Abstract Background: Substance withdrawal is one of the most common advert events in the pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), as the administration of potent opiates and sedative drugs is frequently performed several times each day. Objectives: To describe challenges in the [....] » Read More
Lactose Intolerance is a condition that results from inadequate digestion and absorption of foods containing lactose. In order to be absorbed, lactose is broken down to D-glucose and D- galactose, which is facilitated by the enzyme lactase. Approximately 70% of the world’s [....] » Read More
Abstract: Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is the most common and important respiratory morbidity of prematurity, affecting thousands of infants worldwide annually. In this presentation, I will highlight the significance of BPD from both individual and societal perspectives, disc [....] » Read More
The use of human breast milk has long been considered the standard for infant feeding and nutrition. The benefits of breastmilk have been shown to be especially valuable in the growth and development of preterm infants with decreased rates of necrotizing enterocolitis, decr [....] » Read More
Climate change threatens human health, including mental health, and access to clean air, safe drinking water, nutritious food, and shelter. Everyone is affected by climate change at some point in their lives. Some people are more affected by climate change than others because of [....] » Read More
It only takes a moment for a small child to find and swallow something poisonous. The most common accidental ingestions in children are of household products, such as cleaning substances, medications, cosmetics, personal care products, and foreign bodies. Often, the products are [....] » Read More
Introduction: The Incidence of Autism, ADHD and LD is increasing. We need to reduce it in a easy and simple way. How & why the Immunization and Developmental Card Developed: We need a very simple and quick method to assess development in a busy paediatric office practice [....] » Read More
The HTO, Human-Technology-Organization model gives a improved picture and understanding regarding work systems within e.g. OR-Operating Room. In relation to ongoing realities of OR working life due to constant arriving new technology, that must be learnt, and implemented by using [....] » Read More
Neonatal airway abnormalities are commonly encountered by the neonatologist, general pediatrician, maternal fetal medicine specialist, and otolaryngologist. This presentation discusses common and rare anomalies that may be encountered, along with discussion of embryolog [....] » Read More
An omphalocele is a ventral defect of the umbilical ring resulting in herniation of the abdominal viscera. Omphaloceles occur in 1 in 3,000 to 10,000 live births. Associated malformations such as chromosomal, cardiac, or genitourinary abnormalities are common. Postnatal managemen [....] » Read More
The initial assessment of an unwell child includes the paediatric assessment triangle: appearance, breathing and circulation to skin; primary survey that focuses on basic life support, patient assessment and immediate management; secondary survey with a detailed history of the ev [....] » Read More
The Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) is, for many a place where there are significant levels of physical and emotional distress. Over the last decade, there has been greater awareness of the experiences and needs of children, parents, and staff in PICU. The British Paediatri [....] » Read More
Background: Distal penile hypospadias is one of the commonest varieties of hypospadias. Different techniques have been mentioned in literature. The success rate is usually assessed by rate of fistula formation and over all cosmetic appearance and functional outcome. Limited Ureth [....] » Read More
The world has made substantial progress in reducing child mortality over the last four decades. Several factors, such as implementation of high-impact child survival interventions, health system strengthening, improvements in maternal education and family income, commitments of p [....] » Read More
This study aims to figure out parents’ roles in developing socioemotional competences of children aged 4-6 years in the new normal period. After the pandemic Covid-19 period, the role of parents changed slightly because parents began to work outside the home. Therefore, par [....] » Read More
Background: Pediatric acute liver failure (ALF) is a devastating disease in which previously healthy children rapidly lose hepatic function due to a variety of causes and become critically ill within days. Management is largely supportive and only few conditions are amenable to d [....] » Read More
Background: Diagnosis of neonatal sepsis remains to be a challenge because of its nonspecific symptoms and the limitations in sensitivities and specificities of laboratory markers. Recent studies have shown correlation between ted cell distribution width (RDW) with sepsis an [....] » Read More
Background and Aim: Congenital diaphragmatic herniae (CDH) have a high incidence rate on the Maltese islands, but little is known about their associations and maternal risk factors. A nationwide study in a country where abortion is still illegal, allowing more data to be use [....] » Read More
Objective: To describe the clinical and laboratory charactheristics, as well as the outcome of children with MIS-C in our institute. Method: Our study is a single-centre, partly retrospective, partly prospective, observational cohort study on patients aged from 1 month to 19 y [....] » Read More
Title : Long-term predictivity of early neurological assessment and developmental trajectories in low-risk preterm infants
Gabriella Di Rosa, University Hospital of Messina, Italy
Preterm birth is defined by the WHO as a live birth before 37 completed weeks of gestation and an increase has been recently recorded, representing nowadays the 10,6% of all births. Prematurity is considered a risk factor both for shorter- and longer-term complications and it is [....] » Read More
Title : Congenital Huge Neck Swelling Causing Airway Obstruction in Neonates: Dilemma in Management
Gamal Al Saied, Al Azhar University, Egypt
Congenital huge neck swellings causing airway obstruction in neonates are very rare pathological lesions and they carry a potentially lethal prognosis if not immediately diagnosed and managed properly. The site of their origin, cyst [....] » Read More
Title : Cost Analysis of Telehealth for Management of Infantile Hemangioma in the United States
Christopher S Snyder, UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, United States
Background: Hemangiomas are the most common soft-tissue tumors affecting neonates and rarely lead to complications. Objectives: Assess cost-effectiveness of management of infantile hemangiomas via Telehealth (TH) versus in-person (IP) visits. Methods: P [....] » Read More
Title : Quantitation of Oral-Motor Function during feeding of Neonates
Neil R M Buist, Oregon Health & Science University, United States
Background: Feeding problems in small infants are extremely common; they are usually assessed by trained clinical observers. We describe a small device that captures continuous sucking pressures that can be used to provide information about a number of oral physiologic parameters [....] » Read More
Title : Priapismus as a Rare Manifestation of Leukemia in Children and Delay of Medical Help Seeking due to Local Value in Indonesia’s Society
Annisa Bunga Nafara, University of Indonesia, Indonesia
Priapismus is the erection of penis without sexual stimulation that could happens due to blood abnormality, trapped in penis vessel, such as leukemia disease. Priapismus is rarely seen in leukemia, especially in Indonesia. However, as a developing country, there is another proble [....] » Read More
Title : Effect of PIOMI with tactile kinesthetic respiratory muscle stimulation on neurobehavioural regulation in Preterm Infants- Pilot study
Shailaja Sandeep Jaywant, L.T.M.Medical College & G.Hospital, India
Introduction / Rationale: In preterm infants development of feeding skills are may be affected due to inappropriate neurobehavioural organisation, leading to delays the discharge from the hospital. Premature infant oral motor intervention (PIOMI), has shown the [....] » Read More
Title : Neonatal feeding assessment as a predictor of neuromotor integrity and developmental outcomes: a scoping review
Deepa Awasthi, L.T.M.Medical College & G.Hospital, India
Background: Nervous system development and maturity of sucking organization, occur in parallel. Clinical assessment of an infant’s oral-motor system, may provide an inexpensive measure of early neurological function. Aim: To analyse Neonatal Feeding Assessment as [....] » Read More
Title : Approaches of Physicians of Different Specialties to Pediatric Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis
Selim Oncel, Kocaeli University, Turkey
Objective: Acute rhinosinusitis is a disease that is often confused with viral upper respiratory tract infections during childhood. This study was carried out on physicians working in pediatrics and child's health, otorhinolaryngology, and family medicine fields in the M [....] » Read More
Title : Impact of Birth weight, Feeding practices on Body fat and Nutritional status of 12-36 Months Old Children, Mumbai City, India
Namrata Nitin Bagle, Head of Nutrition Department- VMax Fitness, India
Low and high birth weight and rapid weight gain during infancy are associated with childhood obesity. Childhood obesity is a major public health problem worldwide. Its prevalence is dramatically rising and childhood obesity is an important risk factor for chronic disease occ [....] » Read More
Title : Adventures in Education The Impacts of Lifelong Learning in Pediatrics and Neonatal Medicine
Heather Hanna, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Post-Graduate Education is very important in the world of Paediatric and Neonatal Medicine. The changing face of education can equip the Healthcare Professional with many transferrable skills as well as furthering their education in the field. Modern pedagogy and methodology of e [....] » Read More
Title : Safety and Efficacy of Unique implantation of Loop Recorder in Pediatric Patients
Christopher S Snyder, UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, United States
Intro: Insertable cardiac monitors (ICM) allow evaluation of symptom-rhythm correlation. ICMs are commonly used in adults but remain uncommon in pediatric arrhythmia evaluation. Current recommendations call for ICM implant in a diagonal direction on the left anterior chest. Skin [....] » Read More
Title : Phacomatosis Tuberous Sclerosis
Kristina Dimitrijevic, University Clinic of Pulmonology and Allergology-Skopje, Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
The phacomatoses are congenital disorders associated with defect of tumor suppressing gene, affecting tissues of ectodermal origin as, nervous system, the skin, the retina, visceral organs. In classical group of phacomatoses 4 diseases are included: Von Recklinghausen [....] » Read More
Title : Modeling Predictors of Survival among Preterm Neonates admitted to Felege Hiwot Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
Demeke Mesfin, Debre Tabor University, Ethiopia
Background: Although prematurity was the leading cause of neonatal mortality, the survival rate and its predictors may be varied from setting to setting and time to time. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the survival probability and predictors of mortality among preterm neon [....] » Read More
Title : Evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of Ayurveda Treatment Regimen on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Becker Muscular Dystrophy using Reliability of Quantifying Muscle strength.
Saroja Weerakoon, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a severely degenerative, inherited disorder of skeletal and cardiac muscles that affects 1 in 3500 male births. Becker Muscular Dystrophy (BMD) is also an inherited disease with a male distribution pattern and a clinical picture similar to tha [....] » Read More
Title : First 1000 days and Early Child development
Pramila Menon, Dr D Y Patil Medical College, India
Height-for-age at 2 years is the single best predictor of human capital in a population lancet series 2003 Babies who are malnourished in utero have a higher risk of dying in infancy more likely to face lifelong cognitive and physical deficits and chronic health problems. [....] » Read More
Title : A Rare Case Of Lethal Type Multiple Pterygium Syndrome
Yeleswaram Eswara Sai Revathi, Dr.D.Y.Patil Medical College, India
A 9 day old neonate was bought by the mother with complaints of multiple deformities.This is a term 2.7kg female child born through uncomplicated normal delivery cried immediately after birth with no nicu admission born to a 26 yr old primi mother and 30 yr old father through non [....] » Read More
Title : Accuracy of The Axillary Temperature Screening Compared to Core Rectal 2 Temperature in Infants
Yazeed Alayed, King Fahad Medical City, Saudi Arabia
Purpose: To compare the sensitivity of axillary and rectal temperature in infants who presents to the emergency department with a recent history of fever. Methods: A single-centre cross-sectional comparative study of 201 patients who presents with a recent history of feve [....] » Read More
Title : Supplementation with Saccharomyces boulardii 250 mg (5 billion CFUs) plus Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG 5 billion CFUs (Sporit GG™) for Acute Diarrhea: An Observational Real-World Study
KomelAbbas Bhojani, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, India
Background: Probiotics are shown to be beneficial in the management of acute diarrhea in children, the major cause of morbidity and mortality in children under five. European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID) and European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, [....] » Read More
Title : HE SAID I FEEL I’M GOING TO DIE!!- Adolescent Dengue encephalopathy with Ischemic hepatitis with Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis
Veena Bajulge, M S Ramaiah Medical College, India
Introduction: Dengue virus is neurotropic. Encephalopathy is most common neurological syndrome (0.5-6%) and its prevalence is higher in children and adolescents.1 HLH is caused by mutations in genes responsible for production of cytotoxic T cells & NK cells. These are us [....] » Read More