Comparison Between Efficacy of Melatonin and Diazepam for Prevention of Recurrent Simple Febrile Seizures: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Objectives: We evaluated the efficacy and safety of oral melatonin compared with oral diazepam for prevention of recurrent simple febrile seizures.

Methods: This prospective randomized clinical trial included 60 children aged six to 50 months with recurrent simple febrile seizures who attended the pediatric neurology clinic in Tanta University Hospital. Children were randomly allocated into two groups: the first group (30 children) received oral melatonin 0.

Pulmonary Function Tests Abnormalities in Children With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Is It Common?

Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the frequency and type of pulmonary dysfunction in newly diagnosed children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and the correlation between pulmonary function tests (PFTs) and IBD activity.

Methods: It is an observational case-control study. One hundred newly diagnosed children with IBD were enrolled as the patient group, which was further subdivided into 52 with Crohn disease (CD) and 48 with ulcerative colitis (UC).

Evaluation of the coronary circulation and calcification in children on regular hemodialysis.

Background: The objective of this study was to evaluate the coronary circulation and calcification in children with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on hemodialysis.

Methods: A total of 50 children with ESRD and 50 healthy controls were enrolled in the study. Cardiac functions and coronary blood flow were evaluated with conventional and tissue Doppler echocardiography.

Efficacy of Prophylactic Dexmedetomidine in Preventing Postoperative Junctional Ectopic Tachycardia After Pediatric Cardiac Surgery.

Background: Postoperative junctional ectopic tachycardia is one of the most serious arrhythmias that occur after pediatric cardiac surgery, difficult to treat and better to be prevented. Our aim was to assess the efficacy of prophylactic dexmedetomidine in preventing junctional ectopic tachycardia after pediatric cardiac surgery.

Methods And Results: A prospective controlled study was carried out on 90 children who underwent elective cardiac surgery for congenital heart diseases.

The predictive value of Von Willebrand factor antigen plasma levels in children with acute lung injury.

Objective: Von Willebrand factor antigen (VWF-Ag) is proved to be a marker for pulmonary endothelial injury in acute lung injury (ALI). We aimed to evaluate the predictive value of VWF-Ag plasma levels in children with ALI.

Methods: Prospective controlled study included 40 children with ALI as a patient group, 40 healthy children as a control group.