not availableNorthern International Medical College Journal Vol.5(1) 2013: 293-296
Background : Enteric fever is a common endemic disease in Bangladesh.1 Enteric fever caused by Salmonella typhi (typhoid fever) is a major therapeutic consideration of all prolonged illnesses with pyrexia in pediatric practices particularly in developing countries like Bangladesh.
Background: In general, bronchiolitis presents as a progressive viral respiratory illness in children younger than 2 years of age, most commonly between 2-6 months. Objective: The study was conducted to assess the clinical presentations of acute bronchiolitis in infants and young children and to evaluate the individual characteristics and environmental factors which can increase the risk of severe disease and hospitalization. Methodology: This descriptive study was conducted in the department of Paediatrics, Khwaja Yunus Ali Medical College and Hospital, Enayetpur, Sirajganj. A total of 70 patients were included in the study, who were admitted to the hospital with a clinical and radiological diagnosis of acute bronchiolitis and were followed up in the Paediatric department during January, 2021 to December, 2021. Data collection was done by using a questionnaire form and by physical examination. The information for the questionnaire was provided by the childrens’ mothers. The SPSS software was used for data analysis. Results: According to the results of the study, 39(55.7%) children were infants, aged between 2-6 months, 21(30.0%) were between 7-12 months and 10(14.3%) children of more than 12 months of age. Boys (47, 67.1%) were affected more commonly than girls (23, 32.9%) in a ratio of 2:1. Some 60 (85.7%) of the children had siblings and 46 (65.7%) children lived in crowded environment at home. Many (25, 35.7%) parents of the children were cigarette smokers and 37(52.9%) children were given formula feeds. There was previous history of hospitalization among 14(20.0%) cases and 5(7.1%) children were pre-term. The most common clinical presentations of bronchiolitis were cough among 61(87.1%) cases, wheeze in 56(80.0%), respiratory distress in 49(70.0%) and feeding difficulty in 28(40.0%) children. Conclusion: The risk factors for bronchiolitis were young age (2-6 months), presence of a sibling, a history of hospital admission, crowding and paternal smoking at home and formula feeding. The most common clinical presentations were cough, wheeze and respiratory distress. J Monno Med Coll June 2022;8(2): 48-52
There was no cure for Cerebral Palsy (CP) previously. However, there are many treatment options that may help to improve daily functioning of a child suffering from CP. But these options failed to prevent early death of the patients. New curable treatment era has started for CP patients with bilateral cranioplasty and duraplasty. This was the second case of the case series of CP treated by bilateral cranioplasty and duraplasty with very good outcomes. During operation of this patient, after removing cranial bones by craniotomy, found no dural pulsation. It is indicative of raised intracranial pressure. After duraplasty, brain pulsation was found very nicely, which indicates that intracranial pressure became normal. In early childhood, brain grows with the dural growth simultaneously. But dura is adherent with the skull bones. Premature closure of sutures and with thickening of skull bones result in small intracranial volume which does not allow the brain to grow according to age. So, brain atrophy causes widened fissures and widened sulci with brain parenchymal tissue loss as evidenced in CT scan of brain or MRI. In this case, we made adequate rooming for brain by doing cranioplasty and duraplasty and got excellent results. J Monno Med Coll June 2022;8(2): 57-60
Background: Pneumonia is one of the major causes of death in children younger than age five, especially in developing countries. Supplementation with zinc is effective in the treatment and prevention of childhood pneumonia. Objective: To assess the duration of hospitalization after zinc supplementation in childhood pneumonia. Materials and Methods: This randomized double blind controlled trial was conducted in the Department of Pediatrics, Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital, Sylhet during the period from 1st July 2013 to 30th June 2015. A total of 120 patients with severe pneumonia in hospitalized children fulfilling inclusion and exclusion criteria were enrolled by systematic random sampling. Group allocation of Group-A and Group-B was done by lottery method each consisting of 60 and 60 patients. Identically small packets that contained 10mg zinc sulphate powder or 10 mg placebo powder were coded as A and B by guide. Results: Time for normalization of all parameters (clinical recovery) in placebo group and zinc group was 127.12±24.58 hours and 111.23±35.47 hours respectively which were statistically significant (p<0.05). All patients of both groups were discharged. The mean duration of hospital stay was found to be 6.78±0.42 days in placebo group and 5.42±0.81 days in zinc group. Mean duration of hospital stay was significantly less in zinc group in comparison to placebo (p<0.05). Conclusion: Supplementation of zinc therapy in childhood pneumonia causes early clinical recovery and less duration of hospital stay in comparison to the non-zinc therapy group. Eastern Med Coll J. Jan 2023; 8 (1) 15-18
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