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Register a new userEpidemiology of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Children in Damascus University Children Hospital
دراسة وبائية لداء اللايشمانيا الحشوية عند الأطفال في مستشفى الأطفال جامعة دمشق
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لا يزال داء اللايشمانيا الحشوية مشاهداً في الدول النامية. دراسة وبائيات حالات داء اللايشمانيا الحشوي المقبولة في مستشفى أطفال جامعة دمشق. الدراسة كانت راجعة ل 89 حالة داء لايشمانيا حشوية مقبولة في المشفى مابين 1993 و 2005.
Visceral Leishmaniasis is still seen in developing country To study the epidemiology of Visceral Leishmaniasis cases hospitalized in Damascus University Children Hospital. It was retro-spective study on (89) cases of Visceral Leishmaniasis hospitalized between 1993 and 2005.
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beginning of 2000 to
the end of 2003. The number of hepatitis A virus cases
was (112) cases with an average of 2.9/ 1000 of admissions yearly. More than
a half of cases were between 1-5 years of age. The most common symptoms
and signs were jaundice, fever and hepatomegaly. About 76% of cases were
cured or improved, 21.4% of them were died. For hepatitis B virus the
number of cases was (42) cases with an average of 1.08/ 1000 of admissions
yearly.
Background& Objective: clinical study of patients with Neurofibromatosis I (NFI) in children hospital –
Damascus University
Materials & Methods: All cases of Neurofibromatosis type I in children less than 13 years of age were
identified from the r
ecords in the Department of children, from 2000-2010
They were diagnosed according to a clinical symptoms (café au lait) then complete the diagnosis with
appropriate diagnostic tools.
The aim of this study is to collect more information about
Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) in Syria due to it being one of the
most common causes of preventable mental retardation if detected
at early stage and treatment is preventable, and to the
absence of any
published statistics regarding it in our country, and to emphasize on
the necessity of applying a mandatory newborn screening program
for early diagnosis of congenital hypothyroidism to improvement of
child’s life, by investigating the adequacy of the clinical
determination the physician's experience to get an early diagnosis.
Introduction 7 Visceral Leishmaniasis( VL )is characterized by a spectrum of
clinical features, with high cure rates in early diagnosis.
Objective: the objective is to describe the clinical and epidemiological features and
laboratory variables of
children with visceral leishmaniasis ,And to define the importance
of a positive direct investigation of the parasite in Bone marrow in the diagnosis of disease
.
Patients and Methods : It was a case series study of )52( cases of Visceral
Leishmaniasis which were hospitalized between June-20 31and June-2014 in Al -Assad
University Hospital ,Latakia
Results 52 7 7 children were included in this study .Majority of the patients (92%)
presented with fever ,common findings in physical examination were(100%) Pallor and
(97%) splenomegaly
The direct investigation of parasite in Bone marrow was positive in )%55( of cases .
A retrospective study over 3 years was conducted in NICU of Damascus
university to explain any change in the bacteriological profile of neonatal
sepsis and to prove the need to change the treatment policy. This study was
carried out on the neonate
s admitted on NICU between 1/1/02 and
31/12/2004 who had the diagnosis of sepsis. We had the results of blood
culture and the resistance report from the patients files and the archive of
our bacteriological laboratory. we compared the results with chi square.
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