Effects of COVID-19 on paediatric cardiac centres in low-income and middle-income countries: a mixed-methods study.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to understand the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on paediatric cardiac services in critical access centres in low-income and middle-income countries.

Design: A mixed-methods approach was used.

Setting: Critical access sites that participate in the International Quality Improvement Collaborative (IQIC) for congenital heart disease (CHD) were identified.

We need higher education: Voice of nursing administration from Kabul, Afghanistan.

Aim: To explore the educational profile of nursing managers and head nurses at public hospitals in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Design: A descriptive cross-sectional study design was employed.

Method: A self-administered pre-tested questionnaire was used to recruit 86 nursing managers and head nurses from 17 public hospitals in Kabul.

Challenges on-the-way of nursing administration at public hospitals in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the challenges faced by the nursing administration at public hospitals in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Methods: A cross-sectional study design was used to recruit 86 nursing managers and head nurses from 17 public hospitals in Kabul. The participants rated the frequency of 13 challenges that hinder their performance.

CT and MRI Features of Pediatric-Aged Colloid Cysts: Report of Two Cases.

A 10-year-old boy with the history of headache, anorexia, and vomiting was referred to our department to undergo a brain CT scan. CT images demonstrated a well-defined, rounded, hyperdense lesion at the level of the foramen of Monro causing moderate dilatation of the lateral ventricles. An 11-year-old girl with a long history of a headache was also referred to undergoing a brain MRI.

A rare clinic entity: Huge trichobezoar.

Introduction: Trichobezoar is a rare clinical entity in which a ball of hair amasses within the alimentary tract. It can either be found as isolated mass in the stomach or may extend into the intestine. Trichobezoars mostly occur in young females with psychiatric disorders such as trichophagia and trichotillomania.

Intestinal malrotation and midgut volvulus.

A four-day-old boy presented with persistent bilious vomiting, bloody stained stool, and mild abdominal distension. Transabdominal ultrasound demonstrated a round soft-tissue mass-like structure in the right upper quadrant. With color Doppler ultrasound, the whirlpool sign was observed.

Childhood giant omental and mesenteric lipoma.

Omental and mesenteric lipomas are very rare benign lesions of mature adipose tissue. They are well-defined, noninvasive, and encapsulated masses that can be discovered in asymptomatic patients or may cause variable nonspecific symptoms depending on their size and location. The omental and mesenteric lipoma has confusing features in ultrasound; however, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging can well characterize and demarcate these lesions.

Bacteriologic profile and antibiogram of blood culture isolates from a children's hospital in Kabul.

Objective: To identify the bacterial pathogens causing paediatric septicaemia in Kabul and to determine their antibiogram to improve empirical antibiotic therapy.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Microbiology Laboratory of FMIC, Kabul, Afghanistan, from January 2010 to June 2012.