Renal Involvement in Children with Dengue Fever: A Study in Tertiary Care Hospital of Bangladesh.

: Dengue has emerged globally as the most relevant viral infection transmitted by a mosquito bite and represents a major threat to public health. Dengue-related renal manifestations such as proteinuria, hematuria, acute kidney injury (AKI), and rhabdomyolysis are not uncommon, and acute kidney injury (AKI) is a serious complication of dengue fever. There is relatively few data on the renal manifestations of dengue fever in children.

Descriptive epidemiology of metabolic syndrome among obese adolescent population.

Aims: The study was done to assess the magnitude of problems of metabolic syndrome among obese adolescents.

Materials And Method: It was a cross-sectional study done from January 2013 to June 2014 in paediatric endocrine outpatient department in BIRDEM General Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Total 172 adolescents having exogenous obesity aged 10-18 years were included.