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  1. 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
  2. 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

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

  3. 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

    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

  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. Consanguineous marriage is widely practised across the world. Its effect on acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is controversial as both parents share some of the genes which might increase the incidence of sh...

    Authors: Ameer Kakaje, Mohammad Marwan Alhalabi, Ayham Ghareeb, Bahjat Karam, Bassam Mansour, Bayan Zahra and Othman Hamdan
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:51
  22. Cow’s milk is known to be the most frequent food allergen in infants in the first years of life. Eliminating cow milk protein from diets and reintroducing it with a challenge test are the main methods for sure...

    Authors: Osama M. El-Asheer, Amira F. El-Gazzar, Caroline M. Zakaria, Farouk A. Hassanein and Khalil A. Mohamed
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:34
  23. Cardiovascular disease is one of the major causes of death in the world. Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is a major cause of cardiovascular disease. Longevity of breastfeeding and exclusiveness have b...

    Authors: Osama M. El-Asheer, Marwa A. Dahpy, Shazli R. Ahmed, Khalil A. Mohamed, Salah Eldin A. Amry and Deiaaeldin M. Tamer
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:55
  24. Infection control in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients plays a crucial role in improving the survival of patients with CF. Antimicrobial sensitivity patterns in these patient groups in our country are currently la...

    Authors: Probir Kumar Sarkar, Nabila Akand, Sarabon Tahura, Md Kamruzzaman, Johora Akter, Khandakar Ashikur Zaman, Tanzila Farhana, Sathi Sultana Rima, Md Jahangir Alam, Md. Kamrul Hassan and Jannatul Fardous
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:33
  25. Type 1 diabetes is a common childhood disease that is affected by and affects every aspect in the life of the child or adolescent with diabetes. Data on attention-deficit hyperkinetic disorder (ADHD) among chi...

    Authors: Hanan Hassan Aly, Eman Amin AbdelAziz, Mohamed Abdullah Mousa and Batoul Mohamed AbdelRaouf
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:54
  26. Brain is one of the most sensitive organs to hypoxia during resuscitation. NIRS-measured cerebral oxygenation is an evolving brain monitoring tool for neonatal resuscitation.

    Authors: Marwa Mohamed Farag, Hesham Abd E. L.-Rahim Ghazal, Alaa Ibrahim and Bahaa Hammad
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:53
  27. Diabetic nephropathy is considered a major complication among patients with type 1 diabetes. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate urinary N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase levels (uNAG) in patients with ty...

    Authors: Emad E. Ghobrial, Amal M. Said, Gerges F. Abd El Shaheed and Yomna M. Shaalan
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:31
  28. Ocular traumas are the leading cause of acquired unilateral blindness in the pediatric age group. The aim of this study is to determine the incidence of pediatric ocular injuries, the etiological factors that ...

    Authors: Emine Özdemir Kaçer and İlker Kaçer
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:28
  29. The most common cause of acute viral hepatitis is the hepatitis A virus (HAV). Millions of people are thought to be infected each year. It is transmitted either by the fecal-oral route or by consuming contamin...

    Authors: Onder Kilicaslan, Didem Kizmaz Isancli, Esmanur Fil, Ahmet Irdem and Adem Karbuz
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:37
  30. Non-thyroidal illness syndrome (NTIS) is considered when patients demonstrate altered thyroid hormones and is frequently seen in patients with sepsis and septic shock. Levels keep affected with disease progres...

    Authors: Tarek Ahmed Abdelgawad, Sondos Mohamed Magdy, Rana Abdelhakaim Ahmed Mahmoud, Sara Ibrahim Abdelfatah Taha and Safaa Yossef Abd Elhameed Ali
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:32
  31. One of the commonest pediatric surgeries is hydrocele. There are suggestions to wait for spontaneous resolution than to operate these cases without harmful adverse events. Herein, we evaluated the outcome of t...

    Authors: Tarek Abdelazeem Sabra, Moamen Shalkamy Abdelgawaad, Sarah Magdy Abdelmohsen and Amr Badawy
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:50
  32. Thalassemia constitutes a major health issue in Egypt. It is associated with significant mortality and morbidity that arise mainly from iron overload secondary to blood transfusions.

    Authors: Mariam Saad Nassim, Manar Ahmed Mahmoud, Hend Abu Shady and Eman Abd El Raouf Mohammed
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:49
  33. Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the leading cause of death in children globally. Indonesia is ranked 1st in South East Asia with the highest burden of pneumonia. Identification of risk factors is necessa...

    Authors: Michelle Patricia Muljono, Glenny Halim, Rivaldo Steven Heriyanto, Fellisa Meliani, Charista Lydia Budiputri, Maria Gabrielle Vanessa, Andraina, Andry Juliansen and Gilbert Sterling Octavius
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:30
  34. Malaria parasitemia is associated with premature, excessive hemolysis, induction of oxidative stress, and derangement in metabolism of iron, proteins, and some electrolytes. This study aims to evaluate the eff...

    Authors: Akpan Uwem Okon, Bassey Iya Eze, Uwaetteh Akanimoh Emmanuel, Inyang Wisdom Marcus and Usoro Chinyere Adanna
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:27
  35. Fractures specific to the pediatric age group represent a particular injury due to their pattern, diagnosis, management, and outcomes. In sub-Saharan Africa, studies on this particular injury are scarce. This ...

    Authors: Florent Tshibwid A Zeng, Mbaye Fall, Papa Alassane Mbaye, Doudou Gueye, Audrey Kongo Bisseyou, Ndeye Fatou Seck, Souleymane Camara, Ibrahima Bocar Wellé, Youssouph Diedhiou, Ndeye Aby Ndoye, Aloïse Sagna, Oumar Ndour and Gabriel Ngom
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:42
  36. Nutrition of critically ill children is a frequently ignored issue. The purpose of this study was to describe nutritional practices in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in a resource-limited country and...

    Authors: Muhammad Said El-Mekkawy, Gamal Ibrahim Shabaan and Alyaa Ahdy Abdelaziz
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:40
  37. Hepatitis A is the most common form of acute viral hepatitis in developing countries. In children < 6 years of age, most infections are asymptomatic, and if illness does occur, it is usually anicteric. This st...

    Authors: Noha A. Yassin, Salma Z. El-Houchi, Sarah F. Abd El-Shafy, Noha S. Soliman, Mohamed A. Elmonem and Nehal El-Koofy
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:41
  38. Vitamin D is classified as an immunomodulatory hormone that is synthesized because of skin exposure to sunlight. It is known to come into play during the regulation of hormone secretion, immune functions, cell...

    Authors: Nevin Sanlier and Merve Guney-Coskun
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:39
  39. Electrolyte disturbances are not uncommon in patients on chronic furosemide therapy. We hypothesized that serum chloride (Cl) and serum sodium (Na) abnormalities may occur in children on prolonged furosemide t...

    Authors: Nanies Mohamed Salah EL Din Soliman, Alyaa Amal Kotby, Menatallah Ali Shabaan and Esraa Matarawy Eid
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:26
  40. The most prevalent psychological disorder in children is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Latrophilin 3 (LPHN3) is a G protein-coupled receptor family member. It is brain specific and related t...

    Authors: Akram Elsadek, Doaa Soliman, Eman Behiry and Salem Deraz
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:23
  41. Advances in paediatric critical care have resulted in a reduction in mortality. This has shifted the focus to paediatric intensive care unit (PICU)-related morbidities and how to reduce or prevent them. In thi...

    Authors: Raghda Zaitoun, Rasha Hussein Aly and Ahmed R. Rezk
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:25
  42. Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a chronic glomerular disease that responds poorly to treatment, with a large proportion of patients progressing to end-stage renal disease in spite of initial aggre...

    Authors: Phuong Anh Le Thy, Thuy Yen Hoang Thi, Kiem Hao Tran and Huu Son Nguyen
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:24
  43. On the 5th of April 2022, cases of adenovirus-induced hepatitis were reported in Scotland and then reached multiple parts of the world. While adenovirus normally presents with diarrhea, vomiting, and fever, th...

    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 2022 70:22

    The Correction to this article has been published in Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2023 71:33

  44. Neonatal sepsis is a serious infection occurring within the first 28 days of life. It is a significant cause of mortality and morbidity. Red cell distribution width (RDW) is estimated within the standard CBC p...

    Authors: Mahmoud Hodeib, Dalia Morgan, Aya Hedaya and Nevien Waked
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:21
  45. Cerebral or brain hemorrhage due to the rupture of intracranial aneurysms is extremely rare in pediatric population. The aim of our work is to describe two cases in children and to review the existent bibliogr...

    Authors: Yolanda Rubio Atienza, Emilio Ibiza Palacios, Maria Pilar del Peral Samaniego, Pablo Álvarez Montañana, Maria Molina Corbacho and Vicent Modesto i Alapont
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:19
  46. To assess the effect of cardiac surgery on growth catch-up of Down syndrome (DS) children with failure to thrive (FTT) and congenital heart disease (CHD) and investigate other causes of FTT in DS children.

    Authors: Bana Agha Nasser, Mesned Abdulrahman, Abdullah A. L. Qwaee, Ali Alakhfash, Tageldein Mohamad, Mohamed S. Kabbani, Usama Alseedi, Baraa Obedien and Abdulaziz Chrit
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:20
  47. The majority of children who die of sepsis suffer from refractory shock and/or multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, with many deaths occurring within the initial 48–72 h of treatment.

    Authors: Salah Rafik Zaher, Dina Adel Elgohary and Manal A. M. Antonios
    Citation: Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 2022 70:17

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