Clinical profile of influenza virus-related hospitalizations in children aged 1-59 months: A five-year retrospective study from south India.

Background: Influenza is a seasonal acute respiratory tract infection with different strains in circulation at different time periods with varying spectrum of clinical presentation.

Objectives: To study the clinical presentation, morbidity, and mortality patterns associated with different strains of influenza virus, to identify the predominant strains related to hospitalization, and to identify the seasonal trend in hospitalization and risk factors for mortality in children aged 1-59 months hospitalized with influenza.

Materials And Methods: The records of children hospitalized with influenza were analyzed retrospectively (June 2013 to June 2018).

Low-Dose (0.05 Unit/kg/hour) vs Standard-Dose (0.1 Unit/kg/hour) Insulin in the Management of Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis: A Randomized Double-Blind Controlled Trial.

Objective: To compare the efficacy of insulin infusion of 0.05 Unit/kg/hour vs 0.1 Unit/kg/hour in the management of pediatric diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA).

Haemolytic uraemic syndrome with peripheral gangrene and Kawasaki disease in a 15-month-old child.

A 15-month-old boy presented with atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) (without antecedent diarrhoea or dysentery) following a gluteal abscess and subsequently developed digital gangrene. During plasma infusion therapy for HUS, the clinical features of Kawasaki disease (KD) evolved. Intravenous immunoglobulin and aspirin therapy led to resolution of the KD.