A Study to Compare Ultrasound-guided and Clinically Guided Fluid Management in Children with Septic Shock.

Background: To evaluate the role of ultrasound during initial fluid resuscitation along with clinical guidance in reducing the incidence of fluid overload on day 3 in children with septic shock.

Materials And Methods: It was a prospective, parallel limb open-labeled randomized controlled superiority trial done in the PICU of a government-aided tertiary care hospital in Eastern India. Patient enrolment took place between June 2021 and March 2022.

Clinical Characteristics of Children With SARS-CoV-2 Infection During the Third Wave of the Pandemic: Single Center Experience.

Objective: To evaluate pulmonary functions in children with transfusion-dependent thalassemia, and its reversal (lung dysfunction) using intensive intravenous chelation with desferrioxamine (DFO) (4 weeks).

Methods: This descriptive study enrolled 77 children with transfusion-dependent thalassemia. Pulmonary function test (PFT) and iron load (serum ferritin (SF) and T2* MRI of heart and liver) were done.

An Unusual Etiology of Cerebellar Ataxia.

Cerebellar ataxia, which is the lack of coordination, has a number of causes none of which are as uncommon or unheard of as Scrub typhus. Scrub typhus very rarely presents itself with CNS manifestations. Here, we present the case of a 7-year-old girl from the Hooghly district in West Bengal, who presented to us with the history of fever, cerebellar signs, and sudden onset of visual loss.