infection in a child from urban area of North India: A rare case report.

, also known as rat tapeworm, infects humans uncommonly. The diagnosis is based on the demonstration of characteristic eggs in the feces. We present a case report of infection in a 6-year-old female child from an urban area of India who presented with fever and seizures and also had complaints of intermittent abdominal pain, vomiting, and loss of appetite, without an apparent history of contact with rodents.

Follow up of survival and quality of life in children after intensive care.

Objective: To evaluate the health related quality of life of children after intensive care and to assess their long term survival.

Design: Prospective.

Setting: Tertiary Care Hospital Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

Intravenous immunoglobulin in very severe childhood Guillain-Barré syndrome.

To evaluate intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy in children with very severe Guilain-Barré syndrome (GBS) with reference to the need for respiratory support, ICU stay and long-term outcome, we studied 33 children with very severe GBS and quadriparesis and/or respiratory muscle weakness admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) of PGIMER, Chandigarh. Cases (n = 22, IVIG group) were enrolled prospectively, and controls (n = 11), similar to cases in age and severity of illness, retrospectively. All children received similar supportive and respiratory care.

Efficacy of nebulized budesonide compared to oral prednisolone in acute bronchial asthma.

To evaluate the efficacy of nebulized budesonide compared to oral prednisolone early in the emergency room management of acute asthma, we conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Eighty children, 2 years to 12 years of age, with acute moderate attacks of asthma, were randomized into two groups. One group received nebulized salbutamol (0.