OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the overall trend of computed tomography (CT) utilization in the pediatric emergency department (PED) from 2003 to 2010 and to determine trends categorized by common chief complaints. METHODS Electronic chart records at 2 tertiary care PEDs within a large pediatric health care system were reviewed from January 2003 through December 2010. Th...

Background The global burden of childhood cancer is poorly quantified, but it estimated that 80% all children with live in low- and middle-income countries cure rates far lower than high-income nations.
 Objective To describe the Yogyakarta Region pediatric profile from 2010-2019 compare to a 2000-2009 study same setting.
 Methods This retrospective was conducted patients aged £18 yea...

Collagenous gastritis is a rare gastrointestinal disorder characterized in pediatrics by abdominal pain and anemia. The literature divides collagenous gastritis into distinct pediatric-onset and adult-onset phenotypes. As opposed to pediatric form, the adult form is associated with collagenous colitis and presents clinically with voluminous non-bloody diarrhea. There are over 25 case reports of...

Chronic abdominal pain, defined as long-lasting intermittent or constant abdominal pain, is a common pediatric problem encountered by primary care physicians, medical subspecialists and surgical specialists. Chronic abdominal pain in children is usually functional—that is, without objective evidence of an underlying organic disorder. The Subcommittee on Chronic Abdominal Pain of the American Ac...

background liver is prone to different diseases including metabolic, congenital, infections, drug injuries, and malignancies. liver biopsy is an aggressive but definitive way to diagnose liver diseases. objectives the present study is designed to evaluate the results of liver biopsies in children referred to the pediatric gastroenterology department of nemazee hospital. materials and methods th...

background and purpose: over the past years, the role of fungi as a cause of nosocomial infections in hospitalized patients has been accentuated. candida species constitute an important group of fungi causing diseases in immunocompromised patients. oropharyngeal candidiasis continues to be a prevalent infection in immunodeficient patients. in this study, we aimed to determine the incidence of o...

Neutropenic fever is a common complication of myelosuppressive therapy in pediatric oncology patients. Piperacillin-tazobactam (PIP/TAZO) is a broad spectrum antibiotic used for empiric treatment of neutropenic fever. We describe four cases of suspected PIP/TAZO induced nephrotoxicity occurring in children with pediatric malignancies admitted to the hospital and treated for fever ± neutropenia....

Although for many decades bisphosphonates were used for adult bone loss, bisphosphonate administration in pediatric patients is new and was initiated in the past 15-year. The indications for pediatric bisphosphonates was extended to childhood malignancies with bone involvement, after additional effects were unveiled for bisphosphonates with recent research. In this article we review childhood b...

Abstract Paediatric extra-cranial solid tumours are one of the common causes for paediatric malignancies. Lack appropriate imaging at presentation, staging and follow-up is a major challenge tumours. We have reviewed tumour protocols suggested by oncological societies/groups around world (mainly SIOP – Society International Pediatric Oncology, COG Children's Oncology Group). adapted some those ...