C lassically, the normal chronological age for pubertal onset is between 8 and 13 years in girls and 9 and 14 years in boys based on data from epidemiological studies from the 60’s (1). However, the age limit for pubertal timing is still a challenge (2,3). It is well known that puberty is a complex and multi factorial process that involves genetic, metabolic, socio economic, nutritional and eth...

One of the cornerstones in resuscitation training is defibrillation safety, inadvertent "shocking" of the patient when another person has contact with the patient may have a range of safety consequences. The objective of the study was to assess visual and verbal safety checks by paramedic students prior to defibrillation. This was a prospective observational mannequin study of defibrillation sa...

Abstract Background Adolescent girls’ risk of school dropout and reproductive health (RH) challenges may be exacerbated by attitudes toward their bodies inability to manage menstruation. We assessed effects sanitary pad distribution RH education on girls in primary grade 7 Kilifi, Kenya. Methods A cluster randomized controlled trial design was used. Eligible clusters were all non-boarding schoo...

The aim of this study was to estimate pubertal age and to assess the level of physical development of preterm girls with defective vision. The study material – anthropometric data (body height and weight, BMI) and information on the age of menarche were collected from 155 subjects with defective vision (partially sighted and blind). Median age at menarche was estimated by probit analysis. The g...

abstract background: to determine daily calcium, vitamin d intake and serum biochemical findings of rickets in adolescent girls. methods: a total of 414 healthy adolescent student girls aged 11-15 years were evaluated from various areas of tehran, iran with different socioeconomic status. a randomized, cross-sectional, prospective and descriptive study was undertaken for calculation of daily ca...

Recognizing there have been few methodologically rigorous cross-national studies of youth alcohol and drug behaviour, state student samples were compared in Australia and the USA. Sampling methods were matched to recruit two independent, state-representative, cross-sectional samples of students in Grades 5, 7 and 9 in Washington State, USA, (n = 2866) and Victoria, Australia (n = 2864) in 2002....

We retrospectively studied seven children (six girls, one boy) aged from 7.5 to 25 months who presented to our institution after taking large doses of vitamin D (900 000-4 000 000 U) prescribed by medical practitioners for wrong indications like failure to thrive, etc. The clinical manifestations were constipation, decreased appetite, lethargy, polyuria, dehydration and failure to thrive. All p...