Frequency Of Left Ventricular Thrombi In Dilated Cardiomyopathy Patients Presenting In Tertiary Care Hospital Of Punjab by Tahira Nazir, Tehreem Amjad, Madiha Fayyaz, Somayya Siddiqa, Sobia Naveed, Shahroon Zahid

“…Conclusion: In the present study, a substantial proportion of children with dilated cardiomyopathy had left ventricular thrombi which due to the associated risk of thromboembolism and CVA warrant routine echocardiographic screening of such children so that timely identification and anticipated management may improve the outcome of children with dilated cardiomyopathy in future pediatric practice. Keywords: Dilated cardiomyopathy, Left ventricular thrombus, echocardiography …”
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Screening for Hypertension in adolescents living with HIV: Protocol for a cluster randomized trial to improve guideline adherence. by Raphael Adu-Gyamfi, Juliana Enos, Kwame Yeboah, Veronika Shabanova, Nicola Hawley, Deda Alangea Ogum, Adwoa Agyei Nkansah, Elijah Paintsil, Kwasi Torpey

“…This will include orientation on hypertension risk among ADLHIV, provision of job aids and pediatric sphygmomanometers. Six months after the intervention, the outcome measure will be the change from baseline in the proportion of ADLHIV whose BP was checked during clinical visits. …”
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Status social subjetivo e a qualidade de vida em estudantes do ensino fundamental by Giselly Cristiny Moreira, Geraldo Jose Ferrari Junior, Rubian Diego Andrade, Thaís Silva Beltrame, Érico Pereira Gomes Felden

“…A qualidade de vida foi analisada por meio do Pediatric Quality of Life InventoryTM versão 4.0 (PedsQL 4.0) e o SSS foi investigado por meio da escala de MacArthur adaptada para estudantes brasileiros para o ambiente escolar e aulas de educação física. …”
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Childhood cancer and parental mental health: role of disease severity, socioeconomic status, and social dynamics by Hawkar Ibrahim, Azad Ali Ismail, Narin Ahmed Rahim, Benjamin Iffland, Frank Neuner

“…Conclusions The study highlights the intricate relationship between socioeconomic factors, the disease severity of the child, and social dynamics in shaping parental mental health in the context of pediatric cancer. Psychosocial interventions that target these specific stressors may aid in better supporting families, particularly those in low-resource settings.…”
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Neural Correlates of Irritability and Potential Moderating Effects of Inhibitory Control by Mariah DeSerisy, Jacob W. Cohen, Huiyu Yang, Bruce Ramphal, Paige Greenwood, Kahini Mehta, Michael P. Milham, Theodore D. Satterthwaite, David Pagliaccio, Amy E. Margolis

“…Background: Irritability affects up to 20% of youth and is a primary reason for referral to pediatric mental health clinics. Irritability is thought to be associated with disruptions in processing of reward, threat, and cognitive control; however, empirical study of these associations at both the behavioral and neural level have yielded equivocal findings that may be driven by small sample sizes and differences in study design. …”
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Novel immunochromatographic test for rapid detection of anti-factor H autoantibodies with an assessment of its clinical relevance by Santiago Rodríguez de Córdoba, Andrea Reparaz, Daniel Sanchez, Sheila Pinto, Lucia Juana Lopez, Héctor Martin Merinero, Iria Calvete, Julian Perez-Perez, Sydney S. Jellison, Yuzhou Zhang, Richard J. H. Smith, Inmaculada Moreno, Mercedes Dominguez

“…This regulatory function can be disrupted by Factor H autoantibodies (FHAA), which then leads to diseases such as atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) and C3 Glomerulopathy (C3G). In pediatric aHUS, the FHAA incidence is ~10-15%, although in the Indian population, it rises to ~50%. …”
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An AI recognition method for children's clinical operative pain by skin potential (SP) signal by Mingxuan Huang, Cangcang Fu, Linbo Chui, Jiadong He, Xiaozhi Wang, Jikui Luo, Bin Wu, Yonggang Chen, Shaohua Hu, Jihua Zhu, Yubo Li

“…These advantages provide valuable technical support for clinical pediatric pain management.…”
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Real world efficacy and safety of the advanced hybrid closed-loop system MiniMed 780G (SmartGuard) in children under 7 years of age by Sara López-López, Cristina Díaz-Martín, Inés García-de Pablo, María Teresa Ovejero-Garcia, María Beatriz Garnier-Rodríguez, Ruth Molina-Suárez, Cristina Ontoria-Betancort, Blanca Sáez-Gallego, Ángela Domínguez-García, Sofía Quinteiro-González, Lourdes Travieso-Suárez, María Fátima Cabrera-Guedes, Yeray Nóvoa-Medina, Yeray Nóvoa-Medina, Yeray Nóvoa-Medina

“…ObjectiveTo evaluate the safety and efficacy of the Medtronic 780G SmartGuard™ AID system in children under 7 years of age with type 1 diabetes (T1D).MethodsRetrospective analysis of data from children living with T1D under 7 years of age using the MiniMed 780G™ across three pediatric endocrinology units in the Canary Islands. …”
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Effect of Toxoplasma gondii Infection on the Level of Luteinizing and Follicle Stimulating Hormones in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by Muna Jalal Aziz, Abeer Abbas Ali, Mohammed Fadhil Hameed, Basima Ahmed Abdullah

“…Materials and Methods: The current study was conducted at Kirkuk General Hospital and Gynaecological and Pediatric Hospital in Kirkuk city, Iraq, between November 1, 2022 and March 21, 2023. …”
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Our Unique Experience with Low-Dose Alemtuzumab as an Induction Agent for Renal Transplantation: A Case Series by Cherin Josi, Arjun Parthasarathy, Divya Sundar, Milly Matthew, Premkumar Rajendran, Georgi Abraham

“…We transplanted 13 patients, 2 females and 11 males, including one pediatric patient. The mean age of the patients was 33 (±12) years. …”
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Clinical characteristics and outcomes of macrophage activation syndrome among patients attending a rheumatology tertiary care center in North India by Rasmi Ranjan Sahoo, Manesh Manoj, Prashant Bafna, Kasturi Hazarika, Anupam Wakhlu

“…This retrospective analysis studied the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients diagnosed with MAS from a rheumatology tertiary care center. Methods: Pediatric and adult patients diagnosed with rheumatologic disorders and fulfilling the 2016 European League against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology classification criteria for MAS associated with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) or the hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (2004) criteria, as appropriate, were included over a period of 1 year. …”
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Lower urinary dysfunction as a long-term effect of childhood vincristine treatment, with potential influences by sex and dose by Nao Iguchi, Ali Teimouri, Duncan T. Wilcox, Anna P. Malykhina, Nicholas G. Cost

“…Abstract Vincristine (VCR) is one of the most widely used chemotherapy agents in treating pediatric cancer. Nonetheless, it is known to cause dose-dependent neurotoxicity which can impact virtually every organ system. …”
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Neonatal Surgery Intensive Care Unit: Hacettepe University Experience by Umit Ayse Tandircioglu, Hasan Tolga Celik, Sule Yigit, Murat Yurdakok

“…Two hundred patients were operated on by pediatric surgeons whereas 142 were operated on by other surgery specialists. …”
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Comparing Treatment with Nebulized 3% Hypertonic Saline Versus Nebulized 0.9% Saline In Patients With Acute Bronchiolitis: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial by Uzma Abid, Ayesha Afzal, Nahdia Zaman, Ammara Farooq, Sidrah Yousaf, Sonia Fazal

“…Methods: This randomized control trial was conducted in the Pediatric department of Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi for 8 months from September 2021 to April 2022 after ethical approval. …”
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Evaluation of the Inferior Vena Cava Diameter in Dehydrated Children Using Bedside Ultrasonography by Esra Akyüz Özkan, Mahmut Kılıç, Fatih Çalışkan, Ahmet Baydın

“…Bedside ultrasonography (US) is a new imaging modality that has begun to be used in the Pediatric Emergency Unit to evaluate inferior vena cava (IVC) diameter for intravascular volume status. …”
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Symptoms of Dental Eruption in Patients from 6 Months to 3 Years of Age by Jaime Fernando Armijos Moreta, Catalina del Rosario Boada Zurita, Lourdes Elizabeth Menéndez Oña

“…<br /><strong>Method:</strong> a descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in a population of children from 6 months to 3 years old seen in the Pediatric Dentistry consultation in the Quevedo Parish of the Quevedo Canton between June 2022 and June 2023. …”
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A new method of distracting attention: Is it effective for pain and fear during phlebotomy in children? by Mine Aydemir Sahin, Yeliz Cigerci, Hamide Nur Cevik Ozdemir

“…A total of 246 children who underwent phlebotomy between January and March 2019 in the pediatric blood collection unit were included in this randomized controlled trial. …”
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Treatment outcomes among children and adolescents with extensively drug-resistant (XDR) and pre-XDR tuberculosis: Systematic review and meta-analysis. by Jayadeep Patra, Hyacinth Irving, Pranshu Maini, Jady Liang, Anwesh Patra, Mandar Paradkar, Jurgen Rehm

“…Extensively drug-resistant (XDR) and pre-XDR- tuberculosis (TB) account for approximately a third of pediatric MDR-TB cases globally. Clinical management is challenging; recommendations are based on limited evidence. …”
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Incidence of ophthalmic manifestations in congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) by Jennifer L. Rossen, Abdelhamid Hindi, Safa Rahmani, Brenda L. Bohnsack

“…Methods Retrospective review of pediatric patients (< 18 years old, 2010–2023) with a diagnosis of congenital CMV and at least 1 eye examination. …”
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Referral Activity in Three Store-and-Forward Networks during the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic by Richard Wootton, Hansel Otero, Meghan Moretti

“…Two of the three networks surveyed (A and B) provided telemedicine services for any type of medical or surgical case, while the third (network C) handled only pediatric radiology cases. All networks operated in Africa, but networks A and C also provided services in other resource-constrained regions. …”
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