September-2005 Volume-2, Issue-9

Ped Call

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September-2005 Volume-2, Issue-9

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Upcoming conference

October 2005

PED GASTRO 2005: Avail details of the 15th National Conference of IAP Pediatric Gastroentrology Chapter, to be held at Hyderabad on the 15th and 16th October 2005.

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NCPID with EMBICON 2005: Avail details of the IXTH NATIONAL PEDIATRIC HEMATO-ONCOLOGY CONFERENCE of PEDIATRIC HEMATO-ONCOLOGY CHAPTER OF IAP to be held at Bilaspur on 22nd-23rd October 2005.

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November 2005

ADOLECON 2005: Avail details of the 5th National Conference of IAP Adolescent Chapter (Adolecon 2005) to be held on 5th & 6th November 2005 at Kolkata.

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Clinicl Trials:

An Open, Randomized Phase III clinical trial to assess the efficacy of DTPw HB (Combination vaccine) and DTPw and Hepatitis B (GeneVac-B) vaccine alone, by separate site administration manufactured by Serum Institute of India Limited, Pune (INDIA) in comparison with standard commercially available DTPw HB vaccine.

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Latest articles on Pediatric Oncall:

DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMA:
This month’s diagnostic dilemma: Marc A. Tanenbaum, MD, Pediatric Medicine, Atlanta,
GA
A teenager presents with fever, myalgia, leukopenia and history of visit to Jamaica a week back. What is the probable diagnosis? Read the complete case and answer the dilemma

http://www.pediatriconcall.com/fordoctor/diagnosisdilemma/listdilemma.asp

Last month’s queryof an eleven month old girl with persistent head lag with bilateral basal ganglia calcifications had several replies from the viewers. Most viewers have suggested Leigh’s disease, glutaric acidemia and hypoparathyroidism as probable causes.

TEACHING FILES:
This month’s teaching File: An adolescent presents with hyperglycemia, hypernatremia and depression. What is the diagnosis? Read the entire teaching clinical query in the section of “TEACHING FILES” and try the correct answer.

http://www.pediatriconcall.com/fordoctor/teaching/clinical_propblem_list.asp

Last month’s teaching file:
Query: A 35 days old boy presented with cyanosis and jaundice since day 5 of life. He was diagnosed to have Ventricular Septal Defect with Pulmonary Atresia. He had pinched nose, triangular facies and bilateral undescended testis. What is the diagnosis?
Answer: This child has congenital cyanotic heart disease with pulmonary atresia, neonatal cholestasis and dysmorphic peculiar facies suggestive of Alagille syndrome. Discuss this case further in the section of “DISCUSSION GROUPS”.

CASE REPORTS:
IDIOPATHIC HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME (HES)
A one and a half years old boy presents with fever, pallor with hepatosplenomegaly. His investigations revealed eosinophilia. Read more about this case of hypereosinophilia.

http://www.pediatriconcall.com/fordoctor/casereports
/idopathic_hypereosinophilic_syndrome.asp

METHEMOGLOBINEMIA
A 14 months old girl presents with cyanosis after ingestion of Potato wafers containing monosodium glutamate. Read more about this case of Methemoglobinemia.

http://www.pediatriconcall.com/fordoctor/casereports/methemoglobinemia.asp

VIEWERS CHOICE:
ANENCEPHALY:
Neeraj Awasthy, Karam chand Read about anencephaly, its causation and risk in next pregnancy

http://www.pediatriconcall.com/fordoctor/viewersChoice/Anencephaly.asp

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:What is the procedure the child is undergoing?

Last months answers :
Case 1: Corneal Clounding – Mucopolysaccharidoses (Winner – Dr Pratibha Pai)
Case 2: Clubbing (Winner – Dr Anil Patro)

http://www.pediatriconcall.com/fordoctor/imagegallery/imagegallery.asp

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