Clinical profile and severity of and malaria in hospitalized children from North India.

Background & Objectives: Malaria is the most common parasitic infection in children and the most common cause of mortality by vector-borne disease in tropical countries. In these endemic countries there is limited published literature on the clinical profile and severity of Plasmodium vivax malaria in children. We highlight the clinical presentations and severity of malaria in children belonging to Uttar Pradesh, North India Methods: This observational study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital, in Moradabad, western Uttar Pradesh, India.

Machine learning-based heart disease prediction system for Indian population: An exploratory study done in South India.

Background: In India, huge mortality occurs due to cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) as these diseases are not diagnosed in early stages. Machine learning (ML) algorithms can be used to build efficient and economical prediction system for early diagnosis of CVDs in India.

Methods: A total of 1670 anonymized medical records were collected from a tertiary hospital in South India.

Retinopathy of prematurity: risk factors and role of antenatal betamethasone in Indian preterm newborn babies.

Background: Increase in the survival of preterm neonates has led to increased incidence of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). Among various risk factors, only prematurity is well-established and role of others is still not clear. Effect of antenatal betamethasone on ROP severity is also controversial.

A rare clinical case of an unfortunately current pathology - foreign bodies.

Medication errors can cause various complications and some of these are fatal also. A very unusual complication, an esophageal foreign body, is described herein. It was a single tablet with intact wrapper, cut out from a blister pack which was unknowingly ingested by a child in toto.

Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders after streptococcus infection.

Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal infection (PANDAS) is a group of disorders recently recognized as a clinical entity. A case of PANDAS is described here, which remitted after 1 month of treatment. Recent Group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus infection should be considered in a child who presents with a sudden explosive onset of tics or obsessive compulsive symptoms.

Schizencephaly of open and closed lip type in the same patient: An extremely rare occurrence.

Neuronal migration defects are rare causes of seizure disorder and developmental problems. Schizencephaly the most severe form is an extremely rare entity. Here a rare case of bilateral schizencephaly (open and closed type in the same patient) is reported.

Septic shock due to tuberculosis in Down syndrome.

Both Immune dysfunction and deficiency, are known in Down syndrome. Tuberculosis commonly presents as insidious illness and septicemic shock is its rare presentation, mostly in immunocompromized patients. We report a 16 year old boy with Down syndrome presenting with septicemic shock due to tuberculosis.

Sjogren-Larsson syndrome: A case report of a rare disease.

We report a case of Sjogren-Larsson syndrome with clinical profile (spastic diplegia, icthyosis, mental retardation) and imaging findings on magnetic resonance imaging.