Prakasit Wannapaschaiyong, Saruta Wattanakijthamrong, K. Kallawicha, Sureelak Sutchritpongsa
Abstract This study aims to describe the relation between media use characteristics and executive dysfunction in Thai preschoolers. Secondary data were retrieved from a cross-sectional study to compare two Thai executive functions (EFs) assessment forms. Questionnaire data from 110 caregivers of preschool children were analyzed. The research materials included a sociodemographic information form, parenting style and dimensions questionnaire, a 1-week screen time diary, and the behavior rating inventory of executive function-preschool version (BRIEF-P). Findings showed a 23.6% prevalence of executive dysfunction among Thai preschool children. Children's media use characteristics associated with global executive dysfunction included less co-viewing time with caregivers. Shorter co-viewing time was linked to a deficiency of inhibition, emotional control, and planning and organization. Meanwhile, extended viewing of low-quality content was associated with impaired working memory. However, total screen time and setting screen time limits were not associated with executive dysfunction. Co-viewing with caregivers and limiting exposure to low-quality content must be promoted to minimize the adverse effects on EF development.
{"title":"Associations between Media Use and Executive Dysfunction among Preschool Children in Bangkok, Thailand","authors":"Prakasit Wannapaschaiyong, Saruta Wattanakijthamrong, K. Kallawicha, Sureelak Sutchritpongsa","doi":"10.1055/s-0043-1770099","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1770099","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study aims to describe the relation between media use characteristics and executive dysfunction in Thai preschoolers. Secondary data were retrieved from a cross-sectional study to compare two Thai executive functions (EFs) assessment forms. Questionnaire data from 110 caregivers of preschool children were analyzed. The research materials included a sociodemographic information form, parenting style and dimensions questionnaire, a 1-week screen time diary, and the behavior rating inventory of executive function-preschool version (BRIEF-P). Findings showed a 23.6% prevalence of executive dysfunction among Thai preschool children. Children's media use characteristics associated with global executive dysfunction included less co-viewing time with caregivers. Shorter co-viewing time was linked to a deficiency of inhibition, emotional control, and planning and organization. Meanwhile, extended viewing of low-quality content was associated with impaired working memory. However, total screen time and setting screen time limits were not associated with executive dysfunction. Co-viewing with caregivers and limiting exposure to low-quality content must be promoted to minimize the adverse effects on EF development.","PeriodicalId":41283,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42385335","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}
Grace Mediana Purnami, Kania Dyatika Praba, Iif Latifah Fauziah, Mia Milanti Dewi, R. Judistiani, B. Setiabudiawan
Abstract Anemia and stunted growth are major health problems with adverse consequences for children. This study aimed to determine the prevalence, characteristics, and hematological profile of anemia among stunted children under 2 years old. A nested cross-sectional study from a child cohort was conducted in Bandung Regency, West Java, Indonesia. Two hundred twenty-two children aged 6 to 24 months were randomly selected. These children were reexamined from November 2019 to March 2020 for anthropometric measurements and hematological assessment and interviewed for relevant risk factors of stunted growth and anemia. Ninety-eight stunted children were identified and distributed into stunted and severely stunted groups (47.96 vs. 52.04%). Around 85.4% of the children came from low-income families and 31.7% were severely underweight for age. Surprisingly most of these stunted children had normal birth weight and length and were born at term (68.3, 53.7, and 85.4%). The prevalence rate of anemia among stunted children was 41.8%, they had decreased mean corpuscular volume (56%), decreased mean corpuscular hemoglobin (73%), and normochromic mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentrations (51.2%). Leucocytosis was higher than leucopenia (10 vs. 3.7%) and thrombocytosis ( n = 15, 36%) as compared to thrombocytopenia ( n = 5, 12%). The prevalence of anemia was high among stunted children. The characteristics of stunted children with and without anemia were similar. The fact that these stunted children had few risk factors for stunting emphasizes the need to focus on improved postnatal care to prevent faltering. Based on the hematology profile, iron deficiency anemia was suspected to be the most etiology in these cases warranting further follow-up and management.
{"title":"Anemia Prevalence, Characteristics, and Hematological Profile among Stunted Children Under 2 Years Old in Bandung Regency, Indonesia","authors":"Grace Mediana Purnami, Kania Dyatika Praba, Iif Latifah Fauziah, Mia Milanti Dewi, R. Judistiani, B. Setiabudiawan","doi":"10.1055/s-0043-1769483","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1769483","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Anemia and stunted growth are major health problems with adverse consequences for children. This study aimed to determine the prevalence, characteristics, and hematological profile of anemia among stunted children under 2 years old. A nested cross-sectional study from a child cohort was conducted in Bandung Regency, West Java, Indonesia. Two hundred twenty-two children aged 6 to 24 months were randomly selected. These children were reexamined from November 2019 to March 2020 for anthropometric measurements and hematological assessment and interviewed for relevant risk factors of stunted growth and anemia. Ninety-eight stunted children were identified and distributed into stunted and severely stunted groups (47.96 vs. 52.04%). Around 85.4% of the children came from low-income families and 31.7% were severely underweight for age. Surprisingly most of these stunted children had normal birth weight and length and were born at term (68.3, 53.7, and 85.4%). The prevalence rate of anemia among stunted children was 41.8%, they had decreased mean corpuscular volume (56%), decreased mean corpuscular hemoglobin (73%), and normochromic mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentrations (51.2%). Leucocytosis was higher than leucopenia (10 vs. 3.7%) and thrombocytosis ( n = 15, 36%) as compared to thrombocytopenia ( n = 5, 12%). The prevalence of anemia was high among stunted children. The characteristics of stunted children with and without anemia were similar. The fact that these stunted children had few risk factors for stunting emphasizes the need to focus on improved postnatal care to prevent faltering. Based on the hematology profile, iron deficiency anemia was suspected to be the most etiology in these cases warranting further follow-up and management.","PeriodicalId":41283,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46979249","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}
Abstract The hospitalization of newborn infants causes their parents to suffer stress, depression, feelings of powerlessness, emotions of shock, worry, fear, anguish, anxiety, and loneliness interspersed with those of faith, joy, and hope. Religion may provide a framework for understanding emotional and physical suffering and can facilitate perseverance or acceptance in the face of stressors. Religious coping is a religiously framed cognitive, emotional, or behavioral response to stress that encompasses multiple modalities and goals, as well as positive and negative dimensions. Gaining meaning in life can serve many purposes, including closeness to Allah, hope, peace, connection with others, personal growth, and personal restraint. Spirituality emerges as an “intensification of human experience” from any birth, not just out of ordinary situations. The significant differences in some spiritual issues indicate the need to consider the spirituality of both parents. In this article, we reviewed the role of religious coping in the neonatal intensive care units to attract attention to the importance of religious coping for parents whose infants are hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit.
{"title":"The Role of Religious Coping in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit","authors":"H. Çaksen","doi":"10.1055/s-0043-1768637","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1768637","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The hospitalization of newborn infants causes their parents to suffer stress, depression, feelings of powerlessness, emotions of shock, worry, fear, anguish, anxiety, and loneliness interspersed with those of faith, joy, and hope. Religion may provide a framework for understanding emotional and physical suffering and can facilitate perseverance or acceptance in the face of stressors. Religious coping is a religiously framed cognitive, emotional, or behavioral response to stress that encompasses multiple modalities and goals, as well as positive and negative dimensions. Gaining meaning in life can serve many purposes, including closeness to Allah, hope, peace, connection with others, personal growth, and personal restraint. Spirituality emerges as an “intensification of human experience” from any birth, not just out of ordinary situations. The significant differences in some spiritual issues indicate the need to consider the spirituality of both parents. In this article, we reviewed the role of religious coping in the neonatal intensive care units to attract attention to the importance of religious coping for parents whose infants are hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit.","PeriodicalId":41283,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46471066","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}
Q. Tran, T. T. Ngo, T. Nguyen, S. Le, Thanh Chi Ho, Thao Khac Thai, H. Tran
Abstract Objective We reviewed 50 infant cases with short bowel syndrome (SBS) to examine the treatment outcome of SBS management in a tertiary hospital in Vietnam. Material and Methods A case series was performed at the National Children's Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam. A total of 50 cases with SBS were reviewed. Clinical and laboratory characteristics before and after treatment were collected. Results The most common cause of SBS was necrotizing enterocolitis. Common clinical symptoms included watery stools, dehydration, and malnutrition. After treatment, the patient's weight, albumin, and prothrombin improved markedly. There are 72% of children with good or fair treatment results. The rate of sepsis was high (18%). There was one case with complications of catheter infection and one case of liver failure. Three children died during treatment, one died from septic shock and multiple organ failure, and two died from respiratory failure. Conclusion This study showed promising treatment outcomes in pediatrics.
{"title":"The Outcomes of Treatment in Infants with Short Bowel Syndrome","authors":"Q. Tran, T. T. Ngo, T. Nguyen, S. Le, Thanh Chi Ho, Thao Khac Thai, H. Tran","doi":"10.1055/s-0043-1764341","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1764341","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Objective We reviewed 50 infant cases with short bowel syndrome (SBS) to examine the treatment outcome of SBS management in a tertiary hospital in Vietnam. Material and Methods A case series was performed at the National Children's Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam. A total of 50 cases with SBS were reviewed. Clinical and laboratory characteristics before and after treatment were collected. Results The most common cause of SBS was necrotizing enterocolitis. Common clinical symptoms included watery stools, dehydration, and malnutrition. After treatment, the patient's weight, albumin, and prothrombin improved markedly. There are 72% of children with good or fair treatment results. The rate of sepsis was high (18%). There was one case with complications of catheter infection and one case of liver failure. Three children died during treatment, one died from septic shock and multiple organ failure, and two died from respiratory failure. Conclusion This study showed promising treatment outcomes in pediatrics.","PeriodicalId":41283,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47714541","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}
Abstract In this article, we reviewed ruqyah from past to present and its use among patients with cancer to attract attention to the importance of ruqyah. Ruqyah, one of the mind–body interventions among complementary and alternative medicine therapies, refers to the healing method based on the Quran and hadith through the recitation of the Quran, seeking of refuge, remembrance, and dua (supplication) that is used as a means of treating sickness and other problems, by reading ayats of the Quran, the names and attributes of Allah, or by using the duas in Arabic or in an understandable language. Ruqyah is frequently used in patients with cancer in combination with medical treatment, and many patients benefit from ruqyah practices. It is usually used to improve emotional and physical well-being, relax, cope with the disease, strengthen the immune system, increase vitality, decrease pain and stress, treat disease, accelerate the healing process, increase the duration of life, improve sleep quality, reduce side effects associated with treatment, and to be self-sufficient. Ruqyah is a complementary method for modern cancer treatment. It is not an alternative to chemotherapy and cannot directly replace medical treatment. Patients can perform ruqyah by themselves without applying to Muslim faith healers or spiritual healing centers. It can be by everyone regardless of their religion and belief. Although ruqyah has been successfully used in various social, mental, spiritual, and physical disorders for over 1,440 years, there are limited randomized controlled trials about its use in patients with cancer due to lack of cooperation between health professionals and Muslim faith healers applying ruqyah. Therefore, we suggest that health professionals develop joint projects and studies with Muslim faith healers and Islamic religion professionals on this subject. Finally, we strongly believe that ruqyah must be integrated into mainstream modern medicine as in the “Malaysia model” in both developing and developed countries.
{"title":"Ruqyah and Its Use among Patients with Cancer","authors":"H. Çaksen","doi":"10.1055/s-0043-1764498","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1764498","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In this article, we reviewed ruqyah from past to present and its use among patients with cancer to attract attention to the importance of ruqyah. Ruqyah, one of the mind–body interventions among complementary and alternative medicine therapies, refers to the healing method based on the Quran and hadith through the recitation of the Quran, seeking of refuge, remembrance, and dua (supplication) that is used as a means of treating sickness and other problems, by reading ayats of the Quran, the names and attributes of Allah, or by using the duas in Arabic or in an understandable language. Ruqyah is frequently used in patients with cancer in combination with medical treatment, and many patients benefit from ruqyah practices. It is usually used to improve emotional and physical well-being, relax, cope with the disease, strengthen the immune system, increase vitality, decrease pain and stress, treat disease, accelerate the healing process, increase the duration of life, improve sleep quality, reduce side effects associated with treatment, and to be self-sufficient. Ruqyah is a complementary method for modern cancer treatment. It is not an alternative to chemotherapy and cannot directly replace medical treatment. Patients can perform ruqyah by themselves without applying to Muslim faith healers or spiritual healing centers. It can be by everyone regardless of their religion and belief. Although ruqyah has been successfully used in various social, mental, spiritual, and physical disorders for over 1,440 years, there are limited randomized controlled trials about its use in patients with cancer due to lack of cooperation between health professionals and Muslim faith healers applying ruqyah. Therefore, we suggest that health professionals develop joint projects and studies with Muslim faith healers and Islamic religion professionals on this subject. Finally, we strongly believe that ruqyah must be integrated into mainstream modern medicine as in the “Malaysia model” in both developing and developed countries.","PeriodicalId":41283,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44379278","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}
S. Bajaj, Amit Vatkar, Vaibhav Barot, Shailesh R. Barot
Biotin-thiamine-responsive basal ganglia disease (BTBGD) has three subtypes: childhood-onset classic form, adult-hood-onset Wernicke-like encephalopathy, and the much rarer early infantile form. 1 The prognosis for the former two subtypes is favorable with timely diagnosis and compliant treatment, including oral thiamine and biotin. However, the early infantile form uniformly carries a poor prognosis. 2,3 Ourcasehighlights the clinical details of a neonatediagnosed with early infantile BTBGD, the seventh to be reported in literature and the fi rst from India. 2,3 Afemale child, second borntoanonconsanguineous Asian couple, was delivered through caesarean section due to cephalopelvic disproportion. There was no history of perina-tal asphyxia. Anthropometric parameters were normal, and she had an unremarkable pedigree. The patient fi rst manifested clinically on day 16 of life with repeated ocular twitching and tonic posturing of the limbs. Examination revealed an irritable sensorium, appen-dicular hypertonia, hyperre fl exia, and bilateral extensor plantars. Preliminary investigations (serum electrolytes, blood sugar, serum calcium, septic screen, blood culture, and cerebrospinal fl uid analysis) returned normal. She
{"title":"Rare Case of Biotin-Thiamine-Responsive Basal Ganglia Disease Presenting in a Neonate","authors":"S. Bajaj, Amit Vatkar, Vaibhav Barot, Shailesh R. Barot","doi":"10.1055/s-0042-1757150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1757150","url":null,"abstract":"Biotin-thiamine-responsive basal ganglia disease (BTBGD) has three subtypes: childhood-onset classic form, adult-hood-onset Wernicke-like encephalopathy, and the much rarer early infantile form. 1 The prognosis for the former two subtypes is favorable with timely diagnosis and compliant treatment, including oral thiamine and biotin. However, the early infantile form uniformly carries a poor prognosis. 2,3 Ourcasehighlights the clinical details of a neonatediagnosed with early infantile BTBGD, the seventh to be reported in literature and the fi rst from India. 2,3 Afemale child, second borntoanonconsanguineous Asian couple, was delivered through caesarean section due to cephalopelvic disproportion. There was no history of perina-tal asphyxia. Anthropometric parameters were normal, and she had an unremarkable pedigree. The patient fi rst manifested clinically on day 16 of life with repeated ocular twitching and tonic posturing of the limbs. Examination revealed an irritable sensorium, appen-dicular hypertonia, hyperre fl exia, and bilateral extensor plantars. Preliminary investigations (serum electrolytes, blood sugar, serum calcium, septic screen, blood culture, and cerebrospinal fl uid analysis) returned normal. She","PeriodicalId":41283,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57975456","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}
{"title":"Dogs Bites in Children and a Spiritual View to Dogs","authors":"H. Çaksen","doi":"10.1055/s-0042-1757154","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1757154","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41283,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44174761","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}
Cancer is the leading cause of death in American children older than 1 year of age. Currently, due to major drug developments and optimization in treatment protocols, 80% of pediatric cancer patients respond to therapy; however, a significant number of cases of childhood cancer have shown treatment failure.1 Treatment failure can be seen due to either serious adverse effects that limit therapy or the failure of conventional dosing to induce remission in childhood cancer.1 Herein, we evaluated the treatment failure in children with cancer from a spiritual perspective to attract attention to the spiritual dimension of treatment. Advances in medical research technologies have led to a rapid increase in the understanding of the genetics of childhood cancer in the last decade, facilitating the identification of molecular targets that can potentially be exploited for therapeutic benefits.2 Nonetheless, despite remarkable developments in drug therapy, pharmacogenomics, and pharmacogenetics research,1 we could not explain the cause of treatment failure in some children with cancer. Based on the Islamic teachings, we believe that everything cannot be explained by positivism. Allah does his actions and works in the universe through causes. Therefore, it is an unchangeable principle of Allah that the works in the universe occur through a cause. However, while the causes are trivial and simple, the results that appear outwardly from the causes are quite perfect and artistic. The wisdom behind this being so is that a person does not become obsessed with causes and not go to unbelief and ingratitude, knowing the results from the cause. Despite this, most people cannot see the mighty hand and names of Allah behind the causes, and they either fall into disbelief or worship the causes heedlessly.3 Going to a physician and using the prescribed medications are means of the recovery from the disease. Sometimes even if the appropriate drugs are used in the appropriate dosage and at the appropriate time, improvement may not be observed in the disease. In this condition, the patient cannot blame health professionals and/or drugs. Because we strongly believe that “The True Healer is the one who gives medicines their properties and creates their effects.”4 In conclusion, we believe that aside frommedical reasons, spiritual factors also play a role in the efficacy and failure of treatment in children with cancer. In the Holy Quran, it has been reported that “And when I am ill, it is He Who cures me.”5 Themonarch of the universe is one, the key to all things is with him, the authority over all things are in his hand, and everything will be resolved by his command. If you find him, you will be saved from endless indebtedness and countless fears.6
{"title":"Treatment Failure in Children with Cancer","authors":"H. Çaksen","doi":"10.1055/s-0042-1756720","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1756720","url":null,"abstract":"Cancer is the leading cause of death in American children older than 1 year of age. Currently, due to major drug developments and optimization in treatment protocols, 80% of pediatric cancer patients respond to therapy; however, a significant number of cases of childhood cancer have shown treatment failure.1 Treatment failure can be seen due to either serious adverse effects that limit therapy or the failure of conventional dosing to induce remission in childhood cancer.1 Herein, we evaluated the treatment failure in children with cancer from a spiritual perspective to attract attention to the spiritual dimension of treatment. Advances in medical research technologies have led to a rapid increase in the understanding of the genetics of childhood cancer in the last decade, facilitating the identification of molecular targets that can potentially be exploited for therapeutic benefits.2 Nonetheless, despite remarkable developments in drug therapy, pharmacogenomics, and pharmacogenetics research,1 we could not explain the cause of treatment failure in some children with cancer. Based on the Islamic teachings, we believe that everything cannot be explained by positivism. Allah does his actions and works in the universe through causes. Therefore, it is an unchangeable principle of Allah that the works in the universe occur through a cause. However, while the causes are trivial and simple, the results that appear outwardly from the causes are quite perfect and artistic. The wisdom behind this being so is that a person does not become obsessed with causes and not go to unbelief and ingratitude, knowing the results from the cause. Despite this, most people cannot see the mighty hand and names of Allah behind the causes, and they either fall into disbelief or worship the causes heedlessly.3 Going to a physician and using the prescribed medications are means of the recovery from the disease. Sometimes even if the appropriate drugs are used in the appropriate dosage and at the appropriate time, improvement may not be observed in the disease. In this condition, the patient cannot blame health professionals and/or drugs. Because we strongly believe that “The True Healer is the one who gives medicines their properties and creates their effects.”4 In conclusion, we believe that aside frommedical reasons, spiritual factors also play a role in the efficacy and failure of treatment in children with cancer. In the Holy Quran, it has been reported that “And when I am ill, it is He Who cures me.”5 Themonarch of the universe is one, the key to all things is with him, the authority over all things are in his hand, and everything will be resolved by his command. If you find him, you will be saved from endless indebtedness and countless fears.6","PeriodicalId":41283,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43382691","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}
Gianfranco Tomarelli, A. Donoso, Francisca Andrades, S. Montes
Pulmonary interstitial glycogenosis (PIG) is a disease of unknown etiology. It is part of the interstitial lung diseases, corresponding to the compartment of the fetal pulmonary interstitium. It typically presents within the first week of life as refractory respiratory distress with tachypnea and persistent hypoxemia, and it is not associated with glycogen deposition in other organs. Usually, there is a clinical improvement and good prognosis after steroid therapy unless there are associated conditions such as congenital heart disease, pulmonary hypertension, or genetic disorders. We report a case diagnosed by lung biopsy at 4 months of age in a male preterm born, small for gestational age infant, who developed refractory hypoxemia and pulmonary hypertension with fatal outcome. There was no response to steroids and hydroxychloroquine. He was not candidate for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. PIG should be considered in the differential diagnosis of persistent respiratory distress and hypoxemia despite standard treatment, even after the first month of life.
{"title":"An Infant with Persistent Respiratory Failure Associated with Refractory Pulmonary Hypertension: Pulmonary Interstitial Glycogenosis","authors":"Gianfranco Tomarelli, A. Donoso, Francisca Andrades, S. Montes","doi":"10.1055/s-0042-1757143","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1757143","url":null,"abstract":"Pulmonary interstitial glycogenosis (PIG) is a disease of unknown etiology. It is part of the interstitial lung diseases, corresponding to the compartment of the fetal pulmonary interstitium. It typically presents within the first week of life as refractory respiratory distress with tachypnea and persistent hypoxemia, and it is not associated with glycogen deposition in other organs. Usually, there is a clinical improvement and good prognosis after steroid therapy unless there are associated conditions such as congenital heart disease, pulmonary hypertension, or genetic disorders. We report a case diagnosed by lung biopsy at 4 months of age in a male preterm born, small for gestational age infant, who developed refractory hypoxemia and pulmonary hypertension with fatal outcome. There was no response to steroids and hydroxychloroquine. He was not candidate for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. PIG should be considered in the differential diagnosis of persistent respiratory distress and hypoxemia despite standard treatment, even after the first month of life.","PeriodicalId":41283,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49079522","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}
Abortion is one of themost widely discussedmedical-ethical subjects in medical, legal, philosophical, and religious literature as well as in the lay press. There is hardly a religion or country in the world that is not currently concerned about this issue.1 In the religion of Islam, abortion is the killing of the fetus in the womb or by taking it out by the material or spiritual intervention of the mother or someone else. The fetus is the child in a pregnant woman’s womb from the first day of pregnancy.2 Herein, we discuss abortion from Islamic perspective to emphasize the importance of fetal life. Life is themost important part of the universe; its greatest result; themost brilliant light; its subtlest leaven; its distilled essence; its most perfect fruit; its most elevated perfection; its finest beauty; its most beautiful adornment; the secret of its undividedness; the bond of its unity; the source of its perfections; and regarding art and nature, a most wondrous being endowedwith spirit.3 Protection of human life is one of thefivebasic principles and objectives of the religion of Islam (the other principles are the protection of generation, mind, religion, and property).4 Whoever slays a soul unless it is for manslaughter or mischief in the land, it is as though he slew all men, and whoever keeps it alive, it is as though he kept alive all men.5 Allah began the creation of man from clay. Furthermore, he made his progeny from a quintessence of despised fluid. Nevertheless, he fashioned him in due proportion and breathed into him his spirit. And he gave him (the faculties of) hearing and sight and understanding.6 The Quranic descriptions of the development of a human embryo led scholars to differentiate between an initial biological entity and the human being into which it is developed later. Some scholars interpreted these references to mean that the fetus was ensouled sometime after conception. The traditions provided further justification for this view. For this reason, all Muslim jurists forbade abortion after the fetus had been in the womb for 120 days, although the legal schools and individual scholars differed over the permissibility of abortion before this point.7 An Islamic law scholar, Karaman,2 whose fatwas are accepted and applied by most people in Türkiye, has noted the followings about this issue: Spirit is blown into the fetus when it is 40 days old. There is no relation between blowing the spirit into the fetus and being alive. Spirit does not mean giving life or animating, and it means man has a divine element (coming from Allah and attracting people to him). The fetus is alive and human before 40 days. Abortion is not permissible at any stage of pregnancy and for any reason because killing the fetusmeans killing a man, as mentioned in the Holy Quran.2 In the case of a pregnancy that threatened the mother’s life, most jurists prioritized preserving the fetus’s life if it had already acquired a soul. More recently, some thinkers
{"title":"Abortion and Protection of Fetal Life","authors":"H. Çaksen","doi":"10.1055/s-0042-1756719","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1756719","url":null,"abstract":"Abortion is one of themost widely discussedmedical-ethical subjects in medical, legal, philosophical, and religious literature as well as in the lay press. There is hardly a religion or country in the world that is not currently concerned about this issue.1 In the religion of Islam, abortion is the killing of the fetus in the womb or by taking it out by the material or spiritual intervention of the mother or someone else. The fetus is the child in a pregnant woman’s womb from the first day of pregnancy.2 Herein, we discuss abortion from Islamic perspective to emphasize the importance of fetal life. Life is themost important part of the universe; its greatest result; themost brilliant light; its subtlest leaven; its distilled essence; its most perfect fruit; its most elevated perfection; its finest beauty; its most beautiful adornment; the secret of its undividedness; the bond of its unity; the source of its perfections; and regarding art and nature, a most wondrous being endowedwith spirit.3 Protection of human life is one of thefivebasic principles and objectives of the religion of Islam (the other principles are the protection of generation, mind, religion, and property).4 Whoever slays a soul unless it is for manslaughter or mischief in the land, it is as though he slew all men, and whoever keeps it alive, it is as though he kept alive all men.5 Allah began the creation of man from clay. Furthermore, he made his progeny from a quintessence of despised fluid. Nevertheless, he fashioned him in due proportion and breathed into him his spirit. And he gave him (the faculties of) hearing and sight and understanding.6 The Quranic descriptions of the development of a human embryo led scholars to differentiate between an initial biological entity and the human being into which it is developed later. Some scholars interpreted these references to mean that the fetus was ensouled sometime after conception. The traditions provided further justification for this view. For this reason, all Muslim jurists forbade abortion after the fetus had been in the womb for 120 days, although the legal schools and individual scholars differed over the permissibility of abortion before this point.7 An Islamic law scholar, Karaman,2 whose fatwas are accepted and applied by most people in Türkiye, has noted the followings about this issue: Spirit is blown into the fetus when it is 40 days old. There is no relation between blowing the spirit into the fetus and being alive. Spirit does not mean giving life or animating, and it means man has a divine element (coming from Allah and attracting people to him). The fetus is alive and human before 40 days. Abortion is not permissible at any stage of pregnancy and for any reason because killing the fetusmeans killing a man, as mentioned in the Holy Quran.2 In the case of a pregnancy that threatened the mother’s life, most jurists prioritized preserving the fetus’s life if it had already acquired a soul. More recently, some thinkers ","PeriodicalId":41283,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46201329","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}
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