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Past Issues of www.pediatriconcall.com

January-2005 Volume-2, Issue-1

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.
	DIAGNOSTIC AID (Updated): Get a differential diagnosis by typing in the symptoms and relevant features (e.g. Convulsions, hepatitis, arthritis, myalgia = SLE). Avail of this updated DIAGNOSTIC Tool to help you reach a differential diagnosis in your patients.

Latest articles on Pediatric Oncall:

DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMA:
This month’s diagnostic dilemma: A 3-years old boy has Fever of unknown origin, diarrhea and vomiting since 25 days. He has also developed thrombophlebitis and ARDS but cultures are negative. Investigations reveal persistent Leucocytosis, high CRP, high ESR, thrombocytosis, negative Widal test, ANF, Anti-ds DNA, Rheumatic Factor, LE cells, ANCA levels, normal immunoglobulins, normal NBT test. What is the differential diagnosis? Read the complete case and answer the dilemma…

Last month’s queryof a 6-year-old boy with ascitis, generalized edema, hypertension and hypoalbuminemia with normal renal function tests had various replies ranging from polycystic kidney disease to protein losing enteropathy. The authors have replied that kidney disease had been ruled out and are now working up the child on the lines of protein losing enteropathy as well as Tuberculous peritonitis. Hypertension still remains unexplained

TEACHING FILES:
This month’s teaching File: A 6 years old girl presented with UTI. A micturating cystourethrogram (MCU) revealed Grade II reflux on the right side and Grade III reflux on the left side and DMSA scan showed no renal scars. Does she require surgical intervention for her VUR? Read the entire teaching clinical query in the section of “TEACHING FILES” and try the correct answer

Last month’s teaching file:
Query: An 8 year old with recurrent otitis media and past history of leukemia. What is the cause of her recurrent otitis media?
Answer:One vital examination finding in this patient that had been missed was taking blood pressure. As we all know that hypertension may just present as headache. In this child, on examination, his BP was 240/160 mm of Hg. Cause of headache was hypertension. Unfortunately, only one viewer has answered this query correctly. Discuss this case further in the section of “DISCUSSION GROUPS”.

PRACTICAL GUIDELINES:
PRACTICAL GUIDELINES FOR MECHANICAL VENTILATION:
Dr.Giuseppe A. Marraro, Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Italy discusses in details the various aspects of Mechanical Ventilation in children as well as Newer methods of non-invasive ventilation in a lucid and extremely well presented manner.

PATIENT EDUCATION MATERIAL:
COMMON SURGICAL PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN:
Dr. Vivek Rege has elucidated extremely important aspects of common surgical problems seen in children in a manner that parents can understand with well highlighted images to make it a complete patient education material.

CASE REPORTS:
CONGENITAL MALARIA WITH APARASITEMIA ON PERIPHERAL SMEAR:
This is an interesting case of one and a half month old boy with fever and hepatosplenomegaly since 15 days. Mother had vivax malaria during pregnancy. Read on more…

VIEWER’S CHOICE:
EEG MONITORING IN CRITICAL CARE- PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS:
Dr R.R.Singh shares his views on continuous EEG recording as a routine in the ICU to follow the effect of treatment with anti-epileptic drugs and general anesthesia in status epilepticus. Read on more…

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 answers :
Case 1: Cushing’s disease
Case 2: Henoch Schnolein Purpura (HSP).

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

POST A JOB/RESUME:
Now you can post for job recruitments (Be it for a consultant, RMO, Registrar or Houseman) for your hospital/clinic on PEDIATRIC ONCALL. Also submit your biodata online. This is a free service to the medical fraternity and aspiring doctors can get to know of vacancies at one place itself.

POST A CONFERENCE:
All organizing secretaries of SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS please note. You can now post your conference details on PEDIATRIC ONCALL by filling in a simple online form and it will be displayed on www.pediatriconcall.com for all doctors to view.

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