerological diagnosis during neonatal screening is crucial in disease prevention. Among the infectious diseases, the most common are toxoplasmosis, rubella, and cytomegalovirus. Traditional diagnostic methods are used to detect a single infectious ag.....
AbstractResuscitation at the borders of viability, particularly at <23 weeks gestation, remains a common ethical dilemma for clinicians. Some of these challenges include: whether to provide lifesaving treatment at limits of viability after considering what i.....
AbstractThe first relevant effect of a diagnosis or suspicion of autism, or autism spectrum disorder(ASD), in toddlers and children is an emotional devastation in the great majority of families. After six days 4 mothers out of 5 go into depression which in s.....
AbstractBackground: Combination antibiotics consisting beta-lactam and aminoglycoside are commonly utilized in the treatment of neonatal septicemia. The aims of this study were (1) to determine safety and efficacy of the revised gentamicin dosage regimen and.....
AbstractBackground and Objectives: Legislation regulates rights also of individuals with mental disorders. Observance of these regulations is monitored by Ombudsman, or the Public Defender of the Rights which was created in Slovakia with the adoption of the .....
AbstractChildren with Sickle Cell Anemia (SCA), have various degrees of macro and micronutrient deficiencies largely due to an increase in cell turnover, poor nutritional intake, and absorption changes. These deficiencies, some of which are well studied, may.....
AbstractAcute gastroenteritis is one of the most common infectious diseases in humans and continues to be one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. This study compared the prevalence and clinical features of childhood rotavirus (RV) and.....
AbstractObjective: To analyze whether the Body Mass Index (BMI), Body Fat Percentage (%BF), Waist Circumference (WC), Age, Fat-Free Mass (FFM), and Gender are associated with thoracic hyperkyphosis in adolescents.
Methods: 380 adolescents aged between 10 an.....
AbstractObjective: Systematic review to search for evidence on the influence of parental self-efficacy on preterm growth infants after hospital discharge.
Methods: The inclusion criteria were preterm births as a target population, which referred to parental.....
AbstractPotassium depletion in eating disorders can be fatal. As people with disordered eating become aware of the risks, they may seek on their own, or obtain on physician recommendation, oral potassium supplements. Such supplements are endorsed on the inte.....
AbstractThis article describes a unique multisensory approach to dyslexic remediation, suitable for children beyond the age of 7 years, that involves the use of both hands; the left for learning the spatial order and the right for learning the sequential ord.....
AbstractBackground: Handwriting is one of the fundamental skills for school-aged children, and it is an intricate and interacting process. An innovative computerized handwriting assessment system, the Smart Handwriting Analysis and Recognition Platform (SHAR.....
AbstractAbstract
In immune-sensitive children, repeated exposure to natural rubber latex (hevea brasiliensis
proteins) can cause severe allergic manifestations of atopy, increased expression of neurotrophins,
increased immunometabolism, hypoxia, cytokin.....
AbstractIt has been proposed that necrotizing enterocolitis [NEC] is not one disease, but rather the final common pathway along a clinical spectrum.
Aim: We aimed to examine the hypothesis that early NEC in extremely low gestational age [ELGA - GA<28 weeks].....
AbstractRetinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a disorder of the developing retinal blood vessels in preterm infants of low birth weight, and is a leading cause of childhood blindness, especially in the developing world. With timely screening and intervention, .....
AbstractObjective: Therapeutic disciplines have specific ethical codes. Codes of ethics provide a framework for ethical behavior. They do not offer specific guidelines for application in particular instances. Children with disabilities are eligible for relat.....
AbstractIntroduction: Tinnitus is a sound heard without an external sound source. Childhood tinnitus and hearing loss are often underdiagnosed. Therefore, the intervention may be late. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of hearing loss and .....
AbstractObjectives: To describe and discuss the experiences and moments lived in a public Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) in the countryside of Mato Grosso do Sul at the beginning of the COVID 19 pandemic in Brazil; with a view of the pediatric intensiv.....
AbstractBackground: Acute kidney injury is one of the commonest diseases among newborn babies hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care units. It is potentially preventable and treatable with timely intervention which includes conventional therapy and Kidn.....
AbstractPediatrics are defined as those age groups less than or equal to 18 years including premature. Medication use in children may be accompanied by problems not seen in adults or cause adverse drug reactions that are more common than in adults. The rate .....
AbstractThis brief report describes the methods to monitor postnatal growth in the preterm infants. The report is divided into two sections. Section 1 would address the definitions of extrauterine growth restriction (EUGR), while section 2 would discuss the .....
AbstractBackground: Caudal regression syndrome (CRS), or sacral agenesis (or hypoplasia of the sacrum), is a rare congenital abnormality with an estimated incidence of approximately 0.1-0.25:10,000 of normal pregnancies, resulting from a developmental failur.....
AbstractNutritional issues limit the growth and development in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Impaired nutrition results in malnutrition, growth failure, micronutrients deficiencies, osteopenia, and overall brain development. Various reasons for their po.....
AbstractBackground: Prematurity is an important cause of neonatal mortality, and is defined as a delivery of a live neonate before 37 completed weeks of pregnancy.
Aim: To assess the prevalence, risk factors and outcomes of preterm birth at the neonatology .....
AbstractTension headache is a common clinical diagnosis in children suffering from chronic headache, but little known about this condition. We conducted clinical observation of 6100 patients (ages 5-18, citizens of Israel), suffering from “Tension Headache.....
AbstractThis article illuminates the important role of the Committee on the Rights of the Child in monitoring the progress made and identifying remaining difficulties in the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in each of its 196.....
AbstractCystic fibrosis is the most common genetic disease in children of transmission, autosomal recessive. The nutritional status is a major clinical element of monitoring, prognosis and management, with this in mind, we carried out this study in order to .....
AbstractObjectives: To detect the prevalence of enteric viruses and to investigate the association between the infection and the clinical data collected from patients.
Methods: Fecal samples collected between September 2019 and August 2020 from 239 Jordania.....
AbstractIntroduction: With the advent of the SARS-CoV-19 pandemic in late 2019, several cases of virus-related myocarditis are emerging. In regard to the pediatric population, such cases were
related to the MIS-C, which usually manifested about three weeks .....
AbstractObjective: To describe the clinical profile, mortality and short term outcomes of children hospitalised with acute seizures at two tertiary hospitals in Harare,
Zimbabwe.
Methods: A hospital based, cross-sectional study conducted among children age.....
AbstractOur study aims to assess the differences between MIS-C and KD in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors’ personalized assessment of the relationship between the
two circumstances is presented in the present review. A critical examinatio.....