Dr. Jayaprakash

Asst. Prof. of Pediatrics, ICH. Institute of Child Health. Gov. Medical College Kottayam. Kerala, India.

down syndrome and preleukemia

.Children with Down syndrome manifest multiple hematologic manifestations: (1) transient myeloproliferative disorder (TMD)/transient abnormal myelopoiesis (TAM) at birth, (2) acute myeloid leukemia (ML-DS), and (3) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). .The…

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STUTTERING

2  yr old child has prolongation of syllables occasionally.They have family history of stuttering. anxious mother consults you . how to proceed?   STUTTERING

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SEPSIS

2yr old admitted with abscess left foot is tachypneic,febrile,with hr 140/mt. he has flash CRT, normal bp,lactate 40 mg%,calcium 9 mg%,pt 20 sec inr 1.6, sgpt 500,plt 90,000/mm3, fibrinogen 120…

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ITP ASH GUIDELINES

A 3 yr old girl presents  with purpura on trunk and leg with no fever. she has no hepatosplenomegalyor lymphadenopathy. she is not on drugs. she has no h/o bleeds previously.…

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CELL FREE DNA TESTING

  Noninvasive prenatal screening, using cell-free fetal DNA circulating in maternal blood, offers an early method of detecting certain fetal chromosomal abnormalities. As a new technology, many uncertainties exist about…

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diaper rash

A 15-month-old girl is seen for persistent diaper rash. Despite treatment with zinc oxide cream and topical antifungal cream for over a month, there has been no improvement. The mom…

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FOETAL HYDRONEPHROSIS

Fetal hydronephrosis is seen in approximately 0.1% to 5% of all pregnancies on prenatal ultrasonography. Fetal hydronephrosis is most often transient or clinically insignificant. Measurement of the maximum renal pelvic…

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CERVICAL LYMPHADENITIS

  Is the mass a lymph node? Nonlymphoid masses (cervical rib, thyroglossal cyst, branchial cleft cyst or infected sinus, cystic hygroma, goiter, sternomastoid muscle tumor, thyroiditis, thyroid abscess, neurofibroma) occur…

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