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
The baby blues is a precocious psychic impairment that may occur within the first two weeks following delivery. It is considered a trigger point, and sometimes a decompensation towards more serious postpartum psychiatric disorders. It is as well a hazard, predisposing to abnormal...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2022/v9i4181
Annatou Yakoubou, Linda Ayedadjou, Nicole Enianloko Tchiakpe, Omoyélé Ladipo, Eurydice Yerima, Adolphe Adjanohoun, Haziz Sina & Lamine Baba-Moussa·Asian Journal of Pediatric Research·2022
Aims: Bacterial meningitis remains a public health problem due to an unfavorable geographical environment and socioeconomic context. Our study aimed to evaluate the epidemiological-clinical, therapeutic and evolutionary profile of children treated for bacterial meningitis in the...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2022/v9i430272
We report a case of sepsis caused by Cryptococcus laurentii, a rare human pathogen [1], presenting as purpura fulminans. Cryptococcus laurentii was isolated in blood culture and identified by Vitek -2 yeast identification system. The patient was successfully treated with standard...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2022/v9i430271
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a group of hereditary collagen diseases characterized by joint hyperlaxity, skin hyperelasticity, and generalized tissue fragility. We present the case of an 8-year-old child with EDS in its arthrocalasic form type VII, according to the Villefranch...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2022/v9i330270
Aim: To assess the adherence of health professionals to guidelines on inpatient management of children aged 6-59 months admitted with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) Study Design: Retrospective descriptive study Place and Duration of Study: Paediatric Unit of the Upper East Regio...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2022/v9i330269
Aleswa Z. Swai, Oscar R. Mukasa, Rehema Idris Mzimbiri, Ruth Kumidi Mkopi, Mlemba Abbas Kamwe & Francis Levira·Asian Journal of Pediatric Research·2022
Background: Diarrhea disorders account for a significant portion of the morbidity and mortality burden among children in resource-constrained settings, and they are economically significant to both families and health systems. In real sense, any intervention that has shown the po...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2022/v9i330267