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Endemic pediatric fungal infections in India: clues to diagnosis
This review is intended to familiarize readers with an emerging group of fungal infections that mostly manifest in immunocompetent individuals. This group was initially considered endemic to the tropics, but i...
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Infant Pulmonary Function Tests in Children with Airway Anomalies and Correlation with Bronchoscopy Findings
To evaluate the role infant pulmonary function tests (Tidal Breathing Flow Volume Loops, TBFVL) in children with airway anomalies and to correlate the TBFVL so obtained with bronchoscopy findings.
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Prevalence of Metabolic Abnormalities and their Association with Asthma Symptom Control in Children
To determine the prevalence of insulin resistance (IR), dyslipidemia and metabolic syndrome (MS) in children with asthma, aged 10 to 15 y, and to determine if these metabolic abnormalities showed an associatio...
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Development and Validation of a Weight Estimation Tool for Acutely Ill Children Who Cannot be Weighed
To develop and validate weight estimation tools using mid upper arm circumference (MUAC) and body length, and determine accuracy and precision of Broselow tape in children 6 mo to 15 y of age.
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Imaging Findings in Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD)
To describe prevalence of various imaging findings in chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) patients; and find imaging biomarkers for differentiating chest infections caused by different micro-organisms.
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Validation of a Clinical Tool to Predict Neurological Outcomes in Critically Ill Children—A Prospective Observational Study
To evaluate the performance of the empiric tool by Gupta et al. in predicting neurological outcomes in children admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and to evaluate the association of biomarker...
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MDCT and MRI in Bronchiectasis in Older Children and Young Adults – A Non-Inferiority Trial
To compare and evaluate the usefulness of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with computed tomography (CT) in bronchiectasis; to compare MRI and CT scores with pulmonary function tests (PFT) and to evaluate the ...
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Transition Care in Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a chronic childhood illness with gradually improving survival and significant burden of disease during adult life. Transition of CF care from pediatric to an adult based multidisciplina...
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GeneXpert Ultra in Urine Samples for Diagnosis of Extra-Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) continues to be difficult to diagnose. Novel biomarkers in biological specimens offer promise. Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) DNA in urine could prove useful in ...
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Oral Propranolol Therapy for Infantile Hemangioma: Long-term Follow-up
β-blocker therapy is currently the treatment of choice for infantile hemangiomas (IH), albeit with limited data on long-term treatment outcomes. Herein, authors treated 67 IH lesions in 47 patients with oral p...
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Evaluation of Changes in Quadriceps Femoris Muscle in Critically III Children Using Ultrasonography
To measure changes in muscle thickness and echogenicity, reflecting muscle bulk and quality, respectively, of quadriceps femoris (QF), in critically ill children.
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Open AccessExpedited diagnosis of pediatric tuberculosis using Truenat MTB-Rif Dx and GeneXpert MTB/RIF
Rapid, cost-effective, and sensitive diagnostic assays are essential for global tuberculosis (TB) control, especially in high TB burden, resource-limited settings. The current study was designed to evaluate di...
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The Indian Journal of Pediatrics: A Journey of Nine Decades
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Fibrosing Interstitial Lung Disease in Children: An HRCT-Based Analysis
To determine high resolution CT (HRCT) patterns of pulmonary fibrosis (PF) in children; and their etiological correlates.
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Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Initiation and Acceptability of Noninvasive Ventilation in Critically Ill Children
To evaluate if the use of a quality improvement (QI) initiative improves initiation and acceptability of noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in critically ill children with respiratory distress.
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Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis in Children Presenting as Lung Masses
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is an IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reaction predominantly occurring in patients of asthma and cystic fibrosis. The typical radiological findings in ABPA include ...
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Poor Respiratory Health Following Relapsing SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Children with Cystic Fibrosis
Children with cystic fibrosis (CF) constitute a high-risk group for COVID-19 with underlying chronic lung disease. COVID-19 severity varying from mild infection to need of intensive care has been described in ...
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Challenges in the Management of Childhood Asthma in the Develo** World
Childhood asthma poses significant health and psychological burden on children and parents alike. Care of children with asthma requires a firm partnership and understanding between parents and physicians with ...
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Time to Drive the Change! Challenges and Opportunities in Pediatric Asthma
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Role of Clinical Criteria and Oxygen Saturation Monitoring in Diagnosis of Childhood Pneumonia in Children Aged 2 to 59 Months
Current WHO algorithm has retained the signs and symptoms used in the older version for classifying severity of childhood pneumonia.
