Percutaneous kidney biopsy and the histopathologic patterns of kidney diseases in children: An observational descriptive study at a South-East Nigerian tertiary hospital.

Background: Kidney biopsy remains the best standard for kidney tissue analysis. Although percutaneous kidney biopsy is an invasive procedure, it is an indispensable part of interventional nephrology for accurate diagnosis, selection of appropriate therapy protocol, and prognostication of kidney diseases in children. With improvement in expertise among pediatric nephrologists, data on procedure outcomes are now being documented.

Sexual and procreation preferences of adolescents and young adults infected perinatally with HIV in Southeast Nigeria: a hospital-based cross-sectional study.

Introduction: children with perinatal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection now survive to adolescence and adulthood and so are confronted with issues related to sexuality and sexual reproductive health. This study is aimed at determining the sexual knowledge and behaviours of these adolescents, determining their procreation intention and the impact of their age, gender and understanding of the mother to child transmission risk on their procreation intention.

Methods: a hospital-based cross-sectional study of adolescents and young adults aged 15-24 years infected with HIV in the perinatal period, accessing tertiary care in Enugu.

Psychological Distress among Caregivers of Children Admitted into the Children Emergency Room of a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital.

Background: Many caregivers experience significant psychological burden which may impact on the management of a sick child.

Objective: To determine the prevalence and associated factors of psychological distress among caregivers of children admitted at the Children Emergency Room.

Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study among caregivers of children who were hospitalized for at least 24 hours.

Validation of pediatric height estimation formulae in suburban communities in South-east Nigeria: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Height measurement is one of the common essential anthropometric measurements in clinical pediatrics. The most accurate method of determining a child's height is to measure the height. However, in emergency situations and some resource limited settings, obtaining the actual height of a child may not be feasible hence the need to estimate.

Comparison of age-based weight estimation with actual measured weight in children aged one to twelve years in Enugu.

Aims: This study was carried out to evaluate the degree of accuracy of age-based weight estimation methods in assessing the weight of the Nigerian child.

Method: The weights of one thousand, four hundred and fifty-six (1,456) children were measured and compared with the updated Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS), Best guess, Nelson and Luscombe & Owen methods.

Result: The updated APLS, Nelson and Luscombe & Owen methods underestimated the weights in younger children while overestimating in older ones.