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How should one intervene when a foreign body is blocking a child's oral cavity?
CONCLUSION: Foreign bodies in the oral cavity can cause serious complications, including injury, bleeding and sudden airway obstruction. Experienced healthcare professionals, especially those skilled in airway management, should handle these cases using a multidisciplinary approach to ensure respiratory safety.Abbreviations: LMA: laryngeal mask airway; PED: paediatric emergency department.PMID:38334132 | DOI:10.1080/20469047.2024.2313298 (Source: Paediatrics and international child health)
Source: Paediatrics and international child health - February 9, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Gamze Yalcin Oksan Derinoz-Guleryuz Deniz Han Alan Ayla Akca-Caglar Source Type: research

Health-related quality of life and cognitive function in children with Crigler-Najjar syndrome type 1
CONCLUSION: Paediatric patients with CNS have significantly lower HRQOL, especially physically, psychologically and environmentally. It is recommended that assessment of HRQOL should be a routine part of follow-up in CNS patients. Patients whose HRQOL is affected receive regular psychiatric counselling, social support and rehabilitation.Abbreviations: CNS: Crigler-Najjar syndrome; HRQOL: health-related quality of life; IQ: intelligence quotient; NICU: neonatal intensive care unit; QOL: quality of life; SB5: Stanford-Binet intelligence scale: 5th edition; SF-36: Short Form 36 Health Survey Questionnaire; UDGT: uridine dipho...
Source: Paediatrics and international child health - February 9, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Noha El-Anwar Mortada El-Shabrawi Ola Omar Shahin Reem Abdel Kareem Ahmed Mohamed Salama Sherif Baroudy Source Type: research

Should echocardiogram be undertaken routinely when a child has severe iron deficiency anaemia?
Paediatr Int Child Health. 2024 Feb 6:1-5. doi: 10.1080/20469047.2024.2310351. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIron deficiency anaemia (IDA) is common in children. Treatment usually consists of oral iron therapy and, if severe, inpatient hospitalisation with blood transfusion. Providers may also undertake an echocardiogram, depending on availability and the severity of anaemia. A male toddler with nutritional IDA, haemoglobin of 1.7 g/dL (the lowest level in the literature) and hypertension had left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) on the initial echocardiogram. He was managed acutely with judicious blood transfusion, followed ...
Source: Paediatrics and international child health - February 7, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Riwaaj Lamsal Jerry Walkup Source Type: research

Infections diagnosed in children and young people screened for malaria in UK emergency departments: a retrospective multi-centre study
CONCLUSION: A fifth of CYP presenting to participating UK EDs with fever and a history of travel to a malaria-endemic area and who were screened for malaria had a tropical infection if diarrhoea is included. A third of CYP had no diagnosis. CYP arriving from sub-Saharan Africa had the greatest risk of malaria.Abbreviations: CYP: children and young people; ED: emergency department; PERUKI: Paediatric Emergency Research in the UK and Ireland; RDT: rapid diagnostic test; VFR: visiting friends and relatives.PMID:38212934 | DOI:10.1080/20469047.2023.2299576 (Source: Paediatrics and international child health)
Source: Paediatrics and international child health - January 12, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Chris Bird Gail N Hayward Philip J Turner Desha Wasala Vanessa Merrick Mark D Lyttle Niall Mullen Thomas R Fanshawe for Paediatric Emergency Research in the UK and Ireland (PERUKI) Source Type: research

Enteritis: a window to the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus in an adolescent girl: case report
CONCLUSION: This case emphasises the need for healthcare providers to be alert to the possibility of lupus enteritis. It also highlights the importance of close follow-up of cases who have non-specific gastro-intestinal symptoms. Lupus enteritis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of recurrent non-specific gastro-intestinal symptoms in children, especially adolescents, to ensure timely diagnosis and treatment.Abbreviations: ACR American College of Rheumatology; ANA anti-nuclear antibody; CRP: C-reactive protein; CT: computerised tomography; CECT: contrast-enhanced computerised tomography; EULAR: European Lea...
Source: Paediatrics and international child health - January 7, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Ashray Patel Shilpa Krishnapura Lakshminarayana Dhanalakshmi Kumble Mallesh Kariyappa Gautham Ramkumar H Anilkumar Sagar Bhattad Source Type: research

Button battery injury causing an aorto-oesophageal fistula in a 1-year-old child - Sengstaken-Blakemore tube, a life-saving bridge during surgery
Paediatr Int Child Health. 2023 Feb-May;43(1-3):19-22. doi: 10.1080/20469047.2023.2277506. Epub 2023 Dec 15.ABSTRACTAEF: aorto-oesophageal fistula;BB: button battery;CTA: computed tomography angiography;ER: emergency room;GI: gastro-intestinal;SBT: Sengstaken-Blakemore tube.PMID:38018156 | DOI:10.1080/20469047.2023.2277506 (Source: Paediatrics and international child health)
Source: Paediatrics and international child health - November 29, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Baraa Al-Taie Oda Rosvall Magnus Larsson David Edholm Source Type: research

Introduction
Paediatr Int Child Health. 2023 Nov;43(4):23-28. doi: 10.1080/20469047.2023.2280363. Epub 2023 Dec 29.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38018163 | DOI:10.1080/20469047.2023.2280363 (Source: Paediatrics and international child health)
Source: Paediatrics and international child health - November 29, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: J B S Coulter Source Type: research