adolescence is a transitional stage of physical and psychological human development that generally occurs during the period from puberty to legal adulthood. there are approximately 1.2 billion adolescents (10-19 years) globally, roughly 90% of whom live in low and middle-income countries. most are healthy, but there is still significant death, illness and diseases among adolescents. illnesses c...

PERSONAL HISTORY. IHE patient, a female, aged 10 years, weighing 5 st. 6 lb., height 4 ft. 10 in., has a congenital heart lesion, recognised since birth and described below. No disease in infancy. Chicken-pox. Measles and lobar pneumonia (consolidation both sides)' all in sixth year. Lobar pneumonia again at seven years. Influenza age 8; nil since, apart from a mild catarrhal cold with no tempe...

INTRODUCTION Prior to 2007, Zika virus (ZIKV) was generally considered an arbovirus of limited importance, causing a mild self-limiting febrile illness in tropical Africa and Southeast Asia. Now, a large, ongoing outbreak of ZIKV that started in Brazil in early 2015 is spreading rapidly across the Americas and has been potentially linked to congenital malformations (including microcephaly) and ...

Plasma 17-hydroxyprogesterone concentrations were determined in 47 preterm and term infants who were ill from a variety of causes. The results were compared with those in 53 healthy term infants. Mean plasma 17-hydroxyprogesterone values were appreciably higher in ill term and healthy preterm infants compared with healthy term infants, but the highest values were found in ill preterm infants. N...

Alexander Pope (1688±1744): his spinal deformity and his doctors. O.P. Sharma. #ERS Journals Ltd 1999. ABSTRACT: Alexander Pope was the towering figure of 18th century England. A poet and a wit he commanded unswerving loyalty from his friends and penetrating hatred from his enemies. His spinal deformity, either due to tuberculosis, trauma or congenital weakness, shaped his career. This brief re...

BACKGROUND Congenital West Nile virus (WNV) infection was first described in a single case in 2002. The proportion of maternal WNV infections resulting in congenital infection and clinical consequences of such infections are unknown. METHODS In 2003 and 2004, women in the United States who acquired WNV infection during pregnancy were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Objective The purpose of this research was to determine the distress levels of parents of children with congenital heart disease and identify factors that influenced the levels of distress. Design The research used a cross‐sectional, descriptive study design. Setting The setting was a Paediatric Cardiology Outpatient Clinic at a university hospital in Erzurum, Turkey. Subject The subjects for t...

Rubella, once considered being a mild, benign rash illness, gained public health significance in 1941 when Gregg [1] associated the significance of congenital cataracts with rubella during pregnancy. In 1962–1965, a rubella pandemic resulted in approximately 12.5 million rubella cases, 20,000 infants born with congenital rubella syndrome (CRS), 11,250 fetal deaths (fetal wastage and abortions),...

BACKGROUND Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most common cause of viral intrauterine infection. In utero transmission can occur during primary maternal infection, reactivation or reinfection of seropositive mothers. OBJECTIVE To describe the aetiology and clinical features of infants diagnosed with congenital CMV and to document maternal factors that were presented. METHODS Active national...

Non-traumatic thoracic emergencies in children are very frequent, and they usually present with breathing difficulties. Associated symptoms may be feeding or swallowing problems or less specific general symptoms such as fever, sepsis or chest pain. The emergencies always require a rapid diagnosis to establish a medical or surgical intervention plan, and radiological imaging often plays a key ro...