Evaluation of Pediatric Early Warning Score (PEWS) in Unintentional Childhood Injuries Admitted to the Critical Care Unit.

Introduction: Pediatric Early Warning Score (PEWS), also known as Brighton PEWS or Monaghan PEWS, was developed to identify children at risk for clinical deterioration in hospitals. We designed this study to describe the epidemiology of unintentional injuries in children admitted to the critical care unit in a tertiary healthcare setting, and to determine the predictive properties of PEWS in these injuries.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study.

Acceptance and hesitancy towards COVID-19 vaccines in rural and tribal areas of Maharashtra (India).

Introduction: Hesitancy towards COVID-19 vaccines may be a major hindrance to a successful vaccination program. We assessed the vaccine uptake, facilitators, and barriers for the COVID-19 vaccine in tribal and rural populations in Maharashtra, India.

Methodology: The present study is a cross-sectional analysis of data collected from 373 individuals from six villages (three tribal and three rural) from August 2022 to September 2022.

Assessing the role of mid upper arm circumference in identification of low birthweight and wasting in early infancy in India.

Aim: We conducted this study to examine the mid upper-arm circumference (MUAC) of full-term infants from birth to 6 months; construct gender-specific MUAC graphs; and assess the role of MUAC as a surrogate marker for low birthweight and wasting in infants younger than 6 months.

Methods: This is a prospective longitudinal study of 268 (133 female and 135 male) new-borns in a tertiary care centre in Navi Mumbai, India. We measured weight, length, head circumference and MUAC.

Quality of Life in Children with Thalassemia and their Caregivers in India.

Objectives: To assess and compare the Quality of Life (QOL) of children with beta-thalassemia major on regular transfusion therapy with normal children, and of the caregivers of children with beta-thalassemia major to that of caregivers of normal children.

Methods: A cross-sectional comparison of QOL in 75 thalassemic and 80 non-thalassemic children was conducted using the PedsQL™ 4.0 generic core scale.

Profile and Risk Factor Analysis of Unintentional Injuries in Children.

Objective: To study the profile and various risk factors associated with unintentional injuries in children.

Methods: The study is a cross sectional analysis of data collected from 351 children presenting with unintentional injury to a tertiary care hospital in Navi Mumbai, India. Data were collected about variables based on Haddon Phase Factor Matrix - host, environment and agent factors.

Jeune syndrome with neonatal cholestasis.

Jeune syndrome or Asphyxiating Thoracic Dystrophy presenting clinically with hepatic manifestations is rarely seen. Very few cases of liver involvement have been reported antemortem. The authors report a three-month-old child with Jeune syndrome who presented with prolonged neonatal cholestasis and normal stools.

Griscelli syndrome - a case report.

Griscelli syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by partial albinism with variable immunodeficiency. Silvery gray hair with large, clumped melanosomes on microscopy of hair shafts are diagnostic. The commonest complication leading to mortality includes lymphohistiocytic proliferation in various organs, including the brain.