BACKGROUND Individuals with Down syndrome increasingly survive into adulthood, yet little is known about their healthcare patterns as adults. Our study sought to characterise patterns of health care among adults with Down syndrome based on whether they had fully transitioned to adult-oriented providers by their inception in this cohort. METHODS In this retrospective observational cohort study...

South African law recognises a financial claim against a health provider for negligently failing to advise an expectant mother that she might give birth to a child suffering from a severe health condition or congenital disability. In December 2014, the Constitutional Court handed down a judgment that could lead to financial claims by the child, who was subsequently born with a severe health con...

I was asked to see a male child, aged 2 years. Complaints.?The relatives said that the child was delirious and restless, and could not recognize anyone. Present illness.?Eighteen days ago, the boy was attacked with fever attended with shivering. The fever lasted for 24 hours and then subsided. He kept well for 3 days; the fever relapsed on the fourth day, lasted again for 24 hours, and then cam...

This natural observation study was designed to evaluate hypothesized elevated 'attention-seeking' and preference for adult attention in Smith-Magenis syndrome. Ten children with Smith-Magenis syndrome were observed across one school day, together with an age matched sample of 10 children with Down syndrome. Levels of attention given to, and vigilance for, adults and peers were recorded and comp...

A male child, about 3 years of age, was admitted into the Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, on the 16th September, 1936, with difficulty in micturition, which had existed for 15 days. There was no history of any trouble previously. The child was well developed for his age but looked rather pulled down and had a temperature slightly above normal. Stone in the bladder was suspected so he was to be...

THE development of child psychiatry and the child guidance clinics form a most interesting study of enterprise and co-operation, jealousy and rivalry, and it has sometimes been sad to see belittled the work of the pioneers in the movement. Sixty years ago when Morant and Newman were laying down the bases of what was to be the school health service, they wrote of the need for psychological help ...

BACKGROUND Child with Down's syndrome is an individual who is suitable and eligible to receive early intervention services. This study aimed to measure the family outcome among parents of Down syndrome children, on the impact of receiving early intervention and identify the factors influencing it. METHODS A cross sectional was conducted from April 2009 until January 2010 with a total of 125 p...

BACKGROUND Little is known about optimal treatment approaches and stuttering treatment outcomes for children with Down syndrome. AIMS AND METHOD The purpose of this study was to investigate outcomes for a child with Down syndrome who received a combination of fluency shaping therapy and parent delivered contingencies for normally fluent speech, prolonged speech, and stuttered speech. RESULT...

Down syndrome, the most common chromosomal abnormality, may be associated with various neurologic complications such as moyamoya syndrome, cervical spinal cord compression due to atlantoaxial subluxation, and basal ganglia damage, as well as epileptic seizures and stroke. Many cases of Down syndrome accompanied by isolated neurologic manifestations have been reported in children; however, Down ...