Uncomplicate regurgitation in otherwise healthy infants is not a disease. It consists of milk flow from mouth during or after feeding. Common causes include overfeeding, air swallowed during feeding, crying or coughing; physical exam is normal and weight gain is adequate. History and physical exam are diagnostic, and conservative therapy is recommended. Pathologic gastroesophageal reflux or gas...

background bronchiolitis is a significant cause of acute morbidity in children less than 2 years old and some children with bronchiolitis are admitted to the hospital. aims and objectives to identify clinical predictors of hospital admission in children aged 0-24 months with acute bronchiolitis.   methods: all children in the age group of 0-24 months presenting with acute bronchiolitis to a ded...

IN BRIEF In resource-limited settings, the challenges of providing diabetes education are magnified. To provide the best education, these challenges and barriers need to be identified and addressed. Many times, at the "teachable moment" of a gestational diabetes diagnosis, we are able to not only address the immediate concerns, but also help patients adopt and continue long-term healthy lifesty...

AIMS/INTRODUCTION The principal aim of the present study was to investigate the cardiovascular autonomic system status of diabetes patients using approximate entropy (ApEn) extracted from 24-h heart rate variability (HRV) and its frequency components. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 29 healthy controls and 63 type 2 diabetes patients were included. Participants' 24-h HRV signals were recorde...

unstimulated whole salivary p53 was evaluated in non-involved subjects, in patients suffering from oral lichen planus (olp) and squamous cell carcinoma (scc). a total of 34 patients with olp, 24 patients suffering from oral scc and 41 non-involved participants were enrolled. the unstimulated whole saliva p53 level was assayed by elisa. data was analyzed by anova followed by the tukey post hoc t...

The purpose of this study was to examine the 24-hour sleep/wake patterns of healthy elderly persons. Data was obtained from 14 elderly subjects who wore a wrist actigraph for 48 hours and completed an activity diary during the monitoring period. Although subjects spent slightly more than 7.5 hours in bed at night, they were asleep for just over 6 hours. Subjects did not have trouble falling asl...