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Research Articles
30 articles
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Review Article 18 Oct 2025
Neurotoxicants on the Menu: Mapping the Link between Food Contaminants and Autism in African Children - A Scoping Review
Background: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a growing neurodevelopmental concern in Africa, with environmental risk factors such as neurotoxic food contaminants believed to play a role in its prevalence among children.…
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Original Article 29 Apr 2025
Milk Donation Following Perinatal Loss: Insights from a Survey across Italian Human Milk Banks
Background/Objectives: Milk donation after perinatal loss has been increasingly recognised as a potential healing practice for bereaved mothers. However, lactation support offered to bereaved mothers within hospital sett…
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Mini Review 30 Aug 2024
Developmental Trajectory of Mastery Motivation in Young Children with and without Developmental Delay: Mini-Review
Mastery motivation has been identified as key factor for future child competence in early childhood. Whether the development of children's mastery motivation is changeable or stable from toddlerhood to preschool age rema…
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Case Report 24 Jul 2024
Donor vs. Donor or Recipient vs. Recipient? A Singular Case of Post Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia in a Pediatric Patient
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) is a curative treatment for certain blood disorders, but can lead to complications such as Autoimmune Cytopenia (AIC), particularly Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA). AIHA …
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Research Article 20 Jul 2024
Noninvasive Vital Signs Monitoring in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Patients in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) have high mortality and morbidity rates due to their low birth weight or being preterm. Due to their vulnerability, neonates require close monitoring so that timely tre…
2,925 Views 127 Downloads 1 Citation
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Case Report 21 Jun 2024
Aeromonas hydrophila Septicaemia in a 6-Month-Old Infant: A Case Report
Background: Aeromonas hydrophila, a Gram-negative, motile, facultative anaerobe, is emerging as a serious pathogen. It is found in water, soil, and food, causing various infections, from mild diarrhoea to life-threatenin…
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Original Article 17 Aug 2023
Physical, Psychological and Social Effects of Mobile Phone Use in Children: A Prospective Cohort Study
The screen whether it is mobile, computer and tablet is a symbol of our modern age. For our children the†digital natives†who have grown up surrounded by digital information and entertainment on screens. Screen Time…
9,847 Views 108 Downloads 2 Citations
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Original Article 20 May 2023
Analysis of Morbidity and Mortality Factors among HIV-Infected Children in the Communal Medical Centres of the Municipality of Ratoma
Introduction: The objective of this study was to analyse the morbidity and mortality factors of HIV-infected children.Material and Methods: This was a 10-year retrospective study from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2021. …
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Research Article 20 Mar 2023
SS Sickle Cell Disease and Severe Malaria in Children Aged 0 to 15 Hospitalized in the Pediatric Department of the Donka CHU National Hospital in Conakry, Republic of Guinea
Introduction: The superposition of distribution maps of HbS and plasmodium falciparum is at the origin of several theories on the relationship between sickle cell disease and malaria.Objective: Determine the sociodemogra…
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Research Article 22 Feb 2023
Factors Associated with the Death of Children Aged 0 to 15 Years with Bacterial Meningitis in the Pediatric Department of Donka National Hospital
Introduction: Bacterial meningitis is a serious, life-threatening infection; its diagnosis must be early and its management must be rapid. Bacteria commonly implicated in children are Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcu…
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Original Article 26 Jan 2023
The Effect of Montelukast in Children with Asthma Predictive Index Negative Episodic Viral Wheezing
Background: The effectiveness of montelukast for wheezing in young children is not clear. We aimed to evaluate whether the use of montelukast in the treatment of wheezing affects the number of attacks in children aged 1 …
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Case Report 15 Sep 2022
Preterm Low Birth Weight Down Syndrome and Mieloid Leukemia
Introduction: Langdon Down syndrome (Trisomy 21) is the most common genetic syndrome compatible with survival. Down syndrome is a chromosomal condition characterized by the presence of an additional copy of the genetic m…
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Review Article 09 Sep 2022
Diagnosis and Treatment of Children Cerebral Palsy with Method Resonance Medicine
The article discusses two forms of resonance in medicine in the treatment of Children Cerebral Palsy. The first form is the destruction resonance. It is well known and we have used it to destroy, for example, tumors. The…
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Case Report 10 Aug 2022
Cystic Posterior Neck Mass in a Premature Newborn
Congenital dermal sinus is a type of occult spinal dysraphism. It is a result of incomplete separation of the cutaneous ectoderm from neural ectoderm. MRI can aid in identifying the subtype of spinal dysraphism however, …
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Case Report 29 Jun 2022
An Infant with Hydrocephalus and Hepatomegaly
We report a histologic and PCR-confirmed case of symptomatic congenital toxoplasmosis in a premature infant with optic nerve atrophy and severe ventriculomegaly requiring ventriculoperitoneal shunt in the absence of cere…
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Case Report 24 Jun 2022
Type II and IV Thumb Duplication in Neonates
Thumb duplication is a rare anomaly. Here we describe two neonatal cases of thumb duplications, one type II and the other type IV. Seven types have been described in the medical literature. Radiological assessment is imp…
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Brief Report 10 Jun 2022
Shortage of Infant Formula: Taking a Step Back
Parents are devasted by the current shortage of the infant formula. There are many online resources addressing this issue. Using these, we have published summarized guidelines for the families to cope with the current sh…
1,192 Views 90 Downloads
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Case Report 15 May 2022
What we would like to do vs what we can truly Achieve as Surgeons. Treatment of the Humeral Ewing Sarcoma for the Young Pediatric Patient
Ewing Sarcoma (ES) is mainly diagnosed during the second decade of life. It often compromises the appendicular skeleton but also can affect other bones. A surgical procedure is necessary despite its good response to chem…
1,042 Views 77 Downloads
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Research Article 30 Apr 2022
Pathophysiology, Treatment and Long-Term Consequences of Heart Failure in Infancy
Introduction: Infants have the highest risk to die from heart failure. However, innovations like beta-blocker treatment introduced more than 50 years ago are not recorded in the guidelines if the clinical trials are miss…
1,496 Views 88 Downloads
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Case Study 29 Apr 2022
Simultaneous Echocardiogram and N-Terminal-Probrain Natriuretic Peptide Measurement in Neonates
Natriuretic atrial peptides are secreted by the heart in response to the distension of the cardiac chambers, and the N-terminal-probrain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is used frequently by clinician as an indirect meas…
1,283 Views 78 Downloads 1 Citation
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Case Report 16 Feb 2022
Neonatal Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-N)
A small subset of pediatric patients develop a newly emerging syndrome associated with post COVID-19 infection. Termed Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), this syndrome shares characteristics with Kawa…
1,504 Views 89 Downloads 1 Citation
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Case Report 29 Sep 2021
Intentional Replantation and 3d Obturation with Biodentine of a Resorbed Root in Young People: A Case Report
Referred patient 14 years old (in orthodontic treatment) for a suspected resorption on a 2.1 that was exposed to a trauma [1]. After an apical x ray, a cone beam was performed to have a complete diagnosis [2,3]. Almost t…
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Review Article 25 Aug 2021
Research Progress on Association between Early-Life Exposure to Phthalates and Childhood Asthma
Phthalates (Phthalic acid esters, PAEs) as a common industrial products, a growing body of scientific evidences indicate that exposure to PAEs in early life has a potential harmful effect on the growth and development of…
833 Views 72 Downloads
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Research Article 02 Apr 2021
Factors Affecting the Prevalence of Skin Disorders among Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infected Children in Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) Kano, Nigeria
Introduction: Among HIV infected children, skin disorders are vital as they give a clue to diagnosis of the HIV disease. Various factors are associated with occurrence of skin disorders among HIV infected children.Object…
1,224 Views 69 Downloads
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Research Article 23 Mar 2021
Prevalence and Pattern of Skin Disorders among Human Immuno Deficiency Virus (HIV) Infected Children in Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) Kano, Nigeria
Introduction: In HIV infected children, skin disorders are important as they serve as clue to diagnosis of the HIV disease. The Skin is one of the early systems affected by HIV/AIDS, which can affect almost all organs an…
2,346 Views 79 Downloads
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Original Article 24 Nov 2020
Epithelial Cells Orchestrate the Functions of Dendritic Cells in Intestinal Homeostasis
The gastrointestinal tract represents the largest mucosal membrane surface and is the one of the most complex human organs. The intestinal barrier dysfunction contributes to systemic immune activation. The mucosal immune…
5,420 Views 667 Downloads 1 Citation
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Original Article 04 Nov 2020
Diagnosing Fetal Skeletal Dysplasia Using Three-Dimensional Computed Tomography: A Study Protocol for an Interventional Study
Background: Fetal skeletal dysplasias are a group of skeletal dysplasias occurring during the fetal stage. As the use of fetal ultrasonography has become widespread, the rate of prenatal diagnosis of skeletal dysplasias …
2,354 Views 546 Downloads
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Mini Review 30 Sep 2020
White Peritoneum
Misadventure of the Gastrostomy Tube (GT) has been described in the literature resulting in complications [1]. Here we present a case of dislodged GT diagnosed by contrast administration.…
2,125 Views 251 Downloads
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Mini Review 26 Sep 2020
Free Kick but that was not the Goal
Misadventure of the chest tube has been described in the literature resulting in complications [1-5]. Here we present a case of right pneumothorax in a preterm infant (Figure 1A). The pneumothorax was appropriately treat…
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