Aim of the Study: The aim is to analyse epidemiological, clinical and CT aspects hydrocephalus in children. Method: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study with retrospective collection from 1 June 2021 31 December 2022 within radiology department Charles De Gaulle Pediatric Teaching Hospital Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. included records patients who underwent cerebral computed tomography th...

In this issue of Pediatric Annals, the articles discuss newborns who present with common neonatal symptomology, but have rare diagnostic outcomes. In the first article, Drs. Alison Chu and Harvey K. Chiu discuss tachypnea and hypoglycemia, commonly presenting symptoms during the newborn period. In the illustrated case, the early and persistent hypoglycemia was a clue to the newborn’s underlying...

Background: Providing better surgical conditions with meticulous control of Intraocular Pressure (IOP) is one of the most important factors that affect the success rate in ophthalmic surgery. Clonidine is a selective central α2 agonist with analgesic, antianxiety and sedative effects which makes it a good choice in premedication recently. In this study, we compared the effects of oral clonidine...

Corresponding author: Jae Jun Lee, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, 153, Kyo-dong, Chuncheon 200-704, Korea. Tel: 82-33-240-5353, Fax: 82-33-251-0941, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/...

A pilot study was planned and carried out in a Nicaraguan refugee camp in Honduras during November and December 1978 in an effort to reduce the incidence of severe dehydration among diarrheal patients arriving at the health center and to determine whether or not an auxiliary with limited training could correctly triage and supervise oral rehydration of children with diarrheal diseases. 71 refu...

intracranial hemorrhage is one of the major causes of neonatal mortality and morbidity. it is the most severe cranial problem in that period. those who survive would be affected by hydrocephalus, encephalomalacia, and finally brain atrophy. with accurate knowledge of risk factors, hemorrhage may be diagnosed earlier and the complications managed earlier. this study was performed in neonatal int...

meningitis is one of the most common infectious cerebral nervous system (cns), defined as an inflammation of the meninges. it is clinically categorized into a chronic and acute based on the acuity of symptoms. vomiting, bulging fontanel and fever are the main symptoms in the patients with meningitis. bacterial meningitis is a severe, potentially life-threatening infection that is associated wit...

This paper challenges conventional wisdom by arguing that greater longevity may have contributed less than previously thought for the significant accumulation of human capital during the transition from stagnation to growth. This is because when parents make choices over the quantity and quality of their offspring, greater longevity positively affects not only the returns to quality but also th...

tion. There had been fever for eight days. g On examination, heart sounds were rapid, pulse feeble, harsh breath sounds were present in the lungs^ the abdomen was soft; no rigidity of the neck ? retraction of the head found; Kernig's sign absen > general condition not satisfactory. ,. . Treatment.?That night sedatives, oxygen and cardi? stimulants were given. Next morning the child was sti havi...