Intervention Challenges in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease with Coexisting Interruption of the Inferior Vena Cava - A Case Series.

Interruption of the inferior vena cava with azygos continuation is a rare congenital anomaly. This anomaly becomes clinically important during cardiac interventions.

Pulmonary root translocation and Senning procedure for congenitally corrected transposition of great arteries with pulmonary stenosis: a case report.

Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (CCTGAs) is a condition, which includes atrioventricular and ventriculoarterial discordant connections along with ventricular septal defect (VSD), pulmonary stenosis (PS), or pulmonary atresia (PA). Without treatment, progressive systemic ventricular failure begins, which is followed by sudden cardiac death by the fourth or fifth decade. We report a case of a 4-year-old with CCTGA, VSD, and PS operated by Senning procedure and pulmonary root translocation (PRT) with uneventful postoperative recovery.

Outcome of 40 consecutive cases of modified Ross procedure using novel Dacron valved conduit.

Objective: The Ross procedure is an established option for aortic valve disease in children. Due to limited availability of pulmonary homograft, we devised a novel technique for right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) reconstruction by preparing indigenous Dacron valved conduit.

Methods: Forty consecutive cases of modified Ross procedure done at our center (2013-2018) were analyzed.

Phacomatosis pigmentovascularis type 2b (phacomatosis cesioflammea) with double superior vena cava, abdominal varicosities, and natal tooth: Novel associations.

Phacomatosis pigmentovascularis is characterized by coexistent extensive cutaneous vascular (capillary) and pigmentary anomalies. We describe a 2-month-old infant presenting with classic features of phacomatosis pigmentovascularis 2b (phacomatosis cesioflammea). He was also found to have hitherto unreported associations in the form of extensive venous anomalies presenting as striking abdominal wall varicosities and persistent left superior vena cava and natal tooth.

Management of newborn infant born to mother suffering from tuberculosis: current recommendations & gaps in knowledge.

Tuberculosis (TB) is a global disease with increase in concern with growing morbidity and mortality after drug resistance and co-infection with HIV. Mother to neonatal transmission of disease is well known. Current recommendations regarding management of newborns of mothers with tuberculosis are variable in different countries and have large gaps in the knowledge and practices.

Oral dextrose for analgesia in neonates during nasogastric tube insertion: a randomised controlled trial.

Aim: This study aims to determine if oral dextrose solution can mitigate the pain response to nasogastric tube (NGT) insertion in neonates.

Methods: The study was a double-blinded, placebo-controlled, randomised controlled trial. One hundred and fifty consecutive neonates were randomised into three groups to receive 25% dextrose (D25), or 10% dextrose (D10) or placebo (distilled water).

Congenital tuberculosis: a rare manifestation of a common disease.

Congenital tuberculosis is difficult to diagnose unless there is a high index of suspicion. A 2-month-old infant boy presented with a history of fever since birth and failure to thrive. Chest radiograph demonstrated right upper lobe collapse/consolidation and an ultrasonogram of the abdomen showed multiple hypo-echoic hepatic and splenic lesions, and multiple retroperitoneal nodes.