The Aicardi-Goutières syndrome is an encephalopathy characterized by an arrest of psychomotor development in the first months of life, spastic tetraplegia spastic tetraplegia, abnormal movements and acquired microcephaly. Neuroimaging reveals calcifications of the basal ganglia a...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2022/v8i130235
Background: Patient and Family Centred Care (PFCC) is one of the fundamentals in paediatrics nursing which is struggling to gain recognition in nursing practice worldwide due to inadequate exploratory studies in the area. Others also call PFCC in paediatric world as Child and Fam...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2022/v8i130234
Wafa Saad Abdalrazi, Fadwa A. Mansour Eldgheili, Negeia Imhamed Ali Elgaroushi & Mohanad Abdulhadi Saleh Lawgali·Asian Journal of Pediatric Research·2022
Background: Down syndrome is the most common autosomal disorder in humans. And the most common genetic chromosomal disorder causing mental disability in children. It also cause other medical abnormalities including heart and gastrointestinal disorder. These children sharing commo...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2022/v8i130233
Human milk is an important source of food for a new born baby to grow up in a healthy manner. World Health Organisation points to the importance of feeding on human milk and ranks it as the first source of nutrition. This paper aims to analyse the views of Turkish and Saudi A...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2022/v8i130232
Aims: Pregnant mothers with SARS-CoV2 infection are postulated to transfer anti-COVID-19 antibodies to their fetus, which may lead to cytokine storm and fetal inflammatory syndrome, similar to multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). Manifestations of this newly eme...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2021/v7i430231
Background: Misconceptions about teething are prevalent even in the 21st century, especially in developing countries like Nigeria. These myths, which are handed down from one generation to another may lead to trivialization of severe childhood illnesses as well as practices that...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2021/v7i430228
Background: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic relapsing disease, characterized by chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT). The incidence of IBD has been increasing over the last two decades, for example, from 1999- 2008 incidence increased from 21.3 t...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2021/v7i430229
Sujey Araceli Zurita Rivera, Jose Alfredo Vidal Vidal, Froylan Eduardo Hernandez Lara Gonzalez, Patricia Zagoya Martinez, Jose Felix Urbina Hernandez, Francisco Tinoco Lemus, Rosario Ponce Dávila, Atalia Saraí Ruíz Austria, Emma Juanita Carbajal Reyes, Ivonne Juarez Reyes, Carolina Contreras Camacho, Manuel Alejandro Resendiz López & Angel Ramon Saucedo Medina·Asian Journal of Pediatric Research·2021
Aims: To determine the recovery degree in pediatric patients with antecedent severe traumatic brain injury. Study Design: Prospective, analytical and relational. Place and Duration of Study: Pediatrics Intensive Care Area of the “Hospital para el Niño Poblano” from March 2014 t...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2021/v7i430230
Aliou Abdoulaye Ndongo, Djibril Boiro, Idrissa Basse, Younoussa Kéita, Ndiogou Seck, Lamine Thiam, Tabitha D. Van Immerzeel & Assane Sylla·Asian Journal of Pediatric Research·2021
Background and Aim: Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome or nephrosis causes massive protein leakage in the urine. Its treatment requires steroids (prednisone, methylprednisolone), often for a prolonged period, notably in case of steroid-dependence or steroid-resistance. In children, lo...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2021/v7i430225
Background: Preterm birth (PTB) is the leading cause of child mortality worldwide and Sub-Saharan Africa is disproportionately affected. Inadequate access to cost-effective interventions in most poor resource areas threatens to increase preterm birth related mortalities. Kangaroo...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2021/v7i430226