Annals of Saudi medicine
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Annals of Saudi medicine · Jan 2021
Traumatic dental injuries in special health care needs children and association with obesity.
Special needs children are at a higher risk of dental trauma because of neurological, physical, mental, and behavioral impairments. They are also at higher risk of developing obesity due to the side effects of medication. ⋯ None.
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Annals of Saudi medicine · Jan 2021
Palivizumab prophylaxis against respiratory syncytial virus infection in patients younger than 2 years of age with congenital heart disease.
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a viral pathogen that causes annual epidemics of lower respiratory tract infection with substantial morbidity and mortality in young children, especially those with congenital heart disease (CHD). Palivizumab is the only immunoprophylaxis therapy approved for RSV infection in infants with hemodynamically significant acyanotic or cyanotic CHD. ⋯ None.
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Double-chambered right ventricles (DCRV) and left ventricles are rare entities on their own. We present two cases with an unusual combination of double-chambered right as well as left ventricles. One was discovered in a 28-year-old female, while the other was found at birth in a female child. ⋯ In the literature, there is ample description of the long-term prognosis and management guidelines for DCRV, but no inheritance patterns or risk factors have been identified except for associations with septal defects, tetralogy of Fallot and transposition of the great arteries. A combination of both double-sided left as well as right ventricles has been published in literature a few times with little details about management and prognosis. SIMILAR CASES PUBLISHED: Although many cases of DCRV and DCLV have been published, to our knowledge only 3 cases of combined DCRV and DCLV have been published in literature.
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Annals of Saudi medicine · Nov 2020
Survival after therapy for pediatric ependymoma in a tertiary care center in Saudi Arabia.
There is limited data from Saudi Arabia on the demographic characteristics, outcomes and effectiveness of different treatment modalities in children with intracranial ependymoma. ⋯ None.
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Annals of Saudi medicine · Nov 2020
The association between consanguineous marriage and offspring with congenital hearing loss.
Consanguinity is a commonly recognized practice among marriages in the Middle East and may lead to an increase in the prevalence of inherited disorders. Autosomal recessive deafness is the most common form of inherited congenital hearing loss (CHL). ⋯ None.