Pain assessment and management: The knowledge, attitude and practice of Sudanese Paediatric Residents.

This was a prospective, descriptive, cross sectional study that was conducted in 9 major paediatric hospitals accredited for training of residents in Sudan to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of residents in paediatrics on issues related to pain assessment and pain management in children A semi-structured and validated questionnaire was distributed to 174 residents working in these hospitals. One hundred and twenty residents, out of 174, responded by filling the questionnaire, with a response rate of 68%. Seventy percent of them said they had never received any kind of training, education, or learning sessions in paediatric pain assessment and management during their training, 60% were not aware of any pain assessment scale/tool.

Hypertriglyceridemia in Infants and Children with Hypernatremia.

Background: Hypertriglyceridemia in association with hypernatremia was reported in a few children; however, studies exploring this association are limited.

Objective: To determine the pattern of change in serum triglycerides levels in hypernatremia patients.

Design And Setting: A prospective case-control study done at North West Armed Forces Hospital, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia from April 2008 to March 2011.

Neonatal familial Evans syndrome associated with joint hypermobility and mitral valve regurgitation in three siblings in a Saudi Arab family.

The occurrence of autoimmune hemolytic anemia and immune thrombocytopenia in the absence of a known underlying cause led to the diagnosis of Evans syndrome in a 9-month-old male. Subsequently, a similar diagnosis was made in two siblings (a 3-year-old boy and a 1-day-old girl). The 9-month-old had a chronic course with exacerbations.