Evaluation of Pediatric Chest Pain in the ED: Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Introduction Chest pain is a common presenting complaint among children presenting to the ED, and serious underlying illnesses are found in only a small minority of cases. Due to the lack of established guidelines, the workup of these patients is institution or physician-dependent. Unlike adults with chest pain, workup among children tends to be minimal unless elements in the history and physical exam trigger it.

Uncontrollable movements of right upper and lower extremities in a child: A diagnostic puzzle.

We describe a case of a 9-year-old child who presented with uncontrollable, involuntary movements associated with a recent streptococcal infection and echocardiographic evidence of valvulitis. These findings are consistent with the diagnosis of Sydenham's chorea, a rare but important movement disorder and one of the major "Jones criteria" for the diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever. Because of its rarity, patients with Sydenham's chorea often are misdiagnosed as having a behavioral or psychiatric illness.

Bronchoscopic interventions for plastic bronchitis in children without structural heart disease.

Plastic bronchitis (PB) is a rare and life-threatening complication encountered in several disease states that leads to airway obstruction by branching casts. PB is most often reported in children with cyanotic congenital heart disease where recurrence is common, and mortality is high. There is limited data on optimal management strategies or recurrence of non-structural heart disease-related PB in children.

Baseline Antibody Titre against in Healthy Population of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Objective: The aim of this study was to establish a baseline titre for the population of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Method: Four hundred healthy blood donors, attending blood donation camps, were screened using a survey questionnaire. Widal tube agglutination test was performed on the diluted sera (with 0.