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Evaluation of cerebral autoregulation of oxygen by NIRS method during postnatal transition period in term and late preterm newborns without resuscitation requirement J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Omer Ertekin, Mehmet Buyuktiryaki, Sehribanu Isik, Nilufer Okur, Serife Suna Oguz
BACKGROUND Pulse oximetry is commonly used to monitor arterial oxygen saturation and heart rate during the transition period and reference intervals have been determined. However, the effect of the change in arterial oxygen saturation on tissue oxygenation does not seem to be the same. So, a non-invasive method for monitoring cerebral or regional tissue oxygenation will be potentially useful for vulnerable
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Prevalence and predictors of mortality among hospitalized children with severe acute malnutrition in a hospital in North Cameroon J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-11-26 Danièle Christiane Kedy Koum, Charlotte Eposse, Loick Pradel Kojom Foko, Ritha Mbono Betoko, Zeinabou Ismaila, Carine Laure Njanseb Nfanleu, Diomède Noukeu Njinkui, Calixte Ida Penda
Background Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is a major public health concern responsible for paediatric hospitalizations and more than one-third of deaths across the world. In 2013, SAM caused ≥20% of deaths in severely malnourished infants in Douala, the economic capital of Cameroon. There is little data on SAM in economically, sanitary and socially disadvantaged Cameroonian regions including the North
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Anthropometric measurements and body composition of preterm infants born ≤34 weeks at 12–13 months corrected age as compared to term infants J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-11-24 Apoorva Kutar, Padmasani Venkat Ramanan, Kandathil Eapen Elizabeth, A J Hemamalini
Background Growth in the first year of life depends primarily on nutrition. Currently, the infant feeding practices of term babies are being extrapolated for preterms. While extrapolating, it is not clear if corrected age (CA) or chronological age should be used. In preterm infants, born ≤34 week gestation age, this difference may be more than 6 weeks. We studied the growth parameters and body composition
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Kangaroo mother care utilization at stepdown ward of a tertiary care teaching hospital: a quality improvement study. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Dipen V Patel,K Sameer,Reshma K Pujara,Somashekhar M Nimbalkar,Paresha Y Patel,Jayshreeben B Makwana,Smita N Patel
PURPOSE India has the highest burden of preterm/low birth weight newborns. To tackle this, Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) needs to be scaled up. We did a quality improvement (QI) study to increase KMC coverage to 80% and its utilization to at least 4 h/infant/day. METHODS This study was conducted at a stepdown ward (KMC ward) of a tertiary care teaching institute over a period of four months. All babies
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Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in pediatric hospital surgical unit: a lower-middle-income country perspective. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Murad Habib,Noshela Javed,Sadia Asmat Burki,Mansoor Ahmed,Muhammad Amjad Chaudhary
BACKGROUND The objective of our study was to measure and give insight into the seropositivity of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the patients in our pediatric hospital surgical unit in Pakistan. METHODS A prospective cohort study was conducted at a tertiary care pediatric hospital surgical unit in Pakistan between 1 January 2021 and 1 June 2021 on the enrolled neonates and children aged 1 day to 13 years
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Assessment of interleukin 1 receptor antagonist (IL-1RA) levels in children with and without community acquired pneumonia: a hospital based case-control study. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Neha Verma,Shally Awasthi,Anuj K Pandey,Prashant Gupta
The primary objective was to compare serum interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1RA) levels in cases of community acquired pneumonia (CAP) and healthy age-gender-matched controls. The secondary objective was to compare serum IL-1RA levels in cases which were positive or negative for Streptococcus pneumoniae in the blood by real-time-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Hospitalized children with World
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Antenatal corticosteroid therapy, delivery intervals and perinatal mortality in low-resource settings. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Stanley Mwita,Benjamin Kamala,Eveline Konje,Deogratias Katabalo,Delfina R Msanga,Karol J Marwa,Namanya Basinda,Gilbert Kongola,Mary Jande,Deborah Dewey
BACKGROUND Uncertainty exists regarding the ideal interval between the administration of antenatal corticosteroids (ACS) and delivery. The study's objective was to assess the risks of perinatal mortality and respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) among preterm neonates whose mothers gave birth within 48 h of the administration of ACS and those whose mothers gave birth between 48 h and 7 days. METHODS
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Ten- vs. 14-day antibiotic therapy for culture-positive neonatal sepsis. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Kamirul Islam,Nazima Khatun,Kuntalkanti Das,Sudipto Paul,Taraknath Ghosh,Kaustav Nayek
BACKGROUND Neonatal sepsis is a major determinant of neonatal mortality. There is a scarcity of evidence-based guidelines for the duration of antibiotics in culture-positive sepsis. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of 10- and 14-day antibiotic therapies in the management of culture-positive neonatal sepsis. METHODS This randomized controlled trial was conducted in the neonatal
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Trends in clinical features and severity of Plasmodium vivax malaria among children at tertiary care center in North India. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Aditi Arya,Shyam Sundar Meena,Monika Matlani,Shewta Chaudhry,Vineeta Singh
BACKGROUND Malaria is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in adults and children. Plasmodium falciparum is the primary cause of severe malaria, but recently Plasmodium vivax is also recognized to cause severe malaria-associated morbidity and mortality. The study focuses on determining the mortality related to severity parameters in individuals under 12 years and their critical presentation
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COVID-19 lockdown effect on healthcare utilization and in-hospital mortality in children under 5 years in Cape Town, South Africa: a cross-sectional study. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Noradin Elmi,Liezl Smit,Thandi Wessels,Moleen Zunza,Helena Rabie
BACKGROUND COVID-19 pandemic measures resulted in the de-escalation of non-COVID-19 healthcare provision. METHODS A retrospective cross-sectional study of routinely collected data was done to investigate the effect of COVID-19 policies on the healthcare utilization and mortality of children younger than 5 years in Eastern Cape Town, South Africa. We compared visits to primary and urgent care facilities
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Cerebrospinal fluid tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) levels in children with cerebral malaria. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Rajniti Prasad,Raghvendra Singh Patel,S P Mishra,Ankur Singh,Abhishek Abhinay,Tej Bali Singh
This prospective cross-sectional study evaluated the diagnostic and prognostic role of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) in children with cerebral malaria (CM) and its role in the differentiation of CM from non-cerebral severe malaria. CSF TNF-α was measured using a human TNF-α enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit of 39 cases of CM and 19 cases of non-cerebral severe malaria
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Prevalence of sleep disorders in children with Congenital Zika Syndrome. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Carolina Santos Souza Tavares,Raquel Souza Marques,Victor Santana Santos,Hudson P Santos,Monique Carla da Silva Reis,Paulo Ricardo Martins-Filho
Studies have reported that children with Congenital Zika Syndrome (CZS) experience changes in their sleep patterns, which can result in mood disturbances, behavioral issues and delays in growth and development. This systematic review synthesized the available evidence on the prevalence of sleep disorders in children with CZS. Eligible studies were those with an observational design that reported sleep
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Clinical profile of infants with late onset sepsis admitted in a North East Indian tertiary care center: insights into the uncharted. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Sugunan Niranjana,Chongtham Shyamsunder Singh,Khuraijam Ranjana Devi,O Okendrajit Singh,Chabungbam Smilie,Sareet Kumari Nandeibam
OBJECTIVES To assess the clinical profile of infants with late onset sepsis admitted in a tertiary care hospital in North-East India. METHODS Prospective observational study was carried out in Department of Paediatrics, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences hospital during a period of 2 years (September 2019-August 2021). RESULTS A total of 109 patients were included in the study, of which 80 were
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Evaluation and monitoring of eye findings in children exposed to Zika virus during gestation: 3 years of follow-up. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Maria Luiza Bernardes Dos Santos,Luiz Cláudio Santos De Souza Lima,Andrea Araújo Zin,Maria Elisabeth Lopes Moreira,Zilton Farias Moreira De Vasconcelos,Luiza Maceira De Almeida Neves,Maurício Bastos Pereira,Renata Artimos De Oliveira Vianna,Luis Guillermo Coca Velarde,Solange Artimos De Oliveira,Lee Woodland Riley,Claudete Aparecida Araújo Cardoso
INTRODUCTION Congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) is a recently described disease. Our main objective was to evaluate and monitor, over 3 years, the ophthalmoscopic findings in children exposed to zika virus (ZIKV) during gestation. METHODS This prospective observational study was conducted in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between April 2016 and May 2019. We evaluated two groups with exanthema serving as a proxy
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Pediatric sepsis profile in a tertiary-care hospital in Indonesia: a 4-year retrospective study. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Antonius Hocky Pudjiadi,Nina Dwi Putri,Stephanie Wijaya,Fatima Safira Alatas
AIM This study aimed to explore the factors contributing to mortality and its management among pediatric sepsis patients at a single center in Indonesia. METHOD We conducted a retrospective study of children admitted due to sepsis from January 2015 to December 2019 in an Indonesian tertiary hospital. RESULTS The mortality rate of pediatric sepsis in our study was 76.1% among 176 records with outcome
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Tissue expression of the SARS-CoV-2 cell receptor gene ACE2 in children. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Jiyi Huang,Zhibin Guo,Junkai Duan,Yong Zou,Kuai Chen,Hui Huang,Sheng Zhang,Yunguo Zhou
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a significant global public health problem. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which causes the disease, utilizes angiotensin-converting enzyme II (ACE2) as a major functional receptor to enter host cells. No study has systematically assessed ACE2 expression in multiple tissues in children. This study investigated ACE2 expression
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Global perspective from high-income countries on phototherapy threshold differences at 24 h in 36- and 38-week newborn infants. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Shabih Manzar
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Competencies of junior medical doctors in managing seriously ill and injured children: time to rethink our current training approach? J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-06 Louisa Erasmus, Andrew Redfern, Liezl Smit
Background The correct treatment of very ill and injured children is critical, yet little is known about the competencies of South African (SA) junior doctors in managing these children. Methods This survey documents SA junior doctors’ reported resuscitation training opportunities, experience, skills and knowledge. Results A total of 118 doctors (interns, medical officers and registrars) from paediatric
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Catch-up vaccination and enhanced immunization against hepatitis B, hepatitis A, measles, mumps, rubella and varicella in children with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-24 Serçin Taşar,Medine Ayşin Taşar,Rukiye Ünsal Saç,Bülent Alioğlu
BACKGROUND Limited data exist about the vaccination of children with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) against vaccine preventable diseases. This study identified the vaccination status of children with ITP against hepatitis A, hepatitis B, measles, mumps, rubella and varicella, completed the immunization of children with inadequate immunization, re-evaluated post-vaccination antibody titers
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Knowledge and experiences of healthcare workers in managing children with neurometabolic disorders in a developing country: a cross-sectional study. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-24 Arushi Gahlot Saini,Bhanudeep Singanamalla,Pradeep Kumar Gunasekaran,Gunjan Didwal,Savita Verma Attri
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the knowledge and experiences of healthcare workers in the management of neurometabolic disorders. METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out among the 132 participants of a continued medical education program conducted in the Department of Pediatrics at a tertiary-care teaching hospital. A questionnaire-based feedback form was circulated among the participants, and their
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Disseminated Bacillus Calmette-Guérin infection: role of imaging in the evaluation of complications. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-24 Ardeshir Rajabi,Gholamreza Pouladfar,Yasamin Dehghan,Zahra Jafarpour,Alireza Dehghan
BACKGROUND The Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine is generally used to prevent tuberculosis, particularly meningeal and miliary types, in childhood. This vaccine can rarely cause complications of varying severity, ranging from localized disease to a severe diffuse type known as disseminated BCG infection. Imaging modalities play an important role in the evaluation of different complications of
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Skin-to-skin contact and its effect on mothers’ postpartum psychological distress and their full-term neonate in Egypt J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-05-19 Asmaa A El Sehmawy, Shaimaa Younes Abd Elaziz, Rania Mahfouz Abd Elwahed, Asmaa Abdelghany Elsheikh
Design A randomized controlled study was conducted on 400 mothers, who were divided into two groups: 200 mothers who applied skin-to-skin infant care (SSC) for at least 1 h daily for 12 weeks and 200 mothers who performed the usual mother–infant care. The mothers were recruited from the Obstetric Department of Al-Zahraa University Hospital in Cairo, Egypt. The enrolled mothers' infants were assessed
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Occurrence of Kawasaki disease and neoplasms in temporal proximity-single-center experience and systematic review of literature. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-04-05 Aaqib Zaffar Banday,Alisha Babbar,Pratap Kumar Patra,Ankur Kumar Jindal,Deepti Suri,Vignesh Pandiarajan,Amit Rawat,Anju Gupta,Surjit Singh
Various factors (e.g., infections) have been postulated to trigger Kawasaki disease (KD) in genetically predisposed individuals. Whether neoplasms can trigger KD is largely unknown due to paucity of data. Herein, we provide a detailed account of KD occurring in temporal proximity (within 6 months) to neoplasms ('neoplasm-KD'). Patients with 'neoplasm-KD' diagnosed/treated at our center from January
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Cryptosporidium infection and associated risk factors among children from rural areas in Peru: a nested case-control study. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-04-05 Jose Luis Paredes,Rafaella Navarro,David Durand,Theresa Jean Ochoa
This study aimed to detect the frequency of Cryptosporidium infection and associated risk factors among children from rural areas in Peru. A case-control study was conducted, nested in a cohort in two rural communities that included children between 6 and 13 months who were followed for 6 months. Cases were children whose fecal samples tested positive for Cryptosporidium infection using an immunochromatography
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Effect of integrated intervention to prevent child drowning in rural areas of Guangdong, China: a cluster randomized controlled trial. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-04-05 Ruilin Meng,Haofeng Xu,Mingqu Zhang,Pengpeng Ye,Zhishan Zhou,Xuhao Zhu,Xingru Li,Lifeng Lin
BACKGROUND Drowning is the leading cause of death for children under the age of 15 years in Guangdong Province, China. This serious public health issue also exists in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), which have few value-integrated intervention programs. The current study presents an integrated intervention project that aims to explore an effective pattern of prevention for child drowning
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Chest radiograph findings in children with COVID-19—A retrospective analysis from a tertiary care paediatric hospital in South India J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-03-13 Kanimozhi Vendhan, Mithra Kathirrajan, Gopinathan Kathirvelu, Balasubramanian S
Objective The primary aim of this study is to document the chest X-ray findings in children with COVID-19 pneumonia. The secondary aim is to correlate chest X-ray findings to patient outcome. Methods We performed a retrospective analysis of children (0–18 years) with SARS-CoV-2 admitted to our hospital from June 2020 to December 2021. The chest radiographs were assessed for: peribronchial cuffing,
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Early detection of glomerular dysfunction and renal tubulopathy in children with sickle cell disease in India. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-02-06 Sonia Karapurkar,Radha Ghildiyal,Nikita Shah,Rachna Keshwani,Sujata Sharma
BACKGROUND Sickle cell disease causes microvascular occlusion in different vascular beds. In kidneys, it leads to occult glomerular dysfunction causing asymptomatic microalbuminuria, proximal tubulopathy causing hyposthenuria and increased free water loss and distal tubulopathy causing poor urine acidification. We studied the prevalence of various types of renal dysfunction, the ability of different
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Prevalence of childhood obesity in Brazil: a systematic review. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-02-06 Fabrício De Paula Santos,Eliane Aparecida Ferraz Silva,Caroline Lana Veloso Baêta,Felipe Sávio Campos,Helton Oliveira Campos
The present study aimed to analyze the prevalence of childhood obesity in Brazil and compare it between boys and girls. This systematic review was conducted and reported according to the guidelines outlined in the PRISMA statement. A systematic search of electronic databases, including PubMed, LILACS, and SciELO, was performed in November 2021. Studies that met the following criteria were included:
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Effects of kangaroo mother care on feeding intolerance in preterm infants. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-02-06 Sinem Yalnızoğlu Çaka,Sümeyra Topal,Sadık Yurttutan,Selin Aytemiz,Yasemin Çıkar,Murat Sarı
OBJECTIVE Feeding intolerance (FI) is a common condition in preterm infants because they have an immature gastrointestinal tract. There are studies on the effects of the position on gastric residual volume (GRV) in preterm infants. Kangaroo mother care (KMC) may be an instrument for reducing FI by providing an upright position to infants. Moreover, numerous studies conducted with this therapeutic position
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Disparity between adolescents' health information needs and the information received in a middle-income country. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-02-06 Abigail Harrison,Claudine Tyrill,Shanita Cousins,Kern Rocke,Maxine Gossell-Williams
AIM This study sought to identify adolescents' health information sources and determine the gap between what adolescents want to hear and what they actually hear from their healthcare providers (HCPs), a proxy for unmet health needs. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in four high schools conveniently selected in Jamaica to ensure adequate representation in rural and urban locales. Adolescents
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Correction to: Azithromycin may be a safe and effective choice for neonatal tsutsugamushi disease. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-02-06
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Efficacy of skin-to-skin vs. cloth-to-cloth contact for thermoregulation in low birth weight newborns: a randomized crossover trial. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-02-06 Reshma K Pujara,Vaibhava Upadhyay,Jigar P Thacker,Bhavna B Rana,Sangita S Patel,Jigna M Joshi,Mayur K Shinde,Somashekhar M Nimbalkar,Dipen V Patel
OBJECTIVE Skin-to-skin contact (SSC) is effective to maintain normal temperature in low birth weight (LBW) newborns. However, there are several barriers related to privacy and space availability for its optimum utilization. We used cloth-to-cloth contact (CCC), i.e. placing the newborn in Kangaroo position without removing cloths as an innovative alternative to SSC to test its efficacy for thermoregulation
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Seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus after pediatric liver transplantation. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-02-06 Songpon Getsuwan,Ekawat Pasomsub,Pichet Yutthanakarnwikom,Chutatip Tongsook,Napapat Butsriphum,Pornthep Tanpowpong,Pareena Janchompoo,Suporn Treepongkaruna,Chatmanee Lertudomphonwanit
BACKGROUND Southeast Asia is the endemic area of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection. We aimed to determine the seroprevalence of the virus, its association, and the prevalence of chronic infection after pediatric liver transplantation (LT). METHODS A cross-sectional study was performed in Bangkok, Thailand. Patients aged <18 years who had LT for >2 years underwent serologic and real-time polymerase
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Snakebite envenoming in Brazilian children: clinical aspects, management and outcomes. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-02-06 Isadora S Oliveira,Manuela B Pucca,Felipe A Cerni,Samuel Vieira,Jacqueline Sachett,Altair Seabra de Farias,Marcus Lacerda,Felipe Murta,Djane Baia-da-Silva,Thiago Augusto Hernandes Rocha,Lincoln Luís Silva,Quique Bassat,João Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci,Charles J Gerardo,Vanderson Souza Sampaio,Fan Hui Wen,Paulo S Bernarde,Wuelton M Monteiro
Snakebite envenoming is currently considered a neglected tropical disease, which affects over 5 million people worldwide, and causes almost 150 000 deaths every year, as well as severe injuries, amputations and other sequelae. Snakebite envenoming in children, although proportionally less frequent, is generally more severe, and represents an important challenge for pediatric medicine, since they often
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Feasibility of ultrasound in the diagnosis of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome in preterm infants. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-02-06 Lei Zheng,Hongyan Jing,Lihong Liu,Lianyi Wang
BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of lung ultrasound in the diagnosis of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (NRDS) in preterm infants. METHODS One hundred and nine preterm infants were prospectively recruited. Three ultrasound diagnostic criteria were developed to diagnose preterm infants with NRDS: (A) thickened or not smooth pleural line, part of the lung field
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Initiation and adherence to isoniazid preventive therapy in children under 5 years of age in Manhiça, Southern Mozambique J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-01-28 Agnès Montoya i de Manuel-Rimbau, Dinis Nguenha, Edson Mambuque, Joanna Ehrlich, Shilzia Munguambe, Belén Saavedra, Teodimiro Matsena, Hélio Chiconela, Aina Casellas, Elisa López-Varela, Sozinho Acacio, Alberto L Garcia-Basteiro
The WHO recommends preventive treatment for all pediatric contacts of a confirmed TB case, but coverage remains low in many high TB burden countries. We aimed to assess the coverage and adherence of the isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) program among children under 5 years of age with household exposure to an adult pulmonary TB case in a rural district of Southern Mozambique. The estimated IPT coverage
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A short-term follow-up study on breastfeeding practices, growth parameters and immunization practices among babies born to COVID-19 positive mothers in a tertiary care hospital J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-01-28 Arti Maria, Bhawana Komal Singh, Payal Agrawal, Tapas Bandyopadhyay
We aimed to study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) rate and routine follow-up practices including immunization. A total of 62 neonates born to COVID-19 positive mothers and an equal number of neonates born to COVID-19 negative mothers were prospectively evaluated for EBF rate and routine neonatal follow-up practices including delay (>7 days) in routine immunization
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Role of cooked green banana in home management of acute diarrhea in under-5 children J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-01-24 Kamirul Islam, Mithun Chandra Konar, Atanu Roy, Biswajit Biswas, Kaustav Nayek, Subhasri Middya
Background Acute diarrhea is an important contributor to under-5 mortality. Green banana is traditionally used as a home-based remedy for diarrhea. Objectives To identify the effect of green banana on duration, recovery and prevention of severe dehydration in under-5 children with acute watery diarrhea with no/some dehydration. Methods This study was conducted in the rural field practice area of a
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Do parents vaccinated against COVID-19 protect their children from hospitalization due to COVID-19? J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2022-12-22 Ömer Günes, Belgin Gülhan, Ahmet Yasin Guney, Fatih Üçkardeş, Seval Ozen, Latife Guder, Ozlem Mustafaoglu, Pinar Bayraktar, Aysun Yahşi, Tuğba Erat, Saliha Kanik-Yuksek, Gulsum Iclal Bayhan, Aslınur Ozkaya-Parlakay
Objective This study aimed to determine whether parental vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) prevents hospitalization of COVID-19-infected children. Methods This study was based on data obtained from the records of pediatric patients that were followed up for virologically proven COVID-19 infection between August and October 2021, during which time the delta variant was dominant
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Epidemiological characteristics of community-acquired pneumonia and effects from the COVID-19 pandemic in shenzhen of China J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2022-12-15 Wenli Cheng, Min Li, Susu Yu, Xinyue Peng, Luyun Zhang, Cheng Zhou, Yanjie Wu, Wenjuan Zhang
Objective This study aimed to observe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the incidence of non-COVID-19 community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in Shenzhen of China, offering new ideas for evaluating the effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions. Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted of inpatients with pneumonia from 2017 to 2021. Epidemiological characteristics of CAP and effects from the
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Severe dengue associated with Staphylococcus aureus sepsis in pediatric patients: a case series J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2022-12-08 K C Sudeep, Surjeet Kumar, Manjinder Singh Randhawa, Suresh Kumar Angurana, Karthi Nallasamy, Arun Bansal, Jayashree Muralidharan
Background Staphylococcus aureus co-infection is seldom reported in children with severe dengue. Methodology In this retrospective study, we reported five children with severe dengue and S. aureus co-infection admitted to pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) during July–December 2021. Results All children had prolonged fever, persistence of bilateral pleural effusion beyond the critical phase, thrombocytopenia
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Pediatric neurobrucellosis: a systematic review with case report. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2022-12-05 Debjyoti Dhar,Ravi Shekhar Jaipuriar,Mahammad Samim Mondal,Siva Prakash Shunmugakani,S Nagarathna,Pratima Kumari,Rohan Mahale,Pooja Mailankody,P S Mathuranath,Hansashree Padmanabha
Pediatric neurobrucellosis represents a common anthropozoonosis in endemic areas but only anecdotal reports are available till date. Using appropriate search terms in the database platforms of MEDLINE, SCOPUS and Web of Sciences, we performed a systematic review of all the cases of pediatric neurobrucellosis published in the medical literature till date, in the light of a case report. The protocol
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Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis due to a zoonotic co-infection. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2022-12-05 Anam Siddiqui,Shivani Randev,Nidhi Singla,Aanandi Dhavan,Vishal Guglani,Varsha Gupta
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is a post-infectious, autoimmune, demyelinating neurological illness, usually attributed to infection with viruses. We describe a case of ADEM occurring in a child with Leptospira-Brucella co-infection. The 12-year-old girl developed a biphasic febrile illness with encephalopathy. On evaluation, she was found to have serological evidence of Brucella and Leptospira
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A new entity in the NARS2 variant: the first reported case of type 1 diabetes mellitus associated with the phenotype. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2022-12-05 Turgay Cokyaman,Huriye Cetin,Durmus Dogan,Fatma Silan
NARS2 mutations are known to cause various clinical phenotypes such as nonsyndromic hearing loss, Leigh/Alpers syndrome, refractory epilepsy, developmental delay, intellectual disability and myopathy. We presented the first Turkish variant of NASR2 and added type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM), which was not previously described in the phenotype spectrum of this disease. A 4.5-month-old girl presented with
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Everything old is new again: a case series of pediatric cutaneous leishmaniasis in Portland, Maine. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2022-12-05 Jennifer Jubulis,Amanda Goddard,Elizabeth Seiverling,Marc Kimball,Carol McCarthy
Leishmaniasis has varying clinical manifestations and treatment regimens, dependent on species and host. Old world leishmaniasis, found primarily in Africa and Asia, may be associated with visceral disease, while new world disease, primarily in Latin America, may be associated with mucocutaneous disease. We present a case series of pediatric African patients with New World cutaneous leishmaniasis.
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Cluster-randomized controlled trial of intermittent preventive treatment in infancy using sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP-IPTi): a pilot study in Nigeria. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2022-12-05 Olumide Thomas Adeleke,Abayomi Oyenuga,Tina M Slusher,Daniel A Gbadero
BACKGROUND Malaria kills a child in sub-Saharan Africa every 2 min despite widely available interventions including intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi). Since 2010, when World Health Organization (WHO) recommended IPTi, no country has implemented it. To our knowledge, no IPTi study has been conducted in Nigeria. Considering severity of malaria in infancy and urgency to improve malaria
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Venom-induced consumptive coagulopathy leading to thrombotic microangiopathy following Echis carinatus sochureki bite: is snake antivenom effective? J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2022-12-05 Vivek Parihar,Aliza Mittal,Vishwajeet Vikarn,Siyram Didel,Kuldeep Singh
The incidence of thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) following snake bite is reported to be ranging from 3.6 to 15%. We report a 10-year-old boy who developed TMA and due to venom-induced consumptive coagulopathy (VICC) despite receiving adequate and timely doses of snake antivenom following a bite of saw-scaled viper (Echis carinatus sochureki). VICC was managed by plasmapheresis. Though snake bite
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The right antibiotic for the right neonate? A prospective observational cohort study at a district hospital in Pemba, Tanzania. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2022-12-05 Lærke Vinge Larsen,Mathilde Languille Lassen,Stine Lund,Ulrikka Nygaard,Christine Manich Bech,Said Mzee,Said Mouhammed Ali,Anja Poulsen
BACKGROUND The highest neonatal mortality is in Sub-Saharan Africa, where neonatal sepsis accounts for approximately 50%. At Pemba Island, Tanzania, we examined the use of prophylactic antibiotics in neonates and related it to WHO guidelines and compared clinical signs of infection with the use of antibiotic treatment; furthermore, we aimed to investigate all use of antibiotic treatment in the neonatal
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Early newborn bathing and associated factors among mothers in Afar Region, Northeast Ethiopia. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2022-12-05 Gebru Getachew,Ibrahim Mohammed Ibrahim,Yisahak Mulugeta,Kedir Y Ahmed
BACKGROUND Delaying newborn bathing for 24 h after childbirth protects the baby from hypothermia, infection and hypoglycaemia and provides an opportunity for mother-baby emotional bonding. However, no previously published study has investigated the early newborn bathing practices of pastoral mothers in Ethiopia. This study aims to investigate early newborn bathing and associated factors among mothers
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A new recommendation for febrile urinary tract infection in children aged 2-24 months: Tepecik UTI Guideline-2. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2022-12-05 Begüm Koyun Cezayir,Önder Yavascan,Demet Alaygut,Belde Kasap Demir,Fatma Mutlubas,Secil Arslansoyu Camlar,Caner Alparslan,Eren Soyaltin,Su Ozgur
AIM Urinary tract infections (UTIs) represent a common febrile illness in infancy. The study compared two UTI guidelines in terms of number of imaging studies, presence of parenchymal damage and radiation exposure in patients with the first febrile UTI between 2 and 24 months of age. METHOD The results of Tepecik UTI Guideline-1 used until 2012 (Group 1, n = 105) were retrospectively compared with
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Association between maternal plasma total antioxidant capacity and dietary antioxidants intake with birth size outcomes. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2022-12-05 Nafiseh Shokri-Mashhadi,Mehri Khoshhali,Motahar Heidari-Beni,Roya Kelishadi
BACKGROUND Maternal antioxidants intake and plasma total antioxidant capacity (TAC) concentration during pregnancy might influence on birth outcomes. This study was conducted to determine the association between dietary antioxidants intake and plasma TAC during pregnancy with birth outcomes. METHODS Overall, 220 mother-infant pairs were recruited in the first trimester of pregnancy. Maternal whole
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The longitudinal evaluation of COVID-19 in pediatric patients and the impact of delta variant. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2022-12-05 Asli Arslan,Zumrut Sahbudak Bal,Sema Yildirim Arslan,Nimet Melis Bilen,Gizem Guner Ozenen,Pınar Yazıcı Özkaya,Ali Yurtseven,Candan Çiçek,İsabel Raika Durusoy,Ferda Ozkinay,Zafer Kurugol
BACKGROUND Pediatric patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) displayed milder symptoms than adults. However, they play an important role in case numbers and virus transmission. Therefore, we aimed to determine the epidemiological features of all pediatric patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 and put forth case numbers longitudinally throughout the delta variant
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Pediatric traumatic brain injury in a high-income developing country: experience at a level 1 neuro-trauma center. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2022-12-05 Fatma Al-Busaidi,Moosa Allawati,Maryam Al-Fannah Al-Araimi,Asma Alhosni,Yasir Al-Jubouri,Younis Al-Mufargi,Mohammed Ali,Hatem Al-Saadi,Tariq Al-Saadi
BACKGROUND Data on the incidence, prevalence and mortality of pediatric traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) in developing countries are not readily available or do not exist. AIM The aim of this study was to study the epidemiology of pediatric TBI in developing countries. METHODS A retrospective study was conducted in a high-volume Neurosurgery Department where we reviewed pediatric cases presenting with
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Covid-period-associated changes in organism profile of neonatal sepsis in a tertiary center from East India. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2022-12-05 Mausumi Mukherjee,Sumon Poddar,Amrita Mukherjee,Jigna N Bathia
INTRODUCTION Neonatal sepsis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality with a higher burden from the low- and middle-income countries. The coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid 19) pandemic has impacted healthcare in various ways including healthcare-associated infections (HAI). The objective of the present study was to determine changes in organism profile and incidence rates of HAI in neonates admitted
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Bovine milk-based and human milk-based fortification for postnatal weight gain in very preterm neonates-a cohort study. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2022-12-05 Ravikumar Senthilkumaran,Usha Devi,Prakash Amboiram,Umamaheswari Balakrishnan
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Postnatal growth failure happens in about half of the very low birth weight infants and this can have long-term consequences. Human milk-based multi-nutrient fortifiers (HMBF) are thought to be better tolerated than bovine milk-based multi-nutrient fortifiers (BMBF), thus facilitating early progression to full feeds and improved growth in preterm neonates. This study was done
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Effect of using crochet octopus in reducing the pain: a randomized controlled study. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2022-12-05 Çağrı Çövener Özçelik,Özge Eren,Nagihan Sabaz,Muhammet Bulut
AIMS The study aimed to determine the effect of using a crochet octopus to reduce acute pain and maintain optimal physiological measurements that develops during procedural pain in neonates. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a parallel design randomized controlled study. During the procedure of heel lance, experimental groups were delivered a crochet octopus 10 min before the process and let them touch
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Optimizing antibiotic use in culture-negative healthcare-associated infection with a 'stop' policy: a descriptive analytical study. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2022-12-05 Sajina Sathyan,Femitha Pournami,Ajai Kumar Prithvi,Anand Nandakumar,Jyothi Prabhakar,Naveen Jain
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Many sick neonates receive antibiotics for the clinical diagnosis of probable/possible sepsis. Reports suggest rampant antibiotic use in culture-negative sepsis. We introduced an antibiotic stop policy (ASP), by defining 'completed course duration of antibiotics' in the setting of culture-negative suspected healthcare-associated infection (HAI). Antibiotic overuse days (AOD)
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Azithromycin may be a safe and effective choice for neonatal tsutsugamushi disease. J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2022-12-05 Ting Zhang,Xin Li,Ming Li,Xingyu Xiong
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Relationship between the mode of delivery, morbidity and mortality in preterm infants J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2022-12-02 Hulya Karayel Eroglu, Selvi Gulasi, M Kurthan Mert, Eren K Cekinmez
Background The aim of the study, to evaluate the relationship between mode of delivery and preterm morbidities and mortality, who born ≤34 weeks of gestation within 1 year. Materials and methods Babies were divided into two groups as who were born by cesarean section (CS) and vaginal delivery (VD) between March 2019 and March 2020. Infants born at ≤28 weeks were also analyzed. Results The rate of CS
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Vasoactive inotropic score as a predictor of mortality in neonatal septic shock J. Trop. Pediatr. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2022-11-18 Salih Demirhan, Sevilay Topcuoglu, Nilgun Karadag, Elif Ozalkaya, Guner Karatekin
Background Although many improvements in neonatal care have been achieved, mortality rates for sepsis and septic shock in newborns are still high. The vasoactive inotropic score (VIS) was designed and studied to predict mortality in different settings. There are currently no data on the predictive ability of the VIS for mortality in newborn patients with septic shock. Methods Patients with late-onset