Impact of malnutrition on pediatric risk of mortality score and outcome in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

Objectives: This study was done to determine the effect of malnutrition on mortality in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and on the pediatric risk of mortality (PRISM) scoring.

Subjects And Methods: This was a prospective study done over 1 year. There were total 400 patients (1 month 14 years), who were divided into cases with weight for age <3(rd) centile and controls with ≥3(rd) centile of WHO charts.

Absence of diarrhea in purge nut ingestion: A case series of eight children.

There are very few case reports in literature of J. curcas poisoning. Previously grown as an ornamental plant; it is presently being cultivated on a large scale for its seed oil, which is used as biodiesel.