November 2004 Past Issues

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November-2004 Volume-1, Issue-8
Dear Doctor :
	New features :
	DISCUSSION GROUPS(Updated): Avail of a more user friendly, easy to access discussion groups to form support groups, ask queries, share grievances and difficult case scenarios in this section.
	Latest articles on Pediatric Oncall:

	DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMA: This month’s diagnostic dilemma: An 8 months old girl with hepatosplenomegaly has repeated serositis, hypodense lesions in the liver and multiple generalized lymphadenopathy. Child has been treated for Tuberculosis but no improvement. What is the differential diagnosis? Read the complete case and answer the dilemma… Last month’s query of 5 years old boy with recurrent episodes of hematemesis, chronic liver disease, acidosis and hypoglycemia had several replies. Most of the viewers have suggested glycogen storage disorder. One viewer did suggest organic academia. The authors have replied that storage disorder has been ruled out, as biopsy did not show any evidence of storage disease. Also since this child has repeated acidosis with hypoglycemia an underlying organic acidemia/Lactic Acidosis is being suspected and investigations are being carried out on those lines.

	TEACHING FILES:

	This month’s teaching File: This is the case of an 8 year old with recurrent otitis media and past history of leukemia. What is the cause of her recurrent otitis media? Read the entire teaching clinical query in the section of “TEACHING FILES” and try the correct answer.
	Last month’s teaching file: Query: A 5-month-old child has cardiomegaly, hepatomegaly and hypotonia. What is the diagnosis? Answer: Glycogen storage disease type II (GSD type II) also termed as “acid maltase deficiency” or “Pompe’s disease”. Most of our viewers have answered this query correctly. Discuss this case further in the section of “DISCUSSION GROUPS”.

	ORIGINAL ARTICLES : Read the abstracts of the award papers and the free papers presented in the “INTERNATIONAL PEDIATRIC UPDATE CONFERENCE 2004” held in Mumbai In October 2004.

	IMMUNIZATION UPDATES – PART 1 -BCG Vaccine: Read more about the newer antituberculous vaccines being developed and also the use of BCG in special situations. - Polio Vaccine With eradication of poliovirus still far away in India, read more about the issues for polio eradication. Also find out more about Inactivated Polio vaccine (eIPV). - Acellular Pertussis Vaccine: Read about the difference between the acellular pertussis vaccine and the whole cell pertussis vaccine and which is recommended when. - Hepatitis B Vaccine: Is booster of Hepatitis B vaccine required? What are the chances of being HbsAg positive after Hepatitis B vaccine? What is the schedule recommended? Read more about Hepatitis B vaccine…

	IMAGE GALLERY: Try your clinical skills in the “SPOT DIAGNOSIS” for the fortnight and the lucky winner gets a set of 3 child health CDs – Courtesy Pediatric Oncall This fortnight’s spot diagnosis: Last months winners : Case 1: Congenital Talipes Equinovarus. Case 2: Congenital Hydrocephalus. Sincerely, Pediatric Oncall