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March-2007 Volume-4, Issue-3

	BLOG Read the blog written on medical research. Dr Santosh Singh. Blog is an area where you can write about any particular topic in Pediatrics and give your personal opinion.You can give your opinion, you can be biased but it is your personal view. So go ahead and start blogging right away and have the world look up to your views.

	DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMA This month's Diagnostic Dilemma: Naji. 5 days old newborn presents with mass. What could be the diagnosis? Read the entire case in the section of DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMA for further details Authors reply: Last month's diagnostic dilemma of large cystic swelling in the abdomen. The cystic swelling was a palpable bladder.

	TEACHING FILES Ira Shah. This month’s teaching File: A 10 year old presents with right sided pleural effusion, fever, huge cervical lymphadenopathy and hepatosplenomegaly. What is the diagnosis? Read the entire teaching clinical query in the section of “TEACHING FILES” and try the correct answer. Last month’s teaching file:> Query:A 3 year old boy presents with bilateral knee and ankle swelling since 3 months with inability to walk. Child was started on oral medications and showed a dramatic improvement in 48 hours. What is the diagnosis? Answer: Scurvy. Read and discuss this case in full details further in the section of “DISCUSSION GROUPS”.

	EDUCATION ARTICLE Pediatric Electrocardiogram- The Basics. Sumitra Venkatesh, Shakuntala Prabhu. This article enlightens the viewer on how to do a pediatric ECG and interpretation of Pediatric ECG.

	CASE REPORTS Romano-Ward Syndrome in a Family With Index Case Presenting as Cardiac Asystole. Rajniti Prasad, O P Mishra, Narendra Reddy, Mahendra N Singh Romano-ward syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by prolonged QT interval, which may present with cardiac events such as syncope, cardiac arrest and sudden death in healthy children. Read about an index child presenting as cardiac asystole, who had survived with cardiopulmonary resuscitation and is symptom free on Atenolol therapy.

	VIEWERS CHOICE Sudden Increase in the Size of Scalp Swelling: A Sign of Underlying Extradural Haematoma. Amit Agrawal, Akshay Pratap, Anand Kumar, Siddhartha Kumar. It has been reported that there may be sudden increase in the size of epicranial hematoma over a linear skull fracture secondary to the decompression of the acute extradural hematoma into the epicranial region through the fracture line. In present case underlying extradural hematoma could be recognized when child developed sudden increase in the scalp swelling and investigated with the CT scan.

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