Pediatricians should consider the costs and benefits of preventing rather than treating childhood diseases. We present an integrated developmental approach to child and adult health that considers the costs and benefits of interventions over the life cycle. We suggest policies to promote child health that are currently outside the boundaries of conventional pediatrics. We discuss current challe...

background: thalassemic disorders are the most prevalent monogenic hereditary diseases around the world caused by decreased and altered synthesis or agenesis in one or more globin chains. families who have a child with thalassemia major face a myriad of significant problems. hormozgan province ranks second with thalassemic patients in iran. therefore, current research is aimed to analyze the re...

Inherited genetic diseases have been a problem for some families attempting to conceive a child. If affected parents or carriers of genetic disorders wished to avoid transmitting a condition to their child, they can choose to have prenatal diagnosis of their foetus. Amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling enables cells from the foetus to be collected and sent for genetic analysis. They could...

Low birthweight Low birthweight (less than 2,500 grams) has been identified as an important factor impacting on child survival and can affect perinatal mortality, infant mortality, and development of chronic diseases in later life. Preterm birth (<37 weeks) or restricted foetal growth can result in a low birthweight birth. Accordingly, a key performance indicator measuring the incidence of low ...

Children undoubtedly represent the future of the world As medical practitioners involved in Pediatrics we all have the responsibility of taking care of children. It is our responsibility to protect them from a variety of dangers, including, but not limited to, interruptions during pregnancy, genetic anomalies, perinatal injuries, congenital defects, malnutrition, environmental diseases, infecti...

1Centre for International Child Health, Department of Paediatrics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, 2Immunobiology Section, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (ICH), London, United Kingdom, 3National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, Kids Research, Sydney Children’s Hospital Network and University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 4Precision Vacc...

Cardiac diseases and pregnancy are always a nightmare to the anaesthesiologists as it involves multiple challenges without imparing wellness of mother child. TOF routinely gets manifested in pediatric age groups, but some patients, late stages due compensatory mechanisms. Uncorrected its successful management is briefly described this case report.

BACKGROUND The term "loss-of-only-child family" means that the only child in a family passed away or is disabled due to an accident or other events. The parents who cannot conceive or do not adopt another child, are known as Shidu parents in China. This study compares the physical and mental health of Shidu parents with those parents who have not experienced such loss. METHODS The target grou...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of successful prevention of common infections in child day care centers on the later development of allergic diseases. DESIGN Prospective follow-up survey with a questionnaire administered 12 years after a controlled randomized hygiene intervention. SETTING Twenty municipal child day care centers in Oulu, Finland. PARTICIPANTS A questionnaire was sent to 1...

diseases of the motor unit are common in children. these diseases are mostly genetically determined. cmt represents a clinically heterogeneous group of disorders caused by aberration of the intimate relationship between the schwann cell sheath and the neural axon, ultimately resulting in axonal death and muscular dennervation. a simple clinical classification of cmt (demyelinating versus axonal...