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  1. Sedation is an integral part in the management of critical patients in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Optimum sedation is when the child is asleep but easily arousable. The patient should be able to...

    Authors: Nidhie Shajan, Monika Sharma and Gurmeet Kaur
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:41
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  2. Pyogenic liver abscess is a rare condition in children especially in early infancy. The diagnosis requires a high index of suspicion and treatment has to be aggressive to avoid fatality. There is a rarity of r...

    Authors: Oluwafunmilayo Funke Adeniyi, Nelson Daniel, Olivia Ashefor and Patricia Akintan
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:40
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  3. A wealth of data exists concerning pediatric burn epidemiology in general, but more is explicitly needed in infants under 1 year of age, a particular group in which mobility begins to develop.

    Authors: Yasemin Demir Yiğit, Ebral Yiğit and Ilhan Taş
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:39
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  5. Vitamin D has immunomodulating actions which have a major role in the regulation of the inflammatory response. In this study, we aimed to determine the presence of an association between the serum level of vit...

    Authors: Marwa Ibrahem Abdelrazic, Alshimaa Mohammed Rateeb, Walid Abdelwahab Eid, Eman Fathi Abdelrazik and Ibtehal Saad Abuelela
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:37
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  6. Estimated baseline serum creatinine (bSCr) affects the incidence and outcomes of childhood severe malaria. Herein, we estimated baseline serum creatinine (bSCr) levels of 541 children with severe malaria using...

    Authors: Olayinka Rasheed Ibrahim, Folake Moriliat Afolayan, Michael Abel Alao, Bashir Mohammed, Bello Mohammed Suleiman and Olanrewaju Timothy Adedoyin
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:36
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  7. Paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity (PSH) is the result of dysregulated autonomic function with sympathetic symptoms characterised by increased heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure and temperature wit...

    Authors: Jay Bhagwat Jomalkar, Vineetha Vijayan, Avanti Rajendra Saoji, Abhinaya Vaidyanathan, Praveen Unki, Santosh Kondekar, Surbhi Rathi and Chandrahas T. Deshmukh
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:35
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  8. Pulmonary exacerbations have been found to negatively impact the natural course of pediatric bronchiectasis. However, prognostic factors that might predict the severity of exacerbations are poorly identified. ...

    Authors: Heba A. Ali, Mona A. Salem and Marwa A. Abdelwahad
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:34
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  9. Neonatal sepsis is a clinical syndrome characterized by signs and symptoms of infection with or without accompanying bacteremia in neonatal period. Most of neonatal sepsis-related morbidity and mortality can b...

    Authors: Thirunavukkarasu Arun Babu, Arundhathi Shankaralingappa, Vijayasankar Vijayadevagaran, Vijayan Sharmila and Vinoth Kumar Kalidoss
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:32
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  10. It’s thought that respiratory epithelium-produced reduced hydrogen sulphide (H2S) plays a role in the pathophysiology of acute asthma. In this case–control research, blood H2S levels were examined between matched...

    Authors: Mohamed Abdallah Abd El Megied, Mohammad Abdel Fattah Abdel Motey and Ahmed Salama Amen
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:31
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  11. From quiet environment in uterus, neonates in special care newborn units (SCNU) get exposed to a stressful technology-driven environment. Noise level in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) depends on social a...

    Authors: Saptasikha Das, Pinaki Chakraborty, Reeta Bora and Priyanko Chakraborty
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:30
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  12. This study aims at determining why fathers do not follow their children to the clinic or hospital and exploring the factors that will promote father’s participation in healthcare of their children.

    Authors: Olubunmi Temitope Bodunde, Oluwafolahan Oluwagbemiga Sholeye, Olubukunonla Ayodele Jeminusi, Haroun Adetunji Ajibode, Taibat Olusola Otulana and Emmanuel Olusegun Adebayo
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:29
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  13. To our knowledge, no other studies investigated the internal consistency of the Edinburgh Visual Gait Score (EVGS). The aim of our study was to determine the reliability and construct validity of the EVGS in c...

    Authors: İsmail Uysal, Fatih Özden, Serap Tuna and İsmet Tümtürk
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:28
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  14. Authors: Antoine AbdelMassih, Aya Kamel, Ali Mohamed Zaki, Ayten Aboudeif, Clara Emad, Dina Ramadan, Hanya Gaber, Harvey Bastorous, Mehraiel Shaker, Nancy Salah, Nourhan Hany, Nur El-Mestkawy, Rana Adel Naguib Sawiris, Rana Mamdouh, Sandy Atalla, Sara Abozeid…
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:33
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:22

  15. Short stature is one of the main causes of children referral to pediatric endocrinologists. Common etiologies include idiopathic growth hormone deficiency (IGHD), small for gestational age (SGA), and idiopathi...

    Authors: Amira Ahmed Gad, Radwa Shamma, Mohamed A. Elmonem, Nora E. Badawi, Lubna Fawaz and Mona Mamdouh Hassan
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:27
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  16. Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) exhibits high mortality rates among children, accounting for up to 50% in severe cases.

    Authors: Mohamed Abdallah Abd El Megied, Mohammad Abdel Fattah Abdel Motey, Miriam Magdy Aziz and Mohammed Mohammedy Ebrahim
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:24
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  17. A toxin produced by Clostridium tetani causes an acute illness called tetanus. Although there are still isolated incidences of the disease in emerging nations with social and economic squalor, the number of ca...

    Authors: Abiola O. Fafolahan, Oladunni P. Sodipo, Kafayat K. Adeoye, Badiru O. Musa, Erioluwa Jegede, Titilope Musari and Blessing O. Adeyemi
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:23
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  18. In childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), relapse is most commonly seen in the bone marrow (10–20%), followed by the central nervous system (3–8%). Isolated skin relapse is very rare in ALL. We report an ...

    Authors: Yeter Düzenli Kar, Zeynep Canan Özdemir, Ersin Töret, Evrim Yılmaz and Özcan Bör
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:21
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  19. Authors: Bahia Moustafa, Sawsan Moselhy, Moftah Rabie, Ayman Hammad, Doaa Youssef, Mohamed Shouman, Samuel Makar, Ahmed Badr, Sameh Mansour, Dina Ebrahim, Marwa Nabhan, Fatma Ateia, Hend Abdel-Nabi, Ahmed Hussein, Manal Salman, Mai S. Korkor…
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:26
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:12

  20. Vitamin E supplementation in many adult populations has been found to reduce the impact of oxidative stress from chronic diseases which include HIV infection. With paucity of data among the pediatric populatio...

    Authors: O. B. Olibamoyo, P. E. Akintan, O. F. Adeniyi and O. O. Soriyan
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:19
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  21. The facilities for intensive care are improving day by day in all departments including pediatrics, and prognostication has always been the duty of a physician. Scoring systems are useful to objectively measur...

    Authors: M. M. Anjali and Deepa T. Unnikrishnan
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:25
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  22. Hepatitis C virus infection is an emerging problem for children and adolescents. Chronic HCV infection affects approximately 3.5–5 million children worldwide. Unaddressed HCV infection in children progresses t...

    Authors: Fahmida Begum, Md.Wahiduzzaman Mazumder, Khan Lamia Nahid, Tahmina Jesmin and Nadira Musabbir
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:17
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  23. Duplex kidney is a relatively common renal anomaly with a wide array of associations. With routine antenatal screening it is increasingly diagnosed these days. With this study, we aim to assess the clinical pr...

    Authors: Athiya Perveen K, Shirbin Joe Mathews and Thomas P Varghese
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:18
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  24. Vitamin D deficiency is a known morbidity among pregnant women. Maternal hypovitaminosis D results in poor fetal transplacental vitamin D accretion and decreased stores in the neonate. This in turn may lead to...

    Authors: Achinta Kumar Mallick, Raj Kumar Yadav, Kiran Sannalli and Nitul Mohan Bewal
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:15
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  25. Infantile hepatic hemangioendothelioma (IHHE) is a benign liver tumor associated with a varied spectrum of presentations ranging from asymptomatic hepatomegaly and cutaneous hemangiomas to some life-threatenin...

    Authors: Debashree Priyadarshini, Goolla Akhila, Rachita Sarangi and Anuspandana Mahapatra
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:16
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  27. Nutritional support is essential as enteral or parenteral nutrition to reduce catabolism, to lower the complications rate, and to improve outcomes in critically ill patients.

    Authors: Basant Salah El Meligy, Seham Awad El-sherbini, Mohamed Mosaad Soliman, Heba Mohamad abd El-Ghany and Elshimaa Salah Ahmed
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:20
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  28. Congenital malformations are the third cause of mortality in children under five. We aimed to report sociodemographic and diagnostic aspects of gastrointestinal ones and their outcomes.

    Authors: Florent Tshibwid A. Zeng, Papa Alassane Mbaye, Doudou Gueye, Rosalie Niang, Ibrahima Bocar Wellé, Ndeye Fatou Seck, Mbaye Fall, Ndeye Aby Ndoye, Aloïse Sagna, Oumar Ndour and Gabriel Ngom
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:9
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  29. The liver biopsy is an essential element of evaluating progression of liver disease in children with Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis (PFIC) and Allagille Syndrome (AGS). Several noninvasive techn...

    Authors: Hadeer Mohamed Nasr El-din, Noha Adel, Nehal EL-koofy, Alaa Obeida, Sherif Kaddah, Gamal EL-Tagy and Wesam Mohamed
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:8
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  30. Hemodynamic instability and inadequate cardiac performance are common in critically ill children. The clinical assessment of hemodynamic status is reliant upon physical examination supported by clinical signs ...

    Authors: Ahmed Abd-Elaziz Salem Shokr, Rania Hosny Tomerak, Hala Mounir Agha, Rania Mohamad Helmy ElKaffas and Samia Bekhtte Ibrahem Ali
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:10
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  31. Surgical correction of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is still one of the most frequently performed intervention in pediatric cardiac surgery. The occurrence of seizures after repair or palliation of congenital hea...

    Authors: Lamiaa Abdelrahman Ibrahim, Fatma Alzahraa Mostafa Gomaa, Reem Ibrahim Ismail, Neveen Mohamed Elfayoumy, Bahga Hosam Eldin Ahmed and Iman Fathi
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:14
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  32. Nephrotic syndrome is one of the most common chronic kidney diseases in children. Steroid sensitive type constitutes about 90% and steroid resistant 10% of total cases. 

    Authors: Bahia Moustafa, Mahmoud M. El-Kersh, Sherin Shalaby, Nancy Abdel Salam, Sawsan Moselhy, Gamal Taha Soliman, Abeer Selim, Yasser S Amer and Ashraf Abdel Baky
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:13
    Content type: Guidelines Published on:

    The Guidelines to this article has been published in Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:12

  33. Nephrotic syndrome is one of the most common chronic kidney diseases in children. Steroid sensitive type (SSNS) constitutes about 85–90%, whereas steroid-resistant type (SRNS) only 15–20% (Mickinney et al. Ped...

    Authors: Bahia Moustafa, Sawsan Moselhy, Moftah Rabie, Ayman Hammad, Doaa Youssef, Mohamed Shouman, Samuel Makar, Ahmed Badr, Sameh Mansour, Dina Ebrahim, Marwa Nabhan, Fatma Ateia, Hend Abdel-Nabi, Ahmed Hussein, Manal Salman, Mai S. Korkor…
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:12
    Content type: Guidelines Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:26

    The Guidelines to this article has been published in Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:13

  34. Celiac disease (CD) is a chronic immune-mediated disorder with multiple extraintestinal manifestations. The increased incidence of cardiac morbidities in celiac patients highlights the importance of early dete...

    Authors: Lamiaa Abdelrahman Ibrahim, Hala Hussein Mansour, Yasmeen Abdel Salam Abdu and Aya Mohamed Fattouh
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:11
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  35. Cranial ultrasonography (CUS) has become an important tool to depict normal brain anatomy and to detect the ischemic and hemorrhagic brain injury patterns in high-risk neonates. The present study aimed to asse...

    Authors: Aliya Shabir Sherwani, Arshed Hussain Parry, Mudasir Hamid Bhat, Tariq Ahmad Gojwari, Bashir Ahmad Charoo and Naseer Ahmad Choh
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:7
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  36. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) is currently considered the first-line diagnostic procedure of choice for upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB); however, the etiology of bleeding remains unknown in a subset ...

    Authors: Mostafa A. Elhodhod, Ahmed M. Hamdy, Passant O. Fahmy and Yosra M Awad
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:6
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  37. Blue light phototherapy used extensively in the management of hyperbilirubinemia has many side effects like dry eyes, blurring, headache, and altered circadian rhythm. Healthcare providers working around the p...

    Authors: Sushma Krishnegowda, Deepti Thandaveshwara and Srinivasa Murthy Doreswamy
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:5
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  38. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a post-infectious sequelae of acute COVID-19 infection affecting children. This study was done over a period of 12 months from December 2020 to Novembe...

    Authors: Brundavanam Venkata Krishna Sai, Hema Kumar, Thirunavukkarasu Arun Babu, Raghuvamsi Chaitra, Diptirekha Satapathy and Vinoth Kumar Kalidoss
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:4
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  39. Chronic fatigue is an intense subjective feeling of mental or physical exhaustion. It influences patients’ daily functioning and quality of life, delays recovery, and increases mortality, especially in chronic...

    Authors: Yasmin Ramadan, Nehal Elkoofy, Samar Sabry, Ghada Mansour and Noha El-Anwar
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:3
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  40. Recently, marked improvement of medical and surgical care for infants with congenital heart disease led to a growing population with a high risk of developmental delay. We aimed to identify developmental delay...

    Authors: Sahar Sheta, Omnia R. Amin, Ahmed Elkateb, Noha El Toukhy and Shaimaa Sayed
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:2
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  41. Corona virus disease has been associated with a wide variety of fungal and bacterial co-infections. These secondary infections could be due to the irrational use of antibiotics, immunosuppressive therapy, pre-...

    Authors: Mallesh Kariyappa, Ashray Sudarshan Patel, K Dhanalakshmi and B Dakshayani
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:1
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  42. Infections with multidrug-resistant K. pneumoniae is associated with high morbidity and mortality especially among critically ill patients. This was the main principle to conduct a detailed study about this organ...

    Authors: Ahmed El-Nawawy, Marwa A. Meheissen, Ahmed M. Badr and Manal A. M. Antonios
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:48
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  43. Tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA) is mostly a sequela of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) which is seen in sexually active women. Although very rare, TOA could be seen in virgin adolescent girls. Fifteen cases of TO...

    Authors: Tuğba Acer-Demir, Müge Sağnak-Akıllı, Lütfi Hakan Güney, Esra Elif Arslan and Ender Fakıoğlu
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:44
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  44. Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is characterized by microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (MAHA), thrombocytopenia, and acute kidney injury. The acute pancreatitis-associated HUS is a rare entity, and this case is...

    Authors: Sevgin Taner, Işıl Ezel Taşkın Karaçay and İlknur Arslan
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:43
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  45. Mother experiences variety of stressors related to premature birth, baby’s medical condition, unpleasant neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) environment and intuit liability of the infant. Identifying factors ...

    Authors: Tazeem Fatima Ansari, Poonam Wade, Vinaya Singh and Sushma Malik
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:47
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  46. Growth and pubertal retardation are one of the most visible comorbidities in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) under regular hemodialysis. This study evaluated puber...

    Authors: Emad E. Ghobrial, Rasha E. Galal, Maha S. Gadass and Yomna M. Shaalan
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:45
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  47. Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a multisystem disorder. Gastrointestinal tract (GIT) involvement presently requires medical attention, and this improves the survival rate of patients with CF. GIT imaging has an essent...

    Authors: Dina H. Hamed, Rania SM. Ibrahim, Marwa A. Hakim and Mona Mohsen
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:46
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  48. Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that regulates calcium and phosphorous homeostasis to maintain a healthy mineralized skeleton. It can also influence immune responses and has immunomodulatory properties. Vit...

    Authors: Iman Shaheen, Rasha Afifi, Nelly Abulata, Reham Aboukhalil, Basant Meligy, HebatAllah F. Algebaly and Omnia Y. Abd El Dayem
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:38
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  49. With the development of medical technology and advancements of intensive care units, many types of mechanical ventilators are recruited in the management of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)/acute lun...

    Authors: Ahmed R. Rezk, Mai A. Mohamed, Mohamed H. Elkenawy, Nehad Bakry and Ahmed Omran
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:36
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  50. Dengue infection is one of the most common viral infections globally, with a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations, including hemorrhage and shock. Early diagnostic confirmation of dengue infection is esse...

    Authors: Andry Juliansen, Charista Lydia Budiputri, Fellisa Meliani, Michelle Patricia Muljono, Rivaldo Steven Heriyanto, Shally Chandra and Gilbert Sterling Octavius
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:52
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