Correlation between level of vitamin D in serum and value of lung function in children diagnosed with bronchial asthma.

Introduction: Many authors in their research have suggested an association between vitamin D and asthma, but the results from these publications are sometimes confusing.

Aim: Our aim was to assess the relationship between serum vitamin D and lung function in patients previously diagnosed with asthma.

Materials And Methods: The present study started in September 2019 and was completed in May 2020.

Pierpont syndrome-Report of a new patient.

We report on a 6-year-old girl with Pierpont Syndrome who was diagnosed using the whole-exome sequencing technique. In addition to commonly recognized traits, our patient had scoliosis, a feature reported only in one other occasion.

Massive hematuria due to an autogenous saphenous vein graft and urinary bladder fistula in an extra-anatomic iliofemoral bypass: a case report.

Introduction: Gross hematuria caused by rupture of an artery in the urinary tract is a rare but potentially fatal condition. Iliac artery aneurysms, pelvic surgery with radiation, vascular reconstructive surgery, surgery for stenosis of the ureteropelvic junction, and transplantation are reported to be associated with this condition. In the vascular reconstructive surgery group, the most common etiology is rupture of the degenerated artery or synthetic graft in the ureter.

Gallbladder ascariasis in Kosovo - focus on ultrasound and conservative therapy: a case series.

Background: Ascaris lumbricoides is one of the most common intestinal infections in developing countries, including Kosovo. In contrast to migration to the bile duct, migration of the worm to the gallbladder, due to the narrow and tortuous nature of the cystic duct, is rare. When it does occur, it incites acalculous cholecystitis.

Comparing the Accuracy of the Three Dehydration Scales in Children with Acute Diarrhea in a Developing Country of Kosovo.

Background: Although diarrhea is a preventable disease, it remains the second leading cause of death (after pneumonia) among children aged under five years worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) scale, the Gorelick scale, and the Clinical Dehydration Scale (CDS) were created to estimate dehydration status using clinical signs. The purpose of this study is to determine whether these clinical scales can accurately assess dehydration status of children in a developing country of Kosovo.

Performance of clinical signs in the diagnosis of dehydration in children with acute gastroenteritis.

Background: Acute evaluation and treatment of children presenting with dehydration represent one of the most common situation in the pediatric emergency department. To identify dehydration in infants and children before treatment, a number of symptoms and clinical signs have been evaluated. The aim of the study was to describe the performance of clinical signs in detecting dehydration in children.

Characteristics of rotavirus diarrhea in hospitalized children in kosovo.

Background: Diarrhea is a leading cause of child mortality worldwide. Rotavirus is one of the most common causes of severe diarrhea and dehydration in children. Authors reviewed epidemiological and clinical data of the rotavirus diarrhea in Kosovo.

The usefulness of clinical and laboratory parameters for predicting severity of dehydration in children with acute gastroenteritis.

Background: An accurate assessment of the degree of dehydration in infants and children is important for proper decision-making and treatment. This emphasizes the need for laboratory tests to improve the accuracy of clinical assessment of dehydration. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between clinical and laboratory parameters in the assessment of dehydration.

Sensitivity and specificity of procalcitonin to determine etiology of diarrhea in children younger than 5 years.

Aim: The aim of this study is to assess the sensitivity and specificity of procalcitonin to determine bacterial etiology of diarrhea.

The Examinees And Methods: For this purpose we conducted the study comprising 115 children aged 1 to 60 months admitted at the Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Pediatric Clinic, divided in three groups based on etiology of the diarrhea that has been confirmed with respective tests during the hospitalization. Each group has equal number of patients - 35.

Vitamin D - Dependent Rickets, Type II Case Report.

Aim: The aim of this work the report of one case with vitamin D-dependent rickets, type II.

Methods: Diagnosis has been established based on anamnesis, physical examination, laboratory findings and radiological examination.

Results: A female child (age 25 months) has been hospitalized due to bone deformity, bone pain, alopecia and walking difficulties.

Intravenous lidocaine suppresses fentanyl-induced cough in Children.

Objective: Fentanyl-induced cough is usually mild and transitory, but it can be undesirable in patients with increased intracranial pressure, open wounds of the eye, dissecting aortic aneurism, pneumothorax, and reactive airway disease. The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of lidocaine in suppressing fentanyl-induced cough in children during induction in general anesthesia.

Methods: One hundred and eighty-six children of both sexes, aged between 4-10 years, ASA physical status I and II, and scheduled for elective surgery, were recruited for the study.

X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets.

Aim: The aim of this work was the presentation of one case with X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets.

Methods: Diagnosis has been established based on the anamnesis, physical examination, anthropometric measurements, laboratory tests and radiological examination.

Results: A male patient (age 3 years) has been hospitalized due to the growth delay, bone deformity, bone pain and walking difficulties.

Causes of infectious acute diarrhea in infants treated at pediatric clinic.

Aim: The aim of this work has been a presentation of causes of acute infectious diarrhea.

Material And Methodology: The examinees have been the infants treated at the Pediatric Clinic. The diagnosis has been established on the basis ofanamnesis, physical examination and feces examination on bacteria, viruses, protozoa and fungi.

Socio-demographic, Clinical and Laboratory Features of Rotavirus Gastroenteritis in Children Treated in Pediatric Clinic.

Aim: The aim of work was presentation of several socio-demographic, clinical and laboratory characteristics of gastroenteritis caused by rotavirus.

The Examinees And Methods: The examinees were children under the age of five years treated at the Pediatric Clinic due to acute gastroenteritis caused by rotavirus. Rotavirus is isolated by method chromatographic immunoassay by Cer Test Biotec.

Early neurologic complications and long-term sequelae of childhood bacterial meningitis in a limited-resource country (Kosovo).

Purpose: Since neurologic complications of childhood bacterial meningitis are encountered frequently despite antibiotic treatments, the purpose of this study was to analyze early neurologic complications and long-term sequelae of bacterial meningitis in children in a limited-resource country (Kosovo)

Methods: This study uses a retrospective chart review of children treated for bacterial meningitis in two study periods: 277 treated during years 1997-2002 and 77 children treated during years 2009-2010.

Results: Of the 277 vs 77 children treated for bacterial meningitis, 60 (22%) vs 33 (43%) patients developed early neurologic complications, while there were 15 (5.4%) vs 2 (2.

A decade of civilian vascular trauma in Kosovo.

Purpose: We sought to analyze the results of arterial injury management in a busy metropolitan vascular unit and risk factors associated with mortality and morbidity.

Patients And Methods: We analyzed 120 patient with arterial injury treated between year 2000 and 2010 at the University Clinical Center of Kosovo. Seven of these years were prospective and three retrospective study.

Rate and time trend of perinatal, infant, maternal mortality, natality and natural population growth in kosovo.

Aim: THE AIM OF WORK HAS BEEN THE PRESENTATION OF THE RATE AND TIME TRENDS OF SOME INDICATORS OF THE HEATH CONDITION OF MOTHERS AND CHILDREN IN KOSOVO: fetal mortality, early neonatal mortality, perinatal mortality, infant mortality, natality, natural growth of population etc. The treated patients were the newborn and infants in the post neonatal period, women during their pregnancy and those 42 days before and after the delivery.

Methods: THE DATA WERE TAKEN FROM: register of the patients treated in the Pediatric Clinic of Prishtina, World Health Organization, Mother and Child Health Care, Reproductive Health Care, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kosovo, Statistical Department of Kosovo, the National Institute of Public Health and several academic texts in the field of pediatrics.

Bullet embolization to the external iliac artery after gunshot injury to the abdominal aorta: a case report.

Introduction: Abdominal vascular trauma is fairly common in modern civilian life and is a highly lethal injury. However, if the projectile is small enough, if its energy is diminished when passing through the tissue and if the arterial system is elastic enough, the entry wound into the artery may close without exsanguination and therefore may not be fatal. A projectile captured may even travel downstream until it is arrested by the smaller distal vasculature.

Thrombocytopenia absent radius (TAR) syndrome.

Aim: The aim of the work was a presentation of one case with Thrombocytopenia absent radius (TAR) syndrome.

Methods: Diagnosis of TAR syndrome has been established on the basis of pedigree, laboratory findings (hemogram, platelet count, peripheral smear), bone marrow biopsy, radiological examination and karyotype.

Results: A patient was a two months old female child, hospitalized due petechial bleeding, upper limb anomalies and diarrhea.