OBJECTIVE Decision making for health care at the household level is a crucial factor for malaria management and control among young children. This study sought to determine exactly how mothers reacted when faced with fever in a child. DESIGN Qualitative study based on in depth semistructured interviews of mothers and free form discussion with traditional healers (Nganga). SETTING Village of...

PURPOSE It is important to advise parents when to consult a doctor when their child has fever. To provide evidence-based, safety-net advice for young febrile children, we studied the risk of complications, the occurrence of alarm symptoms, the duration of fever. METHODS In a 7-day prospective follow-up study, we included 463 consecutive children aged 3 months to 6 years who presented with fev...

case presentation we describe a case of a previously healthy child who presented with sepsis due to varicella gangrenosa. while she initially responded well to a conservative antibiotic and acyclovir treatment, her subsequent rapid deterioration required urgent and repeated debridement. conclusions this report highlights the significance of prompt diagnosis and early surgical intervention for m...

Background Maternal infections during pregnancy are common events that have been suggested to be risk factors for Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in offspring. Only a few studies conducted date and results conflicting. The current study investigates the associations between specific groups of prenatal maternal offspring ADHD, considering timing exposure role fever. Methods We us...

In Karachi, large employment opportunities, burgeoning population and the availability of cheap labour might be the contributing factors for the increasing prevalence of child labour. A literature review was conducted in 2007 that included published and unpublished literature since 2000. Various organizations working in the field were also covered, while the perception of the child labourers wa...

OBJECTIVE Prediction of a recurrent febrile seizure during subsequent episodes of fever. DESIGN Study of the data of the temperatures, seizure recurrences, and baseline patient characteristics that were collected at a randomized placebo controlled trial of ibuprofen syrup to prevent febrile seizure recurrences. SETTING Two pediatric hospitals in the Netherlands. PATIENTS A total of 230 ch...