Growth patterns in childhood and adolescence and adult body composition: a pooled analysis of birth cohort studies from five low and middle-income countries (COHORTS collaboration).

Objective: We examined associations among serial measures of linear growth and relative weight with adult body composition.

Design: Secondary data analysis of prospective birth cohort studies.

Settings: Six birth cohorts from Brazil, Guatemala, India, the Philippines and South Africa.

The Department of Pediatrics, Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi, 1950-2020.

The paper attempts to capture the development of the Department of Pediatrics, Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi, from a historical perspective in its founding years in late 1950s, showing the progress from its nascent state as a part of adult medicine to a full-fledged independent department with state-of-the-art advances in the 2020s. From an ordinary Pediatrics Department, it was reorganized radically to expand clinical facilities as well as education and research by innovative methods, developing subspecialties including an upgradation of the neonatology division, simultaneously establishing linkages with community level centres. The pioneering workshops for training obstetricians and pediatricians paved the way for initiation of multiple such national workshops across the country, by the Government of India, for establishment of neonatal care units countrywide.

A Rare Cause of Methemoglobinemia: How Safe are So-called Biopesticide?

With increasing awareness of "greener" environment, market is flooded with biopesticide. Natural insecticides can be chemical, mineral, or biological. We report an unusual case of methemoglobinemia after deliberate ingestion of an insecticide containing extract of pine oil and azadirachtin oil, Ti oil, and kerosene.

Do women presenting for first and second-trimester abortion differ socio-demographically?

Background: To identify the socio-demographic differences between a sample of women who present for first-trimester and second-trimester abortion.

Aim: To determine whether women presenting late (in the second trimester) for abortion differ socio-demographically from those presenting early (in the first trimester).

Materials And Methods: Data over 4 years for women presenting for second-trimester abortion were collected from the records of Family Planning Clinic at a public tertiary level teaching hospital in India.

Annular pancreas in adults: a report of two cases and review of literature.

Context: Annular pancreas is one of the rare congenital anomalies that can manifest itself in adulthood also. No specific guidelines and protocols exist about management of such cases. We hereby discuss our experience with two such cases along with a brief review of literature about the subject.

Peripheral gangrene in Plasmodium vivax malaria: a rare manifestation.

Symmetrical peripheral gangrene (SPG) is an extremely rare complication of malaria that has been well described in multiple case reports of Plasmodium falciparum and mixed infection. We present a case of malaria with isolated Pl. vivax infection complicated by SPG.

Intravenous regional anesthesia using lidocaine and neostigmine for upper limb surgery.

Study Objective: To evaluate the effect of adding neostigmine to lidocaine in intravenous regional anesthesia (IVRA).

Design: Randomized, double-blinded study.

Setting: Tertiary-care academic medical institution.

Improvised external fixator device to restore motion in a neglected elbow dislocation.

Neglected posterior dislocation of the elbow is a common problem in developing countries. One acceptable form of treatment is open reduction and transarticular Steinmann pin fixation. However, this leads to a stable but stiff elbow.

Current concepts in the pathogenesis of psoriasis.

Psoriasis is a multi-factorial skin disease with a complex pathogenesis. Various factors which have been suggested to play a key role in the pathogenesis are T cells, antigen presenting cells (APC's), keratinocytes, Langerhans' cells, macrophages, natural killer cells, an array of Th1 type cytokines, certain growth factors like vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), keratinocyte growth factor (KGF), and others. It has been hypothesized that the disease starts with the activation of T cell by an unknown antigen, which leads to secretion of an array of cytokines by activated T cells, inflammatory cells, and keratinocytes.