Publications by authors named "I Cerovic"
The aim of our study is to define the most frequent etiology, clinical presentation, and predictive factors of outcome in children with acute ataxia (AA) and to determine "the red flags" in the diagnostic approach to children with AA. The retrospective study included the patients with AA treated in the institute from 2015 to 2021. The inclusion criteria were children aged 1-18 years, evolution time of ataxia within 72 h, and diagnosis made by a physician.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The aim of this study was to understand the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on paediatric cardiac services in critical access centres in low-income and middle-income countries.
Design: A mixed-methods approach was used.
Setting: Critical access sites that participate in the International Quality Improvement Collaborative (IQIC) for congenital heart disease (CHD) were identified.
Background: In multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) temporarily associated with coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19), myocardial damage has been reported.
Materials And Methods: A retrospective observational cohort study included children under 18 who had a myocardial injury related to COVID-19 treated in mother and child health institute from April 2020 to August 2020. Myocardial injury related to COVID-19 was manifested by elevated serum cardiac troponin and NT-proBNP with LV dysfunction, arrhythmias, and coronary arteries (CAs) dilatation or aneurysms.
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- The study investigates the risk factors for developing dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and mortality in children with acute myocarditis (AM), finding that 50% of cases resolve spontaneously.
- Out of 62 patients, it was observed that younger children (under 7 years), girls, and those with acute fulminant myocarditis had a significantly higher risk of poor outcomes, including DCM and death.
- The study identifies specific risk indicators, such as ejection fraction and lactate dehydrogenase levels, which can help predict the likelihood of developing DCM in pediatric AM patients.
Background: Cardiovascular complications with myocarditis in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection have been reported, but the optimal therapeutic strategy remains unknown.
Methods: A retrospective cohort study included 19 patients with acute left ventricular systolic dysfunction associated with MIS-C, average years of age 13.2 ± 3.