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  1. Acute complicated appendicitis is a common abdominal emergency in children. Unlike simple appendicitis, laparoscopic appendectomy has not been considered yet the first choice in management of complicated appen...

    Authors: Mohammad Seqsaqa, Ahmed Ezzat Rozeik, Mohammed Khalifa and Hazem Nour Abdellatif Ashri
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2020 68:26
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  3. Pharmacovigilance is an identifying and responding process against an adverse drug reaction (ADRs) problem encountered in the drug administration. ADRs are among the common reasons for morbidity and fatality i...

    Authors: Zakir Khan, Khayal Muhammad, Yusuf Karatas, Cagri Bilen, Farman Ullah Khan and Faiz Ullah Khan
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2020 68:24
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  4. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is an extremely rare malignant lesion among the pediatric age group. The relative rarity of pediatric NPC makes the diagnosis difficult. This rarity is often associated with dela...

    Authors: Santosh Kumar Swain, Smrutipragnya Samal, Jatindra Nath Mohanty and Jasahree Choudhury
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2020 68:23
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  5. Self-monitoring blood glucose (SMBG) includes an assessment of the capillary glucose concentration as well as the interpretation of and responding to the readings. The purpose of this study was to assess patie...

    Authors: Safinaz Adel Elhabashy, Hanan Said Ezz elarab, Rasha Adel Thabet and Asmaa Shaban Oda
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2020 68:22
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  6. We aimed to evaluate the psychiatric symptoms in addition quality of life in children and adolescents with hemophilia and to determine which factors contributed to psychiatric problems of them.

    Authors: Merve Cikili-Uytun, Fatih Hilmi Çetin, Rabia Yılmaz, Salih Uytun, Zehra Babadağı, Meriban Karadogan, Fatma Turkan Mutlu and Yasemin Altuner-Torun
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2020 68:20
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  7. Thyroid infection is rare in paediatric age group in anatomically normal thyroid gland. However, acute suppurative thyroiditis (AST) is common in high-risk cases like thyroglossal duct remnant and thyroglossal...

    Authors: Swaranjika Sahoo, Basudev Biswal, Anuspandana Mohapatra and Rachita Sarangi
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2020 68:19
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  8. Obesity is the most common chronic metabolic disease in children. The global prevalence of obesity has doubled from 1990 to 2015. Worryingly, the increase is more in children than adults. It has reached epidem...

    Authors: Nageh S. Mohamed, Sheren Esam Maher, Samah M. M. Abozaid and Hend M. Moenes
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2020 68:17
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  9. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emerged as a small outbreak in Wuhan rapidly progressing into the deadliest pandemic since the Spanish flu of 1918. The disease was deemed trivial in children, until the rep...

    Authors: Antoine Fakhry AbdelMassih, Aisha Said AbdelAzeam, Aya Ayad, Aya Yasser Kamel, Ayah Khalil, Basma Kotb, Dina Waheed, Esraa Menshawey, Fady Sefein, Farah Taha, Habiba-Allah Ismail, Ibrahim Osman, John Iskander, Lama El Wakil, Lara Rashad, Mariem Badr Arsanyous…
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2020 68:21
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  10. Wilms tumor is the commonest malignant renal neoplasm in children. Surgery plays a pivotal role in the management, and evidence-based guidelines for surgical resection have been established by the major intern...

    Authors: Ahmed Elgendy, Mohamed Abouheba, Abdelmotaleb Ebeid, Sherif M. K. Shehata and Sameh Shehata
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2020 68:18
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  11. Asthma is the most common chronic respiratory disorder in childhood with worldwide increasing in its prevalence and global burden. The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) provides ...

    Authors: Osama T. Amer, Hussnia M. Ragab, Shereen M. Bahgat, Sameh A. Elsayed, Marwa Gad, Ahmed Fawzy, Salwa Hegazy, Eman Mokhtar, Hala Yaseen and Dina T. Sarhan
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2020 68:16
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  12. Chronic lung diseases (CLD) in children such as bronchiectasis and interstitial lung disease represent a major public health problem with limited therapeutic options. These patients develop pulmonary hypertens...

    Authors: Iman H. Draz, Fatma El Zahraa Mostafa, Antoin F. AbdelMassih, Dalia El-Sayed and Rania El-Kaffas
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2020 68:15
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  13. Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a disorder characterized by a heterogeneous clinical outcome. Interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) are important mediators of inflammatory response. Genetic modifiers th...

    Authors: Yasmine Elammary, Nadia Sewelam, Hanan Al-Wakeel, Mona El-Ghamrawy and Shahira Zayed
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2020 68:14
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  14. Childhood obesity is related to multiple serious health problems and an enhanced risk of premature onset of diseases. The relation of skeletal maturation to obesity is undetermined. The study aims to evaluate ...

    Authors: Rania S. M. Ibrahim, Christine William Shaker, Marwa Farouk Mira, Marwa Ahmed Sedky and Ghada Mohammad Anwar
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2020 68:13
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  15. Early and prompt diagnosis of urinary tract infection (UTI) in neonates has important therapeutic implications. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of UTI in neonates admitted to a referral ne...

    Authors: Wael Mohamed, Alkassem Algameel, Rasha Bassyouni and Abd el Tawab Mahmoud
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2020 68:12
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  16. The incidence of preterm births is increasing and has become a global health concern. This study aimed to compare the outcome of late preterm (LPT) to full term (FT) neonates at two large hospitals in Upper Eg...

    Authors: Alkassem Algameel, Manal Elhawary, Sayed Amin and Marwa Abd Elmenem
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2020 68:11
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  17. Limited number of studies evaluated cardiac diastolic function in infants of diabetic mothers using tissue Doppler imaging. The aim of this study was to evaluate diastolic parameters in full-term infants of di...

    Authors: Alaa A. Sobeih, Magdy M. A. Sakr and Rehab K. Abolmaaty
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2020 68:10
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  18. An optimal level of vitamin D is necessary for normal bone growth. Recently, vitamin D has been linked to many neurological disorders, changes in antioxidant capacity levels, and cognitive function decline in ...

    Authors: Omyma G. Ahmed, Hala M. Sakhr, Haytham M. Ali and Lamiaa Abdlsamiee
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2020 68:8
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  19. The lungs contribute in the final maturation of the circulating platelets, and some studies suggested that chronic lung disease (CLD) could impair circulating platelets maturation or count. Our aim was to stud...

    Authors: Iman H. Draz, Iman A. Shaheen and Eman A. Youssef
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2020 68:9
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  20. Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) accounts for 19% of the world’s total deaths among all age groups yearly, with highest rates in children less than 5 years. This study is designed to evaluate the serum lepti...

    Authors: Heba Abouhussein, Shereen Mohamed, Talal Dougman and Rabab ElHawary
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2020 68:7
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  21. Obstructive adenotonsillar enlargement is known to cause failure to thrive in children. The effect of adenotonsillectomy is not well documented on the growth of affected children. The study was carried out to ...

    Authors: Ayotunde James Fasunla, Ebidisemere Linda Totyen, Paul Adekunle Onakoya and Onyekwere George Nwaorgu
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2020 68:6
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  22. Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) −308 G>A promoter polymorphism might be associated with excessive production of the proinflammatory cytokine TNF-α, modulating host response to pulmonary infections. Our obj...

    Authors: Fady M. El Gendy, Muhammad Said El-Mekkawy, Sherin Sobhy El-Naidany and Shimaa Tarek El-torgoman
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2020 68:5
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  23. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) proved to be highly prevalent all over the world. H. pylori may modify the absorption of many nutrients. Studies have suggested that, beyond iron, H. pylori infection may affect...

    Authors: Ashraf Mohamed Elsaghier, Fardous Hanem Abdel Aal, Nagla Hassan Abu Faddan, Hekma Saad Farghaly, Mona Abd-Elhamid Hassan and Mahmoud Farouk Sherif
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2020 68:4
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  24. There are no national reference charts in Iran for children aged under five. This study aimed to develop representative growth reference charts of height, weight, and BMI for children aged 2–5 years in Isfahan...

    Authors: Zahra Heidari, Awat Feizi, Sara Rezaei and Roya Kelishadi
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2020 68:3
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  25. Neonatal sepsis (NS) is a systemic uncontrolled inflammatory response to an infectious agent, resulting in oxidative stress. Melatonin antioxidant and free radical scavenger proved to be safe in neonates. We a...

    Authors: Zeinab A. El-Kabbany, Ola G. El-Farghali, Soha M. Khafagy, Hebatallah A. Shaaban, Heba H. A. Osman and Mohamed H. Metwally
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2020 68:2
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  26. Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) is mainly produced in the liver and in the adipose tissue. Normal fibrin clearance mechanisms were found to be affected by high plasma PAI-1 levels and thus increases ris...

    Authors: Marwa Farouk Mira, Ghada Mohammad Anwar, Azza Mohamed Sarry EL-Din and Safinaz Mohammed Megahed
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2020 68:1
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  27. Kernicterus or bilirubin encephalopathy is a preventable cause of handicap, still occurs in our country. The aim of the current study was to assess the role of bilirubin/albumin ratio in improving the morbidit...

    Authors: Dalia Mosallam, Reem N. Said, Marwa A. Abd Elsamad and Nada M. Abdelfatah
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2019 67:11
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  28. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is considered a major cause of death in renal insufficiency (RI). Contributing genetic factors is a recent focus of research. This study aims to elucidate apolipoprotein E (APO-E) ...

    Authors: Bahia Hassan Moustafa, Ahmed Badr, Abeer Selim, Rania Samy and Nasser Gamal
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2019 67:10
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  29. As brain activity depends greatly on the functions provided by lipid membranes, dietary fat in early life can affect the developing nervous system. Despite the adoption of an early more aggressive parenteral n...

    Authors: Rania Mohamed Abdou and Hoda Mahmoud Ibrahim Weheiba
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2019 67:8
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  30. Neonatal physiological jaundice is a common benign condition that rarely extends behind the second week of life; however, it may interfere with the diagnosis of a pathological condition termed neonatal cholest...

    Authors: Ramy Mohamed Ghazy and Mohamed Ahmed Khedr
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2019 67:9
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  32. Overweight/obesity, high dietary fat, sodium and low calcium intake are recognized as risk factors for primary hypertension in obese adults, children and adolescents.

    Authors: Nayera E. Hassana, Salwa M. El Shebinib, Sahar A. El-Masrya, Nihad H. Ahmedb, Manal M. Alia, Gamila S. M. El-Saeedc and Dalia El-Lebedyd
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2019 67:6
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  34. High jejunal atresia is associated with significant dilatation of the proximal segment. This poses two problems: (a) calibre discrepancy with the distal unused segment and (b) hypomotility causing stasis. Tape...

    Authors: Mahmoud Marei Marei, Mohamed Hamed Abouelfadl, Ahmed Arafa Elsayed Rawwash, Hamed Mahmoud Seleim, Wesam Mohamed Mahmoud, Tamer Yassin Mohamed Yassin and Gamal Hassan El-Tagy
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2019 67:4
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    The Correction to this article has been published in Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2020 68:32

  35. Hepatectomy in children deserves exhaustive preoperative and intraoperative tools to define the anatomy, minimize blood loss, and confirm adequacy of liver tissue left. The aim of this study is to report our e...

    Authors: Hesham Mohammed Abdelkader, Mohamed Abdel-Latif, Mohamed Abdelsattar and Ahmed Abdelhaseeb Youssef
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2019 67:3
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  36. Neonatal sepsis is occasionally associated with abnormal plasma glucose level, but data in full-term and late-preterm neonates is limited. Our aim was to determine prevalence and prognostic value of plasma glu...

    Authors: Muhammad Said El-Mekkawy and Dalia Monir Ellahony
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2019 67:2
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  37. This systematic review was performed to compare the effectiveness of two concentrations (12% versus 38%) of silver diamine fluoride (SDF) in arresting cavitated dentin caries among children. A search of random...

    Authors: Zeinab O. Tolba, Heba S. Hamza, Dalia M. Moheb, Hassan E. Hassanein and Hend M. El Sayed
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2019 67:1
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