psychogenic vomiting considered as co-morbidity with tuberculosis in adolescents

Psychogenic vomiting and hypokalaemia.

Psychogenic Vomiting: A Clinical Diagnosis Merits Special Attention in Pediatrics

A 2 years and 9 months old boy attended to a gastroenterology clinic of pediatric hospital for investigation of recurrent and intractable vomiting. He had post prandial, non-projectile, non-bilious emesis since past 2 years. Since the onset of illness, he was carried to many doctors and underwent extensive laboratory investigations. Because all of the science lab and imaging work up for etiolog...

ADHD characteristics: I. Concurrent co-morbidity patterns in children & adolescents

OBJECTIVE 342 Caucasian subjects with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were recruited from pediatric and behavioral health clinics for a genetic study. Concurrent comorbidity was assessed to characterize the clinical profile of this cohort. METHODS Subjects 6 to 18 years were diagnosed with the Schedule for Affective Disorders & Schizophrenia for School aged Children (K-SADS-P ...

Venous Thromboembolism in Tuberculosis Patients: A Neglected Co-morbidity

Background: Despite the global efforts to control tuberculosis, it remains a common, life-threatening infectious disease. Tuberculosis can lead to hypercoagulability, increased venous stasis, and endothelial dysfunction, thus increasing the susceptibility to venous thromboembolism (VTE). However, few studies have assessed the epidemiology of the association between tuberculosis and VTE. We rece...

Co-morbidity of Diabetes and Tuberculosis Can Affect the Results of Treatment; A Case Control Study in Iran

Background and Purpose: Several evidences have shown some synergistic effect of diabetes co-morbidity on the tuberculosis (TB) treatment results, while some other studies have not found such associations. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between TB-diabetes co-morbidity and outcomes of TB treatment. Materials and Methods: The research population in this case control study were ...

[Differences in mortality profile of tuberculosis patients related to tuberculosis-AIDS co-morbidity].

OBJECTIVE To analyze the profile of deaths among tuberculosis patients in Campinas, Brazil, between 1993 and 2000, describing TB-AIDS co-infection and the underlying cause of death in the annual cohorts grouped in two periods 1993-1996 and 1997-2000. METHODS A descriptive study of deaths was conducted among patients in Campinas, Brazil, who were being treated for tuberculosis and those report...