Utility of Body Mass Index Quick Screening Tool for Assessing Nutritional Category of Children.

Body mass index (BMI) quick screening tool was used on retrospective data of 415 boys and 428 girls (8-14 years). Sensitivity and specificity of the BMI tool were assessed by comparing with the Indian Academy of Pediatrics BMI charts. The BMI tool had high sensitivity and specificity to identify children with normal BMI and underweight.

Use of Continuous Metabolic Syndrome Score in Overweight and Obese Children.

Objective: To assess the utility of continuous metabolic syndrome score (cMetS) for predicting metabolic syndrome (MS) and determine the cut-off values in overweight and obese children.

Methods: This study was conducted among 104 children (7-14 y) attending obesity clinics of a tertiary care hospital in Mumbai, India. The cMetS was computed by standardizing the residuals of waist circumference (WC), mean arterial blood pressure (MAP), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), triglycerides (TG), and Homeostatic Model Assessment for Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR) by regressing them according to age and sex and aggregating them.

Prevalence, pattern and outcome of congenital heart disease in Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Hospital, Mumbai.

Objective: To assess the prevalence, pattern and outcome of congenital heart disease (CHD) among the babies born in Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) Hospital, Mumbai and to compare the pattern of CHD with the study done in the same hospital in year 1999.

Methods: A prospective, longitudinal study was conducted from January 2006 through December 2011. Babies presenting with murmur were closely followed up till the diagnosis and further to assess the outcome.

Sodium valproate -- induced skeletal myopathy.

The authors report a case of skeletal myopathy in a four-year-old boy on long-term sodium valproate therapy for secondary epilepsy due to neurocysticercosis. He presented with clinical features of limb girdle weakness. EMG revealed features of myopathy.

Sodium valproate - Induced skeletal myopathy.

The authors report a case of skeletal myopathy in a four-year-old boy on long-term sodium valproate therapy for secondary epilepsy due to neurocysticercosis. He presented with clinical features of limb girdle weakness. EMG revealed features of myopathy.