HIV-free Survival at the Age of 18 Months in Children Born to Women With HIV Infection: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Objective: To assess HIV-free survival and nutritional status of HIV-exposed infants.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study was conducted on infants born to woman with HIV infection born at our Institute between January 2011 to March 2016, and followed using current National guidelines. HIV transmission rate, HIV-free survival, and nutritional status were assessed 18 months age.

Comparison of Feeding Options for HIV-Exposed Infants: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Objective: To compare growth, anemia prevalence, and sickness frequency in HIV- exposed uninfected infants on different feeding modes.

Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, 109 HIV-exposed uninfected infants registered at our center were categorized into three groups as per their feeding mode during first 6 months viz. exclusively breast fed (n=50), animal milk fed (n=40) and commercial infant formula fed (n=19).

Nasopharyngeal teratoma as a cause of neonatal stridor.

We report nasopharyngeal teratoma in a term female neonate, that presented within first week of life with episodic stridor, apnea and cyanosis. Laryngoscopy revealed a mass which was confirmed by MRI. The mass was surgically excised and diagnosed as nasopharyngeal teratoma on histopathology.

Swan-neck sign of the big toe - association with hypocalcaemia.

The sensitivity and specificity of a new clinical sign of hypocalcaemia were evaluated. The Swan-neck sign, wherein infants with symptomatic hypocalcaemia keep their big toe hyperextended at the metatarsophalangeal joint and flexed at the interphalangeal joint, was looked for in 25 infants presenting with non-febrile seizures, alongside their serum calcium levels. The study showed that the sign had a sensitivity of 63.

Discordant twins with the smaller baby appropriate for gestational age--unusual manifestation of superfoetation: a case report.

Background: Documentation of superfoetation is extremely rare in humans., The younger foetus has invariably been small for gestational age (estimated from the date of the last menstrual bleed) in all the cases reported in the literature. We report a case where the younger twin was of appropriate size for gestation.