Background: With increase in the incidence of preterm birth, quality of life in premature infants who suffer from perinatal brain injury has become a major concern. Amplitude electroencephalogram has the advantages of being simple bedside monitoring for assessment of brain function and follow up in preterm neonates. Aim of Study: To evaluate the aEEG changes in preterm infants and compare it to cranial ultrasound. Patients and Methods: This was a prospective observational study conducted at the NICU of Al Zahraa University Hospital for a period from May 2020 to May 2021. Our study was conducted on 60 preterm infants (26 -36 w) in the first 7 days of life with exclusion of obvious congenital anomalies and hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy patients. Cranial ultrasound was performed on all the studied groups then aEEG recording was done for 4 hours. Results: The pattern of aEEG was discontinuous in patients with low gestational age and in infants small for gestational age. The pattern was also discontinuous in infants who had convulsions. Among our studied infants who had PROM, pre-eclampsia and experienced prolonged delivery, some infants had low voltage amplitude recording as well as infants with intraventricular hemorrhage grade III. Conclusion: This study confirms that aEEG background activity is strongly related to gestational age, birth weight, convulsions and IVH. Complications during delivery alter neonatal brain activity and aEEG background. Early aEEG combined with cranial ultrasound increases the sensitivity for detecting abnormal neurological outcome.
Objective: Despite the growing evidence that lipopolysaccharide binding protein (LBP) plays a major role in cardiovascular disease (CVD) pathophysiology and obesity, data regarding this association in children are rare. Therefore, our objectives were to assess whether there was a difference between overweight/obese and normal-weight children in plasma LBP levels and to assess the cardiovascular changes in both groups. Methods: In an observational, case-control study, a total of 30 children as obese and overweight children. Obese children with body mass index (BMI) above 95 th percentile, and overweight children with BMI between 85 th and 95 th percentile were recruited if they aged between 8-16 years old. A similar number of matched controls were included. Serum LBP was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) technique. Results: With regard to serum LBP, the mean LBP was significantly higher in obese children than in the control group (52.74 ± 17.25 versus 12.34 ± 2.67 µg/mL, respectively; p < 0.001). The ROC curve showed that the serum LBP, at a cutoff value of >19 µg/mL, was a significant discriminator of obesity with a sensitivity of 96.67% and specificity of 100%. The regression analysis showed that BMI was an independent predictor of serum LBP (B coefficient = 0.684; p = 0.024). The serum LBP correlated significantly with age (r = 0.58; p = 0.001), BMI (r = 0.834; p = 0.001), and LV longitudinal strain (r = 0.362; p = 0.05). Conclusion: In conclusion, our findings showed that obesity was associated with a worse lipid profile and cardiovascular function. LBP is a promising predictor of obesity in children.
Background In the past, group A beta-haemolytic streptococcus infection consequences were the main goal of empirical antibiotic therapy of sore throat. Antimicrobial stewardship is crucial due to the threats posed by multi-resistant pathogens. The aim of this study : was to investigate the possibility of limiting the role of antibiotic in children with adenotosilitis Methods: This hospitalbased, randomised, prospective research involved 120 child who visited OPD of both Pediatrics and Otorhinolaryngology departments, pesented with adenotonsillitis were enrolled . All cases met the eligibility requirements were randomly assigned to two groups: 60 cases in Group A got systemic antibiotics. Group B 60 cases received symptomatic treatment with immune modulator, vit D 2000-5000 IU orally once daily. The cases were selected through 2 months from 4118 February 2022 to April 2022. Age :2 years to 9 years. In younger children less than 3 years, dysphagia was expressed by the mothers as difficult swallowing and crying during feeding with drolling of saliva. Results: Regarding baseline symptoms and indicators and after three days, there was no discernible difference between groups A and B. However, after six days of therapy, group B considerably outperformed group A in terms of absent sore throat, dysphagia, and tonsillar hypertrophy. Comparing group B to group A, there was a noticeable improvement in clinical symptoms and indicators. Parents' clinical cure assessments of patients dramatically increased in group B, and group B also had a much shorter time to clinical cure.Conclusion: Vitamin D supplementation can reduce inflammation and modulate innate and adaptive immunity in children with adenotonsillitis, which can be utilised in place of antibiotics in these situations to restrict the usage of antibiotics.
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