Background The long-term health effects of assisted reproductive technologies, including in vitro fertilization (IVF) and hormonal therapies, remain poorly understood. This highlights the need to investigate potential chronic conditions that may arise following treatment. Objective The objective of this study was to investigate the long-term effects of fertility treatments on maternal health, with a focus on the incidence of chronic conditions and overall health outcomes in women who have undergone such treatments.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Early-onset progressive encephalopathy with brain edema and/or leukoencephalopathy-1 (PEBEL1) is a rare autosomal recessive severe neurometabolic disease. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical characteristics and genetic pathogenicity of PEBEL1 caused by rare (or )-related defects.
Case Summary: The patient was a girl aged 2 years and 10 mo.
The aim of the study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of oral administration of phosphorous enema in hypophosphatemia (HP) in critically ill children admitted in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) of The Indus Hospital, Karachi, from September 2018 to August 2019. This was a retrospective review of 31 critically ill children with hypophosphatemia who received 1 ml/kg/day of phosphate enema through nasogastric tube or orally for phosphate replacement, with serial phosphorus level monitoring along with observation for its side effects. The results showed that the rise of serum phosphorus level was observed in all cases and 64.
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