Microbiological Spectrum of Osteoarticular Infections and Their Management in Mongolian Children.

. Osteoarticular infections (OI) in children cause considerable morbidity with associated long-lasting sequelae. Comprehensive data in Mongolian children are missing.

Comparison of quality and interpretation of newborn ultrasound screening examinations for developmental dysplasia of the hip by basically trained nurses and junior physicians with no previous ultrasound experience.

Background: We are obliged to give babies the chance to profit from a nationwide screening of developmental dysplasia of the hip in very rural areas of Mongolia, where trained physicians are scarce. This study aimed to compare the quality and interpretation of hip ultrasound screening examinations performed by nurses and junior physicians.

Methods: A group of 6 nurses and 6 junior physician volunteers with no previous ultrasound experience underwent Graf's standard training in hands-on practice.

Traditional Mongolian swaddling and developmental dysplasia of the hip: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Mongolian traditional swaddling of infants, where arms and legs are extended with a tight wrapping and hips are in adduction position, may lead to abnormal maturation and formation of the hip joint; and is a contributing factor for developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH). This hypothesis was tested in this randomized controlled trial.

Methods: Eighty newborns with one or two hips at risk of worsening to DDH (Graf Type 2a; physiologically immature hips) at birth were randomized into 2 groups at a tertiary hospital in Ulaanbaatar.

Implementation of a nationwide universal ultrasound screening programme for developmental dysplasia of the neonatal hip in Mongolia.

Purpose: Mongolia is the first Asian country to launch universal ultrasound screening for newborns with developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH). The aims of this study were to determine the coverage and treatment rate of this programme.

Methods: Data from birth statistics and ultrasound hip screening from 29 hospitals were retrospectively reviewed (2010 to 2016, pre-nationwide phase; and 2017 to 2019, nationwide programme).

Association of C(-106)T polymorphism in aldose reductase gene with diabetic retinopathy in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Objective: To identify the possible association between C(-106)T polymorphism of the aldose reductase (ALR) gene and diabetic retinopathy (DR) in a cohort of Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Methods: From November 2009 to September 2010, patients with T2DM were recruited and assigned to DR group or diabetic without retinopathy (DWR) group according to the duration of diabetes and the grading of 7-field fundus color photographs of both eyes. Genotypes of the C(-106)T polymorphism (rs759853) in ALR gene were analyzed using the MassARRAY genotyping system and an association study was performed.