In this paper, we report a case of autism in a child who was cured of Kawasaki disease and the condition of autism was significantly improved. Kawasaki disease (KD), also known as cutaneous mucosal lymph node syndrome, was first reported by Japanese doctor Tomaku Kawasaki in 1967...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2022/v10i2193
Background: Neonatal mortality rate is an important indicator which does not only reflect the overall health of a child and well-being but also assesses the social and economic development of a country. Aim: The study was carried out to determine the pattern and factors associate...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2022/v10i2192
Background: Serological testing is urgently required since COVID-19 is the pandemic that is spreading the fastest in recent times, Although RT-PCR is an effective and specific method for diagnosing acute patients, serological tools are urgently required for examining antibody res...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2022/v10i2191
Introduction: Digestive involvement is not uncommon during chronic inflammatory diseases in children, it may be just digestive manifestations other than other systemic signs or association of two different pathologies with a common immunological terrain. Objective: To recognize t...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2022/v10i1189
Outpatient therapeutic programme (OTP) is one of the approaches of community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM), which includes community engagement and mobilization for outpatient management of uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition (SAM) children 6–59 months with go...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2022/v10i2190
Luis Ángel Bolio-Molina, Gabriela Toledo-Verónico, Víctor Manuel Bolio-Molina & Josefa Dominga Bolio-Molina·Asian Journal of Pediatric Research·2022
Background: The Neonatal Resuscitation Program highlights the importance of a newborn's first minute, the "Golden Minute", during which the pediatrician determines if a newborn requires, and initiates advanced resuscitation. From birth to the first neonatal evaluation, we detect...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2022/v10i1187
To reach the ambitious target of the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), with countries aiming to end preventable death of newborn and under five children and reduce the mortality rate among children under 5 years to at least 25 per 1000 live birth, we need to understand the p...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2022/v10i1185
Aims: To review the incidence of double volume exchange transfusion for severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia in infants ≥35 weeks’ gestational age before and after implementation of National Clinical Practice Guidelines (NCPGNJ), analyze etiologies for severe hyperbilirubinemia, re...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2022/v10i1184
Randa Abdel Sattar El Hewala, Saleh Mohamed Amin Saleh, Safwat Mohamed Kasem & Maher AhmedAbdel Hafez·Asian Journal of Pediatric Research·2022
Background: NAFLD is a clinical spectrum ranging from steatosis (fatty infiltration) to steatosis with inflammation, necrosis, fibrosis and cirrhosis resembling alcoholic hepatitis in the absence of alcoholic abuse. The aim of this work was to determine early renal functional alt...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2022/v10i1182
Objectives: The aim of this work was to study the status of serum vitamin D level on the outcome of ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) in neonates. Methods: This prospective cohort study was carried out on 60 intubated neonates with gestational age > 32 weeks and ventilated...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2022/v9i4180