Enlargement of the Pancreas in Children Diagnosed with Acute Pancreatitis: An Approach Based on P/V Ratio.

 Acute pancreatitis is a reversible inflammation of the pancreatic parenchyma. Enlargement of the pancreas is often envisaged in such conditions. This study evaluates P/V ratio, as a marker to decide pancreatic enlargement in disease condition.

Percentile reference curves for normal pancreatic dimensions in Indian children.

Objectives: This study aims at determining the normal pancreatic dimensions in pediatric age groups considering demographic parameters and thus developing percentile reference curves for normal pancreatic dimensions in Indian children.

Setting And Design: It is a cross-sectional study.

Materials And Methods: A hospital-based cross-sectional study was planned at a children hospital during July 2016-December 2017, in which the pancreatic dimensions of 1078 normal children in the age range of 1 month to 19 years were obtained through abdominal ultrasonography (USG).

Panayiotopoulos syndrome.

Panayiotopoulos syndrome is a benign childhood epileptic illness characterized by episodic autonomic symptoms. We present a 9 year old boy with this condition, who presented with episodes of severe vomiting, fever, deviation of eyes and altered sensorium, characteristic EEG in the form of multiple occipital spikes and normal neuroradiologic and metabolic investigations.

Breastfeeding programme--right policy, wrong target?

To assess the knowledge of breastfeeding management among obstetriciansand the practices being followed in their hospital, 50 obstetricians in private practice in Nagpur, responded to questionnaires having 6 points covering the entire gamut of common issues regarding breastfeeding. All believed that breast milk is best for the baby. It was found that knowledge about various aspects of breastfeeding management is very poor.