DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMA

This month's Diagnostic Dilemma:
Naji
2 months infant presents with facial palsy for one week . How to manage?

TEACHING FILES

Ira Shah
This month's teaching File: :A 2 year old girl presents with fever and cough, vomiting, breathlessness and generalized tonic clonic convulsion followed by altered sensorium. On examination, she had hepatosplenomegaly with hypotonia with brisk reflexes She was suspected to have Reye's syndrome. How to investigate this case further?... Read the entire teaching clinical query in the section of "TEACHING FILES" and try the correct answer. http://www.pediatriconcall.com/fordoctor/
teaching/clinical_propblem_list.aspx

Last month's teaching file:
Query: A 3½ year old boy presented with altered sensorium. He is a known asthmatic on inhaler therapy since 3 months and underwent right orchidopexy a month back. He had a generalized tonic clonic convulsion at 2½ years of age. He had delayed motor development He has hypotonia. He had hypoglycemia (RBS = 6 mg %). What is the diagnosis?...
Answer: Lactic Acidosis. Read and discuss this case in full details further....

REVIEW ARTICLE

CASE REPORTS

VIEWERS CHOICE

Hyperammonemia-Hyperornithinemia-Homocitrulinemia (HHH Syndrome). Prakash C. Vaghela. Read about the child with HHH syndrome. ...

IMAGE GALLERY

ECG QUIZ OF THE MONTH S.S.Prabhu, Sumitra Venkatesh, Div. Of Pediatric Cardiology, B.J.Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai

SPOT DIAGNOSIS

Last month's answers:
Case 1: ASD of the primum type (atrioventricular canal defect), Single ventricle, Tricuspid atresia or Ebsteins anomaly .
Case 2: Neonatal jaundice

Try your clinical skills in the "SPOT DIAGNOSIS" for the fortnight and the lucky winner gets a child health CD - courtesy Pediatric Oncall

 

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UPCOMING CONFERENCE

South Pedicon 2007. 28th -30th September 2007, Hubli, Karanataka

CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS

5th National CME of IAP Chapter on Pediatric Infectious Disease, Patna, June 2007

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