Wernicke's encephalopathy in exclusive breastfed infants.

Background: Kashmir has a population that largely consumes polished rice which is deficient in thiamine. Furthermore, lactating women in this region are prone to severe thiamine deficiency because of their traditional food avoidance practices. Infantile beriberi is common in exclusively breastfed infants of thiamine deficient mothers in Kashmir.

Childhood obesity.

Obesity is increasing at an alarming rate throughout the world. Today it is estimated that there are more than 300 million obese people world-wide. Obesity is a condition of excess body fat often associated with a large number of debilitating and life-threatening disorders.

Magnesium sulfate in severe perinatal asphyxia: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial.

Objective: The goal was to study whether postnatal magnesium sulfate infusion could improve neurologic outcomes at discharge for term neonates with severe perinatal asphyxia.

Methods: Forty term (> or =37 weeks of gestation) neonates with severe perinatal asphyxia were studied in a prospective, longitudinal, placebo-controlled trial. Patients were assigned randomly to receive either 3 doses of magnesium sulfate infusion at 250 mg/kg per dose (1 mL/kg per dose) 24 hours apart (treatment group) or 3 doses of normal saline infusion (1 mL/kg per dose) 24 hours apart (placebo group).

Recurrent abdominal pain in children.

Eighty five children with recurrent abdominal pain(RAP) were studied. Organic cause was noticed in 70 cases and non-organic in 15 cases. Giardiasis was the commonest organic cause in 57 (67.