segregation error of maternal reciprocal translocation t(9;13) (p21;q12). Conclusion Balanced reciprocal translocations in either parents can amplify and produce unbalanced gamets leading to defective conceptus. Prenatal diagnosis is strongly recommended where balanced translocation is found in parent. Clinical features of the affected conceptus depends largely on the regions of chromosome involved.
Aim of the study was to investigate influence of iron deficiency on severity and control of asthma in children.We have examined 227 children aged 6 to 17 years, patients with asthma. The average age of the surveyed patients amounted to (9.87 ± 0.22) years. The diagnosis of asthma was established in accordance with ICD 10 and order of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine on asthma in children no 868 from 08.10.2013 with the recommendations of the 'Global Initiative on Bronchial Asthma' (GINA, 2018). The work started after receiving the consent of the patient and his parents to participate in the study in compliance with the provisions of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Materials of the study do not deny the international Code of Medical Ethics (1983) and the laws of Ukraine correspond to the basic bioethical norms of the Helsinki Declaration, adopted by the General Assembly of the World Medical Association, the Council of Europe Convention on human Rights and Biomedicine (1977).CBC with morphometric parameters (MCV, MCH, MCHC, RBC, RDW, HCT) was performed with the help of Hematologic Analyzer Gobas Micros 18. Iron complex (serum iron, ferritin, transferrin receptors and sTfR/log ferritin) ELISA kits. Statistical methods (SPSS Statistic 20th edition).In assessing the risk of asthma in various severity depending on the serum iron content, there is definitely a significant increase in chances that the persistence of moderate to moderate and severe degrees in children with iron content in blood less than 10 mmol/L in 1.537 (OR = 1.537; 95% CI 1.061 -3.106) and 2.375 (OR = 2.375; 95% CI 1.870 -6.482) times respectively.While children with no iron deficiency grew the chances of persistent mild asthma in 1.916 times (OR = 1.916; 95% CI 1.696 -5.271).The level of control of progress of the asthma also depended on the iron content of serum. Thus, the risks of uncontrolled asthma have increased 7.852 times in children with existing iron deficiency (less than 10 mmol/l) (OR = 7.852; 95% CI 3.050 -20.213). Children with iron deficiency reliably decreased the chances of controlled asthma in 1.472 times (OR = 0.528; 95% CI 0.414 -0.673), and in children with normal serum iron, the chances of a high level control of a course of asthma increased by 4.146 times (OR = 4.146;.In children with an asthma, iron deficiency reliably decreased the chances of controlled disease compared with patients with normal serum iron in 1.472 times.
Methods We describe the clinical presentation, results of laboratory and radiological investigations, treatment and outcome to date.A review of current available literature on this topic was also undertaken. Results An 8 year old boy presented to the PED with severe nausea and vomiting with a cyclical pressure type right upper quadrant pain for 7 hours. On presentation the pain had reduced significantly. No symptoms of infection, no concerning vomit contents, diarrhoea or constipation.This was the 10th similar episode in the previous 2 months. Previous investigations including blood panel, urine were normal and symptoms had resolved on attendance.No abnormality was found on clinical exam. Abdominal ultrasound demonstrated a large right sided hydronephrosis secondary to PUJO confirmed by CT KUB. A renogram demonstrated a partial obstruction and surgical management was planned electively. Conclusion Our patient had experienced multiple episodes of Dietl's Crisis which had resolved independently. PUJO is not a common first time presentation in children of this age. We suggest that Paediatricians consider this diagnosis when the other more common differentials have been outruled while being mindful that clinical examinations, radiological and labaroratory investigations may be normal in between episodes of Dietl's crises.
On arriving at the Kesh in August 1995, I was expecting the familiar set up as is found in every jail in England: come through reception; strip search; get your towel, sheets, cup, knife, and fork; and be shown to whichever cell the screws decide to put you in for the duration of your stay. Often you will find yourself to be the only republican prisoner in the jail, and while many of the ordinary English prisoners will be supportive, at the end of the day you can only depend on yourself in the constant battle to survive. However, this was not to be the case in Long Kesh. I was totally taken aback by the surroundings and the warm atmosphere created by the lads here in the blocks. Besides the conditions, the fact that we are not isolated from each other makes the blocks the complete opposite to conditions under which fellow POWs in English jails have to endure.By far the biggest problem for all POW s in any jail is trying to maintain some sort of contact with their families and friends. This problem is compounded a hundredfold in England. All visitors, even close relatives, have to wait anywhere between three and nine months before the Home Office will grant them security clearance to visit the POW. Prior to such clearance, a closed visit (i.e. no physical contact) may be arranged at the discretion of the prison governor. However the inhuman conditions under which such visits are conducted, with the POW never able to touch or hug his loved ones, means that POW s generally refuse these visits. Often, even close relatives will be refused security clearance and thus visits with them will be impossible. When clearance does finally come through, that is the start of more problems.Since most of the jails in which POW s are kept in England are out in the country and off the beaten track,joumeys to them from Ireland are not only long but are complicated by many changes of transport on the way. This adds to the problems of journey time and cost As a result, most POW s only receive visits twice or less each year. Visitors also have to run the gauntlet of security checks at port or airport terminals; often being stopped, questioned, arrested, threatened. They also suffer the constant threat of deportation under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) whereby they know they will never be able to visit their loved ones in England again. Once they reach the jail, they may be faced with petty indignities and the bigotry of the screws. They may find the visit disrupted, cut short or even cancelled due to the vindictiveness of the prison regime. Worse still, they may find that the POW has just been 'ghosted' hundreds of miles away to another jail without their being informed. In such cases, often all they can do is return home without the visit Visits themselves are never private but are under the constant eye of screws and cameras, and they are often recorded. Physical contact is also curtailed
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