222 Second Course of Ibuprofen for Pda: Comparison of 10-5-5 Vs 20-10-10 Mg/Kg in Inborn Infants < 28 Wks Ga

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The signaling pathway that is initiated by binding of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and results in sustained signaling through PI3K plays an important role in a tumor's response to ionizing radiation. The current in vitro study explored both the effects of ZD1839 (Iressa), a highly selective EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor, as a radiosensitiser for bile duct carcinoma cell lines and ZD...

Ibuprofen vs indomethacin for treatment of PDA in preterm infants.

Forty preterm infants (<33 weeks) with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) and echocardiographically confirmed PDA were randomly assigned at days 2 and 3 of life to receive either intravenous indomethacin in a dose of 0.2 mg/kg for three doses at 12 hourly intervals, or intravenous ibuprofen 10 mg/kg followed by two more doses of 5 mg/kg administered at 24 and 48 hours after the first dose. All...

Treatment of scabies, permethrin 5% cream vs. crotamiton 10% cream.

Scabies is one of the three most common skin disorders in children, along with tinea and pyoderma. The treatment of choice is still controversial. The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy of permethrin 5% cream vs. crotamiton 10% cream in the treatment of scabies. In total, 350 patients with scabies were enrolled, and randomized into two groups. The first group received permethrin 5% cr...

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contact with cats at home (9). Unusual cryptosporidial infections are not restricted to immunocompromised hosts, and further investigation of the pathogenicity and epidemiology of these infections is necessary to establish their effect on public health and to identify risk factors for exposure and measures for prevention. The identification of species other than C. hominis and C. parvum that in...