Pub Date : 2024-06-05DOI: 10.4038/sljch.v53i2.10758
Salma Firdaus, Cahyani Tiara Safitri, Bellinda Zalzabillah Tazkira, Firman Syauqi Maulana Habaib Sulthon, Mira Irmawati, Arif Hidayat, Satria Yudistira
Background: Stunting impairs child growth and development, affecting millions of children under five years worldwide. Consumption of milk provides important macronutrients and micronutrients that support growth. Objectives: To assess milk consumption and its associations with stunting in children aged 6-59 months in Surabaya City, Indonesia. Method: This case-control study compared milk consumption between children aged 6-59 months with stunting (cases) and normal children (controls). Data were obtained from questionnaires and anthropometric databases from five primary healthcare centres in Surabaya city. Data from 94 subjects were analysed using Chi-square and multivariate logistic regression. Results: Children with stunting had a significantly later age of milk introduction, less frequent daily milk consumption and a lower amount of daily milk consumption than controls (p<0.05). Age of milk introduction ≥18 months was a risk factor associated with stunting (p<0.05, crude OR= 3.0, 95% CI 1.2-7.4). Daily milk consumption less than twice a day (p<0.05, crude OR=3.8; 95% CI 1.4-10.5) and amount of milk less than 500 ml (p<0.05, crude OR=2.9; 95% CI 1.2-6.8) were risk factors associated with stunting. After adjusting for other confounding variables, odds of stunting were found to be dominantly higher statistically in children with daily milk consumption of less than twice a day (p<0.05, adjusted OR= 3.4, 95% CI 1.0-11.5). Conclusions: This study concluded that milk introduction at the age beyond 18 months, frequency of daily consumption of less than twice a day and an amount of less than 500 ml a day are significantly associated with higher odds of stunting.
背景：发育迟缓有损儿童的生长发育，影响着全球数百万五岁以下儿童。饮用牛奶可提供重要的宏量营养素和微量营养素，从而促进生长。 目标： 评估牛奶消费量及其与儿童生长发育的关系：评估印度尼西亚泗水市 6-59 个月大儿童的牛奶消费量及其与发育迟缓的关系。研究方法：病例对照研究：这项病例对照研究比较了 6-59 个月大发育迟缓儿童（病例）和正常儿童（对照）的牛奶消费量。数据来自泗水市五个初级保健中心的调查问卷和人体测量数据库。采用卡方检验和多变量逻辑回归对 94 名受试者的数据进行了分析。结果显示与对照组相比，发育迟缓儿童开始喝牛奶的年龄明显较晚，每天喝牛奶的次数较少，每天喝牛奶的量也较低（P<0.05）。母乳喂养年龄≥18个月是导致发育迟缓的一个风险因素（p<0.05，粗OR= 3.0，95% CI 1.2-7.4）。每天喝奶少于两次（p<0.05，粗略OR=3.8；95% CI 1.4-10.5）和奶量少于500毫升（p<0.05，粗略OR=2.9；95% CI 1.2-6.8）是与发育迟缓相关的风险因素。在对其他混杂变量进行调整后，发现每天喝牛奶少于两次的儿童发育迟缓的几率明显更高（p<0.05，调整后的OR=3.4，95% CI 1.0-11.5）。结论本研究得出结论，18 个月以上才开始喝牛奶、每天喝牛奶次数少于两次以及每天喝牛奶量少于 500 毫升与发育迟缓的几率较高密切相关。
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Pub Date : 2024-06-05DOI: 10.4038/sljch.v53i2.9430
Pathum Sookaromdee, V. Wiwanitkit
No abstract available
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Pub Date : 2024-03-05DOI: 10.4038/sljch.v53i1.10946
S. Mettananda
No abstract avaialble
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{"title":"GDF15 molecule is responsible for low body mass index in children with thalassaemia","authors":"S. Mettananda","doi":"10.4038/sljch.v53i1.10946","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/sljch.v53i1.10946","url":null,"abstract":"No abstract avaialble","PeriodicalId":38870,"journal":{"name":"Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140263351","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-03-05DOI: 10.4038/sljch.v53i1.10612
D. S. G. Punchihewa, J. R. Fonseka, R. N. Jayarathne, K. Dayasiri, K. H. T. I. Sumanasekera, R. M. A. N. Dayarathna, M. V. D. Nawarathne
No abstract available
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Pub Date : 2024-03-05DOI: 10.4038/sljch.v53i1.10691
Partha Pratim Halder, P. Ranjit, B. Das, Subhajit Dey Sarkar
Background: Enteric fever is caused by Salmonella enterica serovar typhi and Paratyphi A, B and C. Blood culture is the gold standard for diagnosis, but is not always feasible due to logistical issues. This may delay definite diagnosis and treatment resulting in increased complications.Objectives: To document the spectrum of complications involving different organ systems in blood-culture positive enteric cases Method: This was a single centre retrospective observational study conducted in the Institute of Child Health (ICH), Kolkata, India. The study period was from January 2013 to December 2022. Children aged 6 months to 15 years, admitted in ICH, with a history of fever of any duration, whose blood culture revealed Salmonella species were included. Clinical symptoms, complications and the outcome of treatment were noted. Data were statistically analysed using SPSS software.Results: Around one third of the total study population presented with complications. Age group of 5-10 years was the most vulnerable for the infection and its complications. Central nervous system (CNS) involvement, hepato-biliary involvement and gastrointestinal (GI) involvement were the common complications.Conclusions: Enteric fever involved a broad spectrum of complications involving the CNS, hepato-biliary system and the GI system.
{"title":"Spectrum of complications in blood culture positive enteric fever in children aged 1-15 years: A 10-year-experience from a tertiary care centre in Eastern India","authors":"Partha Pratim Halder, P. Ranjit, B. Das, Subhajit Dey Sarkar","doi":"10.4038/sljch.v53i1.10691","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/sljch.v53i1.10691","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Enteric fever is caused by Salmonella enterica serovar typhi and Paratyphi A, B and C. Blood culture is the gold standard for diagnosis, but is not always feasible due to logistical issues. This may delay definite diagnosis and treatment resulting in increased complications.Objectives: To document the spectrum of complications involving different organ systems in blood-culture positive enteric cases Method: This was a single centre retrospective observational study conducted in the Institute of Child Health (ICH), Kolkata, India. The study period was from January 2013 to December 2022. Children aged 6 months to 15 years, admitted in ICH, with a history of fever of any duration, whose blood culture revealed Salmonella species were included. Clinical symptoms, complications and the outcome of treatment were noted. Data were statistically analysed using SPSS software.Results: Around one third of the total study population presented with complications. Age group of 5-10 years was the most vulnerable for the infection and its complications. Central nervous system (CNS) involvement, hepato-biliary involvement and gastrointestinal (GI) involvement were the common complications.Conclusions: Enteric fever involved a broad spectrum of complications involving the CNS, hepato-biliary system and the GI system.","PeriodicalId":38870,"journal":{"name":"Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health","volume":"20 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140264694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-03-05DOI: 10.4038/sljch.v53i1.10620
B. T. Hettiarachchi, S. D. Ananda, T. Seevarathnam, M. F. M. Nasoor, Medha Weeresekera
No abstract avialable
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Pub Date : 2024-03-05DOI: 10.4038/sljch.v53i1.10641
Gouri Chandrapalsing Rajput, Sara Subodh Dhanawade
Introduction: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a commonly encountered problem in the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU). There are limited reports on paediatric AKI from the Indian subcontinent. Objective: To determine the incidence, aetiology and outcome in paediatric AKI using Acute Kidney Injury Network (AKIN) criteria. Method: This prospective observational study was conducted in the PICU of a teaching hospital in Western Maharashtra, India, from July 2016 to June 2017 on patients aged 1 month to 17 years. Results: The incidence of AKI was 18.8% (80/426). The mean age was 70 ± 60 months. Most (66.3%) cases had stage I AKI and 54% developed AKI within 72 hours. Sepsis (35%), pneumonia (25%) and tropical febrile illnesses (18.7%) were the common aetiologies. Complete recovery (CR) was seen in 79% and partial recovery (PR) in 21%. CR was highest in stage I (91%) as compared to stages II and III (p=0.005). Mortality was 22% (18/80). Mortality significantly increased with the stage of AKI (p=0.003). Mechanical ventilation, inotrope support, shock and the stage of AKI had a significant association with mortality on bivariate analysis. Mechanical ventilation was found to be a significant independent predictor of mortality (p= 0.011). Renal replacement therapy was needed in 6 (8%) cases. Conclusions: About one-fifth of children admitted to ICU developed AKI and most experienced mild transient AKI. Moderate to severe AKI carried high mortality suggesting a dose-response effect. Infections remain the commonest cause and mechanical ventilation was an independent predictor of mortality.
简介急性肾损伤（AKI）是儿科重症监护室（PICU）经常遇到的问题。印度次大陆有关儿科急性肾损伤的报道十分有限。研究目的采用急性肾损伤网络（AKIN）标准确定儿科 AKI 的发病率、病因和预后。方法：在印度次大陆进行前瞻性观察研究：这项前瞻性观察研究于 2016 年 7 月至 2017 年 6 月在印度马哈拉施特拉邦西部一家教学医院的 PICU 进行，研究对象为 1 个月至 17 岁的患者：AKI发生率为18.8%（80/426）。平均年龄为 70±60 个月。大多数病例（66.3%）为 I 期 AKI，54%的病例在 72 小时内发生 AKI。常见病因为败血症（35%）、肺炎（25%）和热带发热性疾病（18.7%）。79%的患者完全康复（CR），21%的患者部分康复（PR）。 与 II 期和 III 期相比，I 期的 CR 率最高（91%）（P=0.005）。死亡率为 22%（18/80）。死亡率随着 AKI 阶段的增加而明显上升（P=0.003）。在双变量分析中，机械通气、肌力支持、休克和 AKI 阶段与死亡率有显著关联。机械通气是死亡率的重要独立预测因素（p= 0.011）。6例（8%）患儿需要肾脏替代治疗：入住重症监护病房的儿童中约有五分之一出现了AKI，其中大多数都有轻度一过性AKI。 中度至重度 AKI 会导致高死亡率，这表明存在剂量反应效应。感染仍然是最常见的原因，机械通气是预测死亡率的一个独立因素。
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Pub Date : 2024-03-05DOI: 10.4038/sljch.v53i1.10736
H. Mittal, P. Jain, S. Biradar, T. Jhajhria, Sunaina, Arvind Ahujha
No abstract available
无摘要
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Pub Date : 2024-03-05DOI: 10.4038/sljch.v53i1.10682
K. Paul, Anindita Maiti, Susmita Chaudhuri, Mahuya Lahiri, Biswadip Chattopadhyay
Introduction: Self-medication/self-prescription, the practice of using measures to treat and handle diseases, without consulting appropriate authority, has been significantly inculcated in modern society. Parental self-medication is today a significant paediatric public health problem contributing to global rise of antimicrobial resistance.Objectives: To assess the magnitude and determinants of parental self-medication among children attending a tertiary care hospital in Kolkata. Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted on parents of 105 children attending the paediatric clinic of a tertiary care hospital in Kolkata. Universal sampling was employed. Parents were surveyed by face-to-face interview using a pre-tested semi-structured interview schedule validated by subject experts. Information on pattern, reasons, and perception of parental self-medication were elicited from the schedule. Microsoft Excel and STATA MP16 were used for statistical analysis. Results: Mean ages of the parents and their children were 31.79±5.6 years, and 5.3±2.9 years respectively. Prevalence of parental self-medication was 78.1% (95% CI: 69-85%). Analgesic-antipyretics were the most common type of medicine used during self-medication (77.1%), whereas prior experience in dealing with similar illness was the most common reason (42%) for practising self-medication. Higher educational levelof respondent parent and increased age of child (>3 years) were significantly associated with the practice of self-medication in bivariate analysis.Conclusions: Prevalence of parental self-medication was 78.1%. Analgesic-antipyretics were used during self-medication in 77.1% cases. Prior experience in dealing with similar illness was the reason for practising self-medication in 42% cases. Higher educational level of the respondent parent and increased age of child (>3 years) were significantly associated with the practice of self-medication.
引言自我药疗/自我处方，即在未咨询适当权威机构的情况下使用各种措施治疗和处理疾病的做法，在现代社会中已被广泛灌输。如今，家长自行用药已成为一个严重的儿科公共卫生问题，导致全球抗菌药耐药性上升：评估在加尔各答一家三级医院就诊的儿童中家长自行用药的严重程度和决定因素。 研究方法这项横断面研究针对加尔各答一家三级医院儿科诊所就诊的 105 名儿童的家长。采用了普遍抽样法。研究人员使用事先经过测试并经专家确认的半结构化访谈表，通过面对面访谈的方式对家长进行了调查。从访谈表中了解了家长自我用药的模式、原因和看法。统计分析使用 Microsoft Excel 和 STATA MP16。 结果父母及其子女的平均年龄分别为（31.79±5.6）岁和（5.3±2.9）岁。父母自行用药的比例为 78.1%（95% CI：69-85%）。止痛退烧药是自我医疗中最常用的药物类型（77.1%），而之前处理类似疾病的经验是自我医疗最常见的原因（42%）。在双变量分析中，受访家长受教育程度越高、孩子年龄越大（大于 3 岁），与自我药疗的发生率就越高：父母自行用药的比例为 78.1%。77.1%的病例在自行用药时使用镇痛退烧药。在 42% 的病例中，之前处理类似疾病的经验是进行自我药疗的原因。受访家长的教育程度较高和孩子年龄增大（大于 3 岁）与自我药疗有明显关系。
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