Evaluation of inactivated avian influenza virus and Newcastle disease virus bivalent vaccination program against newly circulated H5N8 and NDV strains.

Avian influenza virus (AIV) and Newcastle disease virus (NDV) are respiratory illness syndromes that have recently been detected in vaccinated flocks and are causing major financial losses in the chicken farming industry. The objective was to evaluate the efficacy of Valley Vac H5Plus NDVg7 vaccine in protecting chickens against the H5N8 and NDV strains that have recently been circulating in comparison with the efficacy of the commercially available bivalent H5+ND7 vaccine. In contrast to the H5+ND7 vaccine, which was made of genetically distinct H5N8/2018 clade 2.

Risk factors of penile resurfacing in re-operative hypospadias repair: A retrospective analytical study.

Introduction: In re-operative hypospadias repair, scarred urethral plate, and deficient unhealthy penile skin are usually problematic. Difficulties are not only in urethroplasty but also in penile skin coverage. Penile skin coverage after urethroplasty with good viable skin decreases the complication rate and increases the satisfaction with repair.

Value of electroencephalographic monitoring in newborns with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy treated with hypothermia.

Background: The values of electroencephalography (EEG) in neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) during therapeutic hypothermia (TH) are still uncertain.

Aims: The aim of this study is to detect EEG background, the prevalence of seizures during cooling, and to determine different EEG patterns that can predict brain injury in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Patients And Methods: Thirty-nine newborns with HIE were subjected to TH.

Heart-type fatty acid-binding protein as a predictor of cardiac ischemia in intractable seizures in children.

Background: Children with intractable epilepsy have chronic dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system causing myocardial ischemia. Heart-type fatty acid-binding protein (H-FABP) is a sensitive biomarker for myocardial ischemia.

Aims: We aimed to evaluate serum levels of H-FABP during seizures compared to their interictal levels and healthy controls and changes in heart rate (HR) and HR variability (HRV) in epileptic children with intractable seizures.

Bipolar Transfer of Latissimus Dorsi Myocutaneous Flap for Restoration of Elbow Flexion in Late Traumatic Brachial Plexus Injury: Evaluation of 13 Cases.

Background: Restoration of elbow flexion following traumatic brachial plexus injury represents a great challenge to the reconstructive surgeons. Functional muscle transfers come next to the sophisticated types of nerve surgery in this area. Many transfers are well known for restoration of elbow flexion; bipolar or unipolar latissimus dorsi, triceps brachii, sternocleidomastoid, pectoralis major, and Steindler flexorplasty.

Arginine dimethylation products in pediatric patients with chronic kidney disease.

Background: arginine and its metabolites have been linked to pediatric chronic kidney disease (CKD). We aimed to estimate serum levels of argninine (Arg), asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) and symmetric dimethylarginine (SDMA) in pediatric CKD patients and its relation to altered kidney function.

Patients And Methods: 132 pediatric patients with CKD and 120 healthy age and sex matched controls were compared regarding; serum Arg, ADMA and SDMA levels.

Early detection of myocardial dysfunction in poorly treated pediatric thalassemia children and adolescents: Two Saudi centers experience.

Background & Objective: Cardiac complications are among the most serious complications in Beta Thalassemia Major Patients. Our aim was to evaluate the value of tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) for early detection of myocardial dysfunction in pediatric and adolescent patients with B-TM before development of overt heart failure or cardiomyopathy.

Patients And Methods: 100 thalassemic patients below 18 years old and 100 healthy, age & sex matched controls were enrolled in our case-control study.

Folic Acid Intake and Neural Tube Defects: Two Egyptian Centers Experience.

Neural tube defects (NTDs) are a group of congenital malformations with worldwide distribution and complex etiopathogenesis. Folic acid plays a pivotal role in their prevention. We aimed to identify the protective effect of folic acid intake against NTDs and its dependence on different socioeconomic and environmental factors in a cohort of mothers in Egypt.

Outcomes of Early Ligation of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Preterms, Multicenter Experience.

Persistent ductal patency may have serious effects in preterm infants. Analysis of the results of different trials were inconclusive in determining whether medical or surgical closure of the ductus is preferable and what is the best timing for surgical intervention.The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of timing of surgical closure of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) on ventilatory, hemodynamic, and nutritional status of preterm infants.