Blood Acylated Ghrelin Concentrations in Healthy Term Newborns: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Objective: The effect of ghrelin, a growth hormone (GH) secretagogue on growth of neonates, has been studied in the past, but not fully clarified. We aimed to investigate the relationship between ghrelin and growth parameters at birth and at the age of three months in healthy term infants. .

Clinical score to detect congenital heart defects: Concept of second screening.

Introduction: Neonatal screening for congenital heart defects at birth can miss some heart defects, sometimes few critical ones, and the scenario is even worse in those neonates who had never undergone a neonatal checkup (home deliveries). Immunization clinic can serve as a unique opportunity as the second checkpoint for the screening of the children. A history- and examination-based test can serve as an effective tool to screen out children with heart defects.

Factors Associated With Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children.

Objective: To determine the prevalence and correlates of elevated blood lead level in children (6-144 months) of Aligarh.

Methods: A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted. Venous blood was obtained for lead estimation and a structured questionnaire was filled.

Detection of New Delhi Metallo-β-Lactamase Variants NDM-4, NDM-5, and NDM-7 in Enterobacter aerogenes Isolated from a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of a North India Hospital: A First Report.

A total 402 Enterobacteriaceae isolates were recovered from blood and rectal swabs of 1,000 infants admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Jawaharlal Medical College and Hospital Aligarh, India. Carbapenamase producers were determined by Carba NP phenotype biochemical assay. Out of 402 isolates, it was the first time three of the isolates were identified as Enterobacter aerogenes carrying bla bla and bla genes.

Newborn with meroanencephaly: Surviving all odds.

Neural tube defects are a group of congenital anomalies of brain development that carry a significant risk of morbidity and mortality. Anencephaly is a serious form of this defect with a very poor prognosis. It can present in three forms - meroanencephaly, holoanencephaly, and craniorachischisis.

Prevalence of IncI1-Iγ and IncFIA-FIB type plasmids in extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strains isolated from the NICU of a North Indian hospital.

We studied the molecular mechanism of resistance in extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of one of the hospitals in North India. A total of 3000 clinical samples were collected from a NICU (January 2009 to February 2011), of which 523 strains were K. pneumoniae positive and 262 of them were ESBL-producing K.

Role of parenteral testosterone in hypospadias: A study from a teaching hospital in India.

Objectives: To evaluate the effect of parenteral testosterone on penile length, preputial skin and side effects in patients with hypospadias.

Materials And Methods: 23 patients with hypospadias were included in this study. An oily solution, each ml of which contained testosterone propionate 25 mg, and testosterone enanthate 110 mg, equivalent to 100 mg of testosterone was given deep intramuscularly 4, 3 and 2 weeks before reconstructive surgery at the dose of 2 mg/kg body weight.

Frequency of HIV infection amongst children with disseminated tuberculosis and tuberculous meningitis in Aligarh (North India) - a low HIV prevalence area.

Objective: To determine frequency of HIV in children with disseminated tuberculosis and tuberculous meningitis in a low HIV prevalence area, and to study clinical profile of those found HIV positive.

Study Design: Cross-sectional, descriptive study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India from February 2005 to January 2008.