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A Deorari

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PubMed1997

Evolution of neonatal and pediatric critical care in India.

During the last decade, the disciplines of neonatal and pediatric critical care have rapidly progressed in India. The growth of Neonatal Intensive Care has paced the growth of Pediatric Critical Care. The substantial growth of discipline and the positive improvements in neonatal outcomes are the results of the concerted efforts of the National Neonatal Forum and commitment of expatriate physicians residing in the United States. This article provides the background information regarding perinatal, neonatal, and infant mortalities in India. It also describes the maternal child health care delivery system in the Indian subcontinent.

Child↗
PubMed1989

Fetal foot length--a new parameter for assessment of gestational age.

Ultrasonographic measurement of fetal foot length, a new parameter, was correlated with the gestation age. One hundred and five ultrasonographic measurement of fetal foot length was performed between 13 and 42 weeks gestation. Comparison of linear regression of foot length versus gestational age demonstrated a strong correlation with an r2 value of 0.84 (P less than 0.001). Ninety-five percent confidence intervals at each week compared favorably with both biparietal diameter and femur length data. Mean foot lengths at each week of gestation compared favorably with data based on pathological specimens described in 1920 (Streeter GL: Weight, sitting height, head size, foot length and menstrual age of the human embryo. Contrib Embryol Carnegie Inst. 11: 143, 1920). Measurement of fetal foot length is of particular use when other parameters do not accurately predict gestational age, e.g. hydrocephalus, anencephaly, short limb dysplasia. It can also be used in conjunction with biparietal diameter and femur length in the management of patients with premature labor in order to patients with premature labor in order to accurately predict gestational age. Hence the present study demonstrates that the ultrasonographic measurement of foot length is a reliable indicator of gestational age.

Embryonic and Fetal Development↗
PubMed1987

Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis in children.

Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis (CFA) in children is supposedly a rare diffuse lung disease characterized clinically by tachypnoea, cough, poor weight gain, and cyanosis. Histologically, it is characterized by thickening of alveolar walls and infiltration of the alveolar septae with mononuclear cells and fibrous tissue. The condition is more acute in children, with fulminant course. Ten children were diagnosed as having CFA out of three hundred children seen over a period of 3 years. Diagnosis was established by characteristic clinical findings and laboratory evaluation. All the children had tachypnoea at rest and bilateral crepitations in the absence of fever. Diffuse bilateral persistent irregular shadows were noted on the chest X-ray of these children. Pulmonary function studies revealed a restrictive type of abnormality with low transfer factor for carbon monoxide in six children. Open lung biopsy was done in eight children. The biopsy material was graded according to nine morphologic variables. Administration of steroids early in the course of illness resulted in amelioration of symptoms in 60% of the patients.

Adolescent↗