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  1. Congenital complete absence of sternal bone or cleft sternum or absent sternum is a very rare and potentially life-threatening birth defect. An association of cleft sternum with tetralogy of Fallot, right aort...

    Authors: Santosh Chavan, Nilima Narkhede and Rajaram Weling
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:69
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  2. Differentiating acute myocarditis (AMY) from dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in a patient presenting with acute heart failure and poor systolic function is of utmost importance to initiate timely anti-inflammator...

    Authors: Antoine AbdelMassih, Sonia El-Saiedi, Rana Hendawy, Reem Esmail, Manal AbdelHameed, Alaa Sobeih, Ahmed Kharabish, Nourine Diab, Hanya Gaber, Nadine El-Husseiny and Hala M. Agha
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:68
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  3. Constipation is an underestimated but common health problem worldwide, decreasing the quality of life. Functional constipation (FC) is a common pediatric problem, with reported prevalence ranging from 0.7 to 2...

    Authors: Olivia Kameel Shokrey Bastaoros, Mostafa Ahmed Gad, Ayman Emil Eskander, Mourad Alfy Ramzy and Amera Hasnoon
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:67
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  4. The dyslipidemia and changes in D-dimer values that occur in children with severe sepsis remain unidentified.

    Authors: Tarek A. Abdelaziz, Mohamed Ali Abdou Mohamed, Weaam Ibrahim Ismail, Ibrahim Ali Ibrahim Idreis and Eman Gamal Baz
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:93
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  5. Immature central nervous system, extended stay in the neonatal intensive care unit, and sensory experience deficiency may contribute to oral and gross motor delay in preterm infants. Current study aimed to inv...

    Authors: Erkan Erol, Umut Apaydın, Numan Demir and Bülent Elbasan
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:65
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  7. Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is thought to be the most common helminthic infection of central nervous system in India. In children, it has pleomorphic clinical and radiological presentations depending on location ...

    Authors: Sanjay Kumar, Radhamohan Rana, Mahesh Kumar and Aakash Yadav
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:63
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  8. The incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in pediatric population is less than 7% that too when associated with a urinary tract infection, the presentation is very rare. There have been numerous case reports in ad...

    Authors: Murad Habib, Mansoor Ahmed, Rafi Raza, Sibghatullah Babar and Muhammad Amjad Chaudhary
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:90
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  9. Vascular access is a mainstay of pediatric critical care. The selection of the route of access and equipment used will depend on patient- and provider-specific factors, which constantly need revision to achiev...

    Authors: Miriam Magdy Aziz, Hafez Bazaraa, Aly Sayed Aboulmakarem and Dalia Helal
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:62
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  10. Rheumatic fever is a long-term inflammatory disease that can happen if group A beta-hemolytic streptococci bacteria are not treated well enough. Rheumatic fever is recognized globally as the leading cause of h...

    Authors: Maha M. A. Abo-Hashish, Azza Mohamed Ahmed, Mohammad Ali Hegazi, Naglaa Abdel Rahman Mosaad, Mona Hammed Ibrahim and Nagwan Yehia Abdel Salam
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:61
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  11. Since inflammatory mediators play a crucial role in the pathophysiology of neonatal sepsis. Montelukast, as an anti-inflammatory drug, could be a beneficial therapy. In searching the literature, no previous re...

    Authors: Nouran El-Shehaby, Heba Abdelhameed El-Shahawy, Nehad Nasef, Shadia El-Sallab and Hanan EL-Halaby
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:60
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  12. Conventional signs of tamponade include right ventricular and atrial collapse and respiratory variation in mitral inflow velocities. Despite being reliable, they are qualitative in nature and are not well corr...

    Authors: Ahmed Behairy, Amira Esmat El Tantawy, Asmaa Mahmoud Hamed, Antoine AbdelMassih and Sara Tarek
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:92
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  13. Vaccination against severe acute respiratory distress syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has gained recognition as a crucial strategy to prevent and reduce the risk of infection, including emerging variants, ...

    Authors: Ramy Mohamed Ghazy, Sally Waheed Elkhadry, Engy Saad Elkaragy, Mona Sayed Aly Hassan Makhlouf, Alyaa Ahdy Abdelaziz and Esraa Abdellatif Hammouda
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:91
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  14. Systemic lupus erythematosus is an autoimmune connective tissue disorder that is common among women of age group 15–40 years. The novelty in our case is owed to the deceptive demographic characteristics, not o...

    Authors: Khyati Gupta, Vishal Dnyaneshwar Sawant and Sushma Save
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:58
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  15. Measles is a common infection in children. Measles infection in children less than 6 months of age is very rare since maternal antibodies play a major role in the prevention of the disease.

    Authors: Suraksha Ramakrishna Sharma, Vishal Sawant, Sushma Uttam Save and Alpana Santosh Kondekar
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:59
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  16. Despite the paucity of data supporting their indications, plasma transfusions (PT) are regularly administered for critically ill patients (CIP) in pediatric intensive care units (PICU). The aim of this study w...

    Authors: Mohamed Abdallah Abd El Megied, Laila Hussein Mohamed, Basant Salah Saad Meligy, Yasmin Mohamed Ramadan Eissawy, Hanaa Elsayed Mohammed Ahmed and Ola Soliman Emam Soliman Younis
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:57
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  17. Lichen sclerosus is a chronic, progressive, inflammatory skin disease that presents unique challenges, particularly in the pediatric population, where limited data exist regarding its manifestation and optimal...

    Authors: Francesca Caroppo, Roberto Mazzetto and Anna Belloni Fortina
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:89
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  18. To share our experience in the management of a specific type of vascular malformations (lymphatic) at a specialized multidisciplinary clinic for vascular anomalies.

    Authors: Amr Abdelhamid AbouZeid, Shaimaa Abdelsattar Mohammad, Nihal Hussein Aly, Wael Ahmed Ghanem, Mohammad Seada, Iman A. Ragab, Osama El-Naggar and Mohamed Aly AbdelBaky
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:88
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  19. This study aimed to evaluate the understanding and adherence to child car safety seat (CSS) guidelines among the general population in the Makkah region of Saudi Arabia following the implementation of new traf...

    Authors: A. Alsaeigh, ES. Heji, W. Alamer, MY. Alsubhi, A. Alqurashi and LK. Alsulimani
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:56
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  21. Patients with pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (PIBD) are believed to be at higher risk of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection not only due to using of immunosuppressive drugs but also because of repeated bl...

    Authors: Sara Tarek, Ayman E. Eskander, Safa Meshaal, Eman Badr and Asmaa Abd El-Hakeem
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:87
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  22. Female hypospadias is a rare congenital anomaly and defined as a female urethral opening on the anterior vaginal wall. Diagnosis is challenging due to its rarity. Different anatomical variations exist dependin...

    Authors: Hooi Hooi Tan and Shung Ken Tan
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:86
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  23. Arterial spin-labeling (ASL) imaging is currently the most useful method for diagnosing mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like attack syndrome (MELAS). However, ASL is often an optio...

    Authors: Makoto Shimada, Tae Ikeda, Ryohei Fukui, Katsuhiro Kida, Ryutaro Matsuura, Takuya Akagawa and Sachiko Goto
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:85
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  24. Paediatric intensive care units (PICU) experience a big challenge with malnutrition. It significantly impacts the development and prognosis of critically ill patients (CIP). CIP are those who require high reli...

    Authors: Mohamed Abdallah Abd El Megied, Iman Khaled Ayada, Omnia Yahia Abd El Dayem, Ramy Abd El Naser Abd El Wareth, Mohamed Salah Ghonaim, Aya Osama Mohamed and Shereen AbdelMonem Mohamed
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:54
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  25. This study assessed the value of measuring both arterial lactate levels and central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO2) in predicting cardiac surgery outcomes in pediatric patients.

    Authors: Alyaa Ahdy Abdelaziz, Fady Mohammed ElGendy, Alaa Atef Hegazy, Mai Hussein and Ramy Mohamed Ghazy
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:84
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  26. As double-outlet right ventricle has a wide pathophysiology spectrum, its comprehensive treatment strategy is determined based on relevant factors, such as the location and size of the ventricular septal defect, ...

    Authors: Yuzo Katayama, Sho Isobe, Tsukasa Ozawa and Takeshiro Fujii
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:82
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  27. Community-acquired pneumonia represents a noteworthy concern in terms of morbidity and mortality, particularly in countries with lower and middle-income levels. Accurate and timely diagnosis of pneumonia is cr...

    Authors: Shereen A. Mohamed, Hafez M. Bazaraa, Sally K. Ishak, Mohamed H. El-Ghobashy and Maie A. Gommaa
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:83
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  28. Asthma is a common and potentially serious chronic disease that imposes a substantial burden on patients, their families, and the community.

    Authors: Khaled Amin Nasef Ahmed, Iman Ali Abd El Aziz, Sara Tarek, Hager Mahmoud Abd El Fattah and Ahmed Said Behairy
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:53
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  29. Neonatal jaundice is a common disorder in neonates. Phototherapy is associated with various side effects despite being safe. This research aimed to determine the impact of phototherapy (PT) on eosinophil level...

    Authors: Sara Tarek, Dalia S. Mosallam, Doaa Saber, Nehal Diaa, Omnia Y. Abd El Dayem and Samira Abdelmonem
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:80
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  30. Early identification of sickle renovascular changes via renal Doppler sonography among sickle cell disease patients to help in early diagnosis and interventions to prevent progression to end-stage renal disease.

    Authors: Mona Hassan Eltagui, Hadeel M. Seif Eldein, Marwa Abd Elhady, Dalia El-Sayed, Nouran Momen, Yasmeen M. M. Selim and Mai Mohammed Abd EL Salam
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:81
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  31. Pediatric endocrine disorders (PED) are a common component of medical health challenges in Saudi Arabia. We aimed to describe the pattern and clinical outcomes of different non-diabetic pediatric endocrine dis...

    Authors: Ahmed Hassan Al-Ghamdi, Abdelhamid Ahmed Fureeh, Rawan Ibrahim Alshawikhat, Fatimah Ali Alshaikh Jafar, Saad Khalid Alamri, Abdulrhman K. Alzahrani, Abdulghani A. Alzahrani, Ahmed Saleh Alghamdi and Ali Abdulrraheem Almathammi
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:66
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  32. Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare multisystemic autosomal recessive (AR) disorder, which falls under the spectrum of ciliopathic disorders. As BBS is a very rare entity in India, its diagnosis is most ofte...

    Authors: Gargi Ramesh Rekhawar, M. P. Bhavana, Vishal Dnyaneshwar Sawant, Sushma Save and Alpana Kondekar
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:52
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  33. Germinal matrix hemorrhage affects 20 to 25% of infants with a low birth weight (less than 1500 g). About one-tenth of them progress to intra-parenchymal hemorrhage, usually during the first days after birth. ...

    Authors: Khaled Amin Nasef Ahmed, Dalia Ahmed Saied, Eman E. L. Sayed Mustafa Megahed, Sara Mahmoud Kamel and Mona Ahmed Kamel
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:79
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  34. Pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admissions can have significant repercussions on families, including financial burdens and psychological distress. Not only do they face the overwhelming concern for their ...

    Authors: Varun Ravindra Jagtap, Sushma Save and Praveen Unki
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:78
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  35. COVID-19-related lockdowns had resulted in overburdening on health services. The lockdowns along with anxiety of the disease have resulted in delay in routine vaccination of many under-5 children. The current ...

    Authors: S. S. Dhanawade, R. V. Kawade and V. B. Waghachavare
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:51
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  36. Furosemide is the foremost drug used in the management of acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). By tradition, it was administered as repeated intravenous boluses but fluctuations in intravascular volume an...

    Authors: Marwa Zarzor, Bothina Hasaneen, Mohamed Magdy Abouelkheir and Hanan El-Halaby
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:77
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  37. Caroli’s disease is characterized by non-obstructive dilatation of intrahepatic biliary radicals with formation of calculi followed by recurrent episodes of cholangitis. It is a rare congenital malformation an...

    Authors: Abhishek Mishra, Achinta Kumar Mallick, A. K. Singh and Anushree Mishra
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:76
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  38. Globally, infectious diseases, including pneumonia, diarrhea, and malaria, along with pre-term birth complications, birth asphyxia and trauma, and congenital anomalies remain the leading causes of death for un...

    Authors: Samar Abd ElHafeez, Mahmoud A. Hassan, Esraa Abdellatif Hammouda, Abdelrahman Omran, Ola Fahmy Esmail, Amira Saad Mahboob, Mohamed Mostafa Tahoun, Dina Hussein El Malawany, Mohamed Kamal Eldwiki, Passent Ehab El-Meligy, Ehab Elrewany, Shaimaa Gadelkarim Ebrahim Ali, Amira Mahmoud Elzayat, Ahmed Ramadan, Abdelhamid Elshabrawy, Naglaa Youssef…
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:75
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  39. Acute hemolytic anemia (AHA) is a common emergency in pediatric emergency departments, hence the need to adapt pre-existing high-quality practice guidelines for the diagnosis, management, and prevention of AHA...

    Authors: Galila Mokhtar, Ashraf Abdel Baky, Ilham Youssry, Iman Ragab, Laila Sherief, Marwa Zakaria, Mervat Hesham, Nouran Salah, Rasha Abdel-Raouf, Sara Makkeyah, Sherein Shalaby, Sonia Adolf Habib, Tarek Omar, Yasser Amer and Niveen M. Salama
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:74
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  40. Hepatic mesenchymal hamartoma (HMH) is the second most common benign hepatic tumor in the pediatric age group. The etiology of HMH is unclear. Theories include abnormal hepatic mesenchyme, a reactive change or...

    Authors: Shirbin Joe Mathews, Athiya Perveen K, Bini Mariam Chandy and Ria K. Mathew
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:50
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  41. Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is not always feasible in resources-limited countries for treatment of acquired aplastic anemia (AA); accordingly, an alternative and acceptable non-BMT is required to avoid m...

    Authors: Mohamed Abdallah Abd El Megied, Rasha Abdel-Raouf Abdel-Aziz Afifi and Howida Ahmed Ali
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:73
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  42. Insomnia is a very common condition in childhood with a prevalence of 25–50%. It can present as difficulty with initiating and maintaining sleep with frequent disruptions throughout the night. Sleep insomnia i...

    Authors: Eman Hassanin, Shelbea Peters and Folasade Rotimi
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:72
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  43. Jaundice in the newborn period is a very common entity; rare inherited causes are often forgotten. Persistent unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia in the intermediate levels with non-hemolytic features must prompt ...

    Authors: Ramya Srinivasa Rangan, Shagun Shah and C. T. Deshmukh
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:49
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  44. Neonatal sepsis is a leading cause of newborn mortality in the developing world. Most of the newborn babies admitted to a neonatal ICU for different reasons acquire hospital-acquired infections. Early and opti...

    Authors: Javeed Iqbal Bhat, Shaib Mohd Bhat, Zubair Mushtaq Tramboo and Bashir Ahmad Charoo
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:48
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  45. Asthma is a chronic inflammatory airway disease characterized by episodic reversible airway obstruction that variably presents with cough, wheezing, shortness of breath, or chest tightness. It is a multigeneti...

    Authors: Magdy Mohamed Zedan, Mona El Wassefy, Eman Omar Khashaba, Hagar Sallam and Suzy Abd El Mabood
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:47
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  46. Individuals with asthma are thought to suffer from a variety of distinct disorders, or phenotypes, each of which is characterized by a unique combination of genetic and environmental factors. Syndromes that ar...

    Authors: Magdy M. Zedan, Doaa M. Radwan, Nashwa Khairat Abousamra, Yahya Mohammed Wahba and Engy Osman
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:46
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  47. Congenital segmental intestinal dilatation (CSID) is a rare cause of neonatal bowel obstruction. Patients can present in the early newborn period with feeding intolerance and abdominal distension. Diagnosis is...

    Authors: Hooi Hooi Tan, Shung Ken Tan, Roslina Bt Abd. Halim, Md Yusri Md Yusof, Pavitratha Puspanathan and Pak Inn Teoh
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:45
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  48. Cholesteatoma is regarded as a critical health issue in the world. Nevertheless, congenital cholesteatoma (CC) is an unusual problem, and bilateral CC is extremely rare.

    Authors: Navid Nourizadeh, Mohamad Reza Afzalzadeh and Masoud Mahdavi Rashed
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:44
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  50. Considering the necessity and importance of providing health care to children during the Covid-19 epidemic, this study aims to investigate primary health workers performance for infants under 6 months during t...

    Authors: Fatemeh Sharifi Oroomi, Shokouh Shahrousvand, Mahboobeh Mohammad Hosseini, Narjes Tavakolikia, Saeed Taammoli, Elahe Hesari and Abbas Vosoogh-Moghadam
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:42
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