... or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. 2024 Complicated appendicitis Plasma sodium C-reactive protein Children Dear Editor, We have attentively read the article entitled “The Predictive Value of Plasma Sodium...

... tests. Our secondary aim included the potential association between pre-appendectomy hyponatremia with higher detection rates of complicated AA in the pediatric population of different ages. We hypothesized that preoperative values of serum sodium in children with suspected AA would be helpful...

...Khalifa Al Benwan; Dalal Al Banwan Objectives: The objectives of this study were to determine the bacterial profiles and prevalence of antibiotic resistance patterns of bacteria causing bacteremia in febrile children and to compare levels of inflammatory markers between children with and without...

... infections (UTIs) in children in Al-Amiri Hospital, Kuwait, over a 5-year period. Materials and Methods: Significant isolates from symptomatic pediatric patients with UTIs from January 2017 to December 2021 were identified by conventional methods and by the VITEK 2 identification card system. Antimicrobial...

...Saba Altamimi; Zain Almokhaizeem; Heba Alfouzan; Bedour AlHajri; Deema Alenezi; Yosor Alqudeimat; Waleed Almansouri; Sayed Alzalzalah; Wilfried Karmaus; Ali H. Ziyab Objectives: The role of children in the transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remains unclear. We investigated whether...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Stunting Combined overweight with stunting Children Kuwait There is a lack of data on trends of stunting in schoolchildren in Middle Eastern settings. This study investigated the sex- and age-specific trends...

... intravenous (IV) MgSO 4 improves lung function parameters in children with acute asthma. Methods: This was a prospective clinical trial. All patients with acute asthma received 40–50 mg/kg or maximum 1,500 mg (>30 kg) of single dose IV MgSO 4 , administered over 60 min. Spirometry was conducted before...

...Ceyda Tuna Kirsaclioglu; Gulin Hizal; Esra Karakus; Tulin Revide Sayli Objective: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection may rarely lead to protein-losing gastropathy that presents with nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and edema in immunocompetent children, but extremely rarely with only generalized...

... of pediatric eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) in Serbia. Method: All children aged 0–18 years diagnosed with EoE in the period between 2010 and 2017 at the University Children’s Hospital in Belgrade, Serbia, were retrospectively enrolled. Results: EoE was diagnosed in 35 children (12.45 ± 3.77 years) with a male...

...Abrar Alanzi; Mariam Alkheder; Muawia Qudeimat Objective: To investigate the oral health status and dental manifestations of children with a history of chronic liver disease (CLD) compared to healthy children . Subjects and Methods: Twenty children (15 boys and 5 girls) with a history of CLD were...

...Souheil Hallit; Chantal Raherison; Diana Malaeb; Rabih Hallit; Nelly Kheir; Pascale Salameh Objective: To create an allergic disease risk factors scale score that would screen for the risk assessment of asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis (AD) in children from 3 to 17 years. Methods...

...Elif Doğan Bakı; Şahin Ulu; Ahmet Yüksek; Hüseyin Arıcan; Remziye Sıvacı Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of listening to music on the consumption of an anesthetic agent as well as postoperative recovery and pain in children undergoing elective tonsillectomy. Materials...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Pulmonary function Sickle cell disease Children Fetal hemoglobin • Pulmonary function was studied in pediatric patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) in Kuwait...

...Vesna Marjanovic; Ivana Budic; Marija Stevic; Dusica Simic Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of 3 different volumes of 0.25% levobupivacaine caudally administered on the effect of intra- and postoperative analgesia in children undergoing orchidopexy and inguinal hernia...

...Ceyda Tuna Kirsaclioglu; Zarife Kuloglu; Gonca Ustundag; Aydan Kansu; Erdal İnce; Arzu Ensari; Nurten Girgin Objective: To present the mesalamine-induced acute exacerbation of symptoms and inflammatory markers in children with Crohn's disease (CD). Clinical Presentation and Intervention: Three...

...Aysel Vehapoglu; Ozden Turel; Serdar Turkmen; Berrin Belcik Inal; Turgut Aksoy; Gamze Ozgurhan; Murat Ersoy Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] status of children with growing pains and to evaluate the efficacy of vitamin D treatment...

...Nese Tekın; Betul Ersoy; Senol Coskun; Gokhan Tekın; Muzaffer Polat Objectives: To determine differences in ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) parameters between office normotensive obese and non-obese children and to evaluate correlations of ABP parameters with insulin resistance and the lipid...

... of 60 children (28 girls and 32 boys) who were age and gender matched with the control group, which also consisted of 60 children (26 girls and 34 boys). The diagnosis of allergic rhinitis was based on the history, physical examination and skin prick test performed by an allergologist. Pupil diameter...

...M. Abdul-Rasoul; F. AlOtaibi; A. Abdulla; Z. Rahme; F. AlShawaf Objectives: To evaluate the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1DM) in Kuwait using the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) 4.0 Generic Core Scale and PedsQL 3.0 Diabetes...

...Areej K. Al-Khabbaz; Khalaf F. Al-Shammari; Abdulaziz Hasan; Majedah Abdul-Rasoul Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate periodontal health in children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Subjects and Methods: Periodontal health was clinically examined and compared in 95 children...