In children, any ureter greater than 7 mm in diameter is considered a megaureter based on measurements in fetuses greater than 30 weeks gestation and children <12 years. Primary megaureter (POM) is a result of a functional or anatomical abnormality involving the uretero-vesical junction. Although the endoscopic and surgical techniques to manage POM are successful, we thought that early interven...

This report summarises national passive surveillance data reported to the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to 31 August 2012 for adverse events following immunisation (AEFI) for children aged <7 years who received vaccines between 1 January and 30 June 2012. The report includes all vaccines administered to children in this age group with a focus on the vaccines included in the funded Nati...

BACKGROUND. In 2001, Australia introduced a unique 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (7vPCV) 2-, 4-, and 6-month schedule with a 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (23vPPV) booster for Aboriginal children, and in 2005, 7vPCV alone in a 2-, 4-, and 6-month schedule for non-Aboriginal children. Aboriginal adults are offered 23vPPV but coverage is poor. We investigated trends in i...

the etiology of acute diarrhea was studied in 915 children under 5 years of age between march 1986 and august 1987, in 7 hospitals in tehran. 65 healthy children in similar age groups served as controls. rotavirus was found in 25% of the patients and 1.5% of controls with the highest detection rate occurring in the 7-24 month age group (28%) and declining beyond 25 months of age (5%). the infec...

introduction: foreign-body aspiration is still considered one of the most important diagnostic and therapeutic issues for physicians. mortality rates and the prevalence of diseases caused by foreign bodies in the airway are higher in children because of the relatively narrow airway and immature protective mechanisms. the aim of this study was to study the pattern of foreign-body aspiration in t...

BACKGROUND The Asian population, in general, has higher antiretroviral concentrations than those who are not Asian, but there are limited pharmacokinetic data for darunavir/ritonavir in Asian children. METHODS Thai children aged ≥7 years and with body weight (BW)≥20 kg who were on darunavir/ritonavir for ≥2 weeks underwent 12-h pharmacokinetics with blood sampling before and at 1, 2, 4, 6, 8,...

in the present study 220 diarrheal samples of children aged between 3-12 months and 100 samples from healthy individuals of the same age group reffered to Shiraz university hospitals were investigated for bacterial and viral agents.Electron microscopy methods were used for the viral investigations,while conventional techniques of bacteriology were used for isolation of bacterial agents.the prev...

PURPOSE To study the prevalence of and relation between refractive and corneal astigmatism in white school children in Northern Ireland and to describe the association between refractive astigmatism and refractive error. METHODS Stratified random clustering was used to recruit 1053 white children, 392 aged 6-7 years and 661 aged 12-13 years. Eye examinations included cycloplegic autorefractio...