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OBJECTIVE
This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of hypoglycemia in children younger than 5 years presenting to the emergency department with vomiting or decreased oral intake and irritability.
METHODS
Children aged 1 month to 5 years presenting to the emergency department with vomiting (twice
Twin male infant siblings who presented in Harrow, UK, with a Reye's-like syndrome associated with profound hypoglycaemia, vomiting, diarrhoea, coma and death in one child, with dicarboxylic aciduria, and similarities to Jamacian vomiting sickness (hypoglycin toxicity) have been shown to excrete
Diagnosis of Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection can be a challenge. The key to a timely diagnosis is to have a high index of suspicion. We present a rare case of a 36-year-old human immunodeficiency virus negative male patient, who was on multidrug therapy for lepromatous leprosy and was
This study attempted to elaborate the existence of a specific neurologic pattern observed in children who experienced neonatal hypoglycemia. Twenty-seven patients with seizure and history of neonatal hypoglycemia were compared with 28 children suffering from idiopathic occipital epilepsy. In both
BACKGROUND
Ketosis in children may result from physiological adaptation to situations like fasting, fat-rich diet, straining physical activity, as well as from serious endocrine or metabolic disorders. The most frequently diagnosed cause of ketoacidosis are states of acetonemia and acetonuria with
A now 10 month old female infant suffered from persistent non ketotic neonatal hypoglycemia despite continuous intravenous application of glucose (greater than 10 mg/kg/min). There was only a transient response of blood glucose after intravenous administration of glucagon and prednisolon.