February 2009
28 posts
Joining the SICK-LEAVE !!! →
Displaying solidarity with my colleagues back home!
Running into the Maldivian Health Minister at a... →
Yesterday was a half day at work for us, WHO Fellows at AIIMS, and we took the opportunity of an afternoon off to go to Delhi’s favourite hangout: Select City Mall at Sarket. It is a nice place…
[Original articles] Lifestyle intervention in... →
Objective: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common cause of liver disease in obese youth. Lifestyle intervention was demonstrated to improve NAFLD but follow-up studies after…
[Original articles] Violence against women and the... →
Objective: To assess whether different forms of family violence against women were associated with impaired size at birth and early childhood growth.
Methods: A sub-study embedded into a…
[Original articles] Work of breathing during SIMV... →
Objective: In a randomised trial, pressure support (PS) with synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation (SIMV) compared to SIMV alone was associated with a significant reduction in…
[Papers] Ataxia-telangiectasia patients presenting... →
Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) is characterised by progressive neurological abnormalities, oculocutaneous telangiectasias and immunodeficiency (decreased serum immunoglobulin (Ig)G subclass and/or…
[Papers] Aggravating effect of INSIG2 and FTO on... →
Objective: Obesity is considered as a polygenic and multifactorial disorder and different single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are involved. Studies concerning their impact on weight loss in…
[Original articles] Premedication before... →
Aims: To ascertain the prevalence of premedication before intubation and the choice of drugs used in UK neonatal units in 2007 and assess changes in practice since 1998.
Methods: A structured…
[Original articles] Validation of a neonatal pain... →
Background: Neonatal pain assessment generally requires access to facial expression. Improved neonatology practices, such as greater protection against bright lights and non-invasive mask…
[Original articles] Blood pressure and urine... →
Objective: To investigate the effects of umbilical cord milking on cardio-pulmonary adaptation in very low birth weight infants.
Patients and methods: This study was the secondary analysis of…
Planning to move the Question box to a different... →
I am planning to move the CBox (Question Box) to another URL. I have activated subdomain ask.niyaf.com for this purpose. That site will be used to host the CBox and a blog. It is already up…
Letter to Haveeru →
Dear Editor,
I would be very grateful if you could share this bit of information with the author of the article on complementary feeding that appeared on Haveeru Online. I would also…
[Original articles] Neonatal Pasteurellosis: a... →
Background: Pasteurellosis is an uncommon infectious disease in humans mainly caused by Pasteurella multocida infection in neonates was rarely reported.
Objectives: To review the literature…
[Review] The role of Fetal Magnetic Resonance... →
The role of MRI in fetal imaging is expanding. The depth of structural information provided by MRI places it as more than just a useful adjunct to ultrasound, as several structures are more…
[Original articles] Psychological problems in... →
Objective: To describe the prevalence and determinants of psychological problems in European children with hemiplegia.
Design: Cross sectional survey.
Setting: Home visits in nine European…
[Original articles] Improvement of walking... →
Objective: To measure functional gait improvements of robotic-assisted locomotion training in children with cerebral palsy (CP).
Design: Single case experimental A-B design.
Settings:…
[Review] Ethical issues of clinical trials in... →
Children should not be harmed by clinical trials, therefore should clinical trials be performed in children? We may need to temper this view as clinical trials provide the evidence we need to give…
Why I believe the new appointment system at IGMH... →
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Why I believe the new appointment system at IGMH... →
I believe the new system is not in the best interest of the patients. It is likely to force many patients to turn to private clinics to be able to consult the doctor of their choice. It is no wonder that many common people are speculating this as the intended reason for the change.
Why do I believe that not allowing doctor specific appointments is against the best interest of the patient?
Got reply to Email. →
I got a reply from IGMH today regarding my query earlier about change in working hours, OPD timings and the new salary. I guess much of the work regarding all these things is still only just…
[Original articles] Assist Control Volume... →
Objective: To measure changes in ventilator parameters in preterm infants receiving surfactant during assist control volume guarantee ventilation (AC/VG).
Methods: 22 preterm infants (up to 32…
[Review] Hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia →
Hyperinsulinaemic Hypoglycaemia (HH) occurs as a consequence of unregulated insulin secretion from pancreatic ß-cells. In the newborn period it is the most common cause of severe and persistent…
[Original articles] Modification of dietary... →
Objective: To study the effect of modified PUFA profiles of complementary food on LC-PUFA composition in healthy infants.
Design: Double blinded, randomized, controlled intervention trial.
…
[Original articles] Neonatal percutaneous central... →
Objective: To examine pressure changes in neonatal percutaneous central venous catheters under varying laboratory conditions and to quantify the risks of rupture in clinical practice.
Design:…
[Leading articles] Insulin injections in schools →
Diabetes control is poor in children in the UK compared with most European countries; only 17% of children achieve HbA1c levels less than the target value of 7.5% [1]. Historically we have tended…
[Leading articles] A Way To Restore British... →
This article draws on international evidence to propose a solution to a key problem affecting UK paediatricians and child protection. Disciplinary actions brought by the General Medical Council…
[Papers] BCG Protects Toddlers During a TB... →
In 2007, an outbreak of tuberculosis occurred in a toddler population attending two child care centers in Cork. Of 268 children exposed, 18 were eventually diagnosed with active tuberculosis. We…
Request for information from my employers. →
This was an email I had sent to IGMH a few days earlier. I guess they have been busy with other things and could not find time to reply. I was hoping that perhaps doing this might help move things a…