Indian Journal of Pediatrics Aug 2023 Vol  90 ( 8)

 

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL COMMENTARIES

 Impact of COVID-19 Infection in West Syndrome: The Need for More Data

Murchana Khound and Jaya Shankar  kaushik                                                                                                                              

Empirical Antitubercular Treatment for Lymphadenopathy: A
Luring Trap!

Srinivasan Peyam and Deepak Bansal                                                                            745

Atopic Sensitization to House Dust Mites in Preschool Children with Recurrent Wheeze – Is it the Main
Culprit?

Kalyanprabhakaran B. and Prawin Kumar                                                                   747

Which Tool to Monitor Asthma Control in Children: The Debate
Continues!

Kana Ram Jat                                                                                                                 749

Single Breath Counting: Is it a Reliable, Tool  Independent Measure to Predict Asthma Exacerbation?

Swathi Nakka and Rashmi Ranjan Das                                                                       750

Do Clinical Scores Score in Predicting Neonatal Mortality?

B.Adhisivam                                                                                                                  752

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

COVID-19 in Children with West Syndrome: An Ambispective
Study

Priyanka Madaan, Lokesh Saini, Pooja Dhir, Sahil Vikas, Chandana Bhagwat,

Mallika Goel, Akshita Soni and Jitendra Kumar  Sahu                                                                                                                    754

Empirical Antitubercular Treatment for Lymphadenopathy: Are
We Missing Lymphoma?

Amita Mahajan, Sameer Bakhshi, Manisha Singh, Rachna Seth, Nishant Verma, Sandeep Jain, Venkatraman
Radhakrishnan, Piali Mandal, Ramandeep Singh Arora, Veronique Dinand, Manas Kalra, Gauri Kapoor, Mohammad Sajid, Rakesh Kumar, Saumyaranjan Mallick,
Ankit Taluja
and Jagdish Chandra                                                                                                                         
761

Early Atopic Sensitization to House-Dust Mite in Children with Recurrent Wheeze—A Cross-Sectional Study

Nitin Mohan, Shetanshu Srivastava, Rajendra Prasad and Archana Kumar                                                                                                                                                              766

Comparison of Asthma Control among Children 5–18 Years of Age by Asthma Control Test Questionnaire
of Global Initiative for Asthma 2017 (GINA-2017) Against Spirometry

Jahnavi M, Gowrishankar, N.C and NedunchelianK                                                                                                                                                                                               770

Single Breath Counting for Diagnosis and Prediction of
Severity of Acute Asthma Exacerbation in Children

Devansh Sharma, Anil Kumar Saini, Deo Kumar Jha, Amita Tyagi and Surender Singh Bisht                                                                                                                           776

Comparison of STOPS and SNAPPE-II in Predicting Neonatal Survival at Hospital Discharge: A Prospective, Multicentric, Observational Study

Venkateshwarlu Vardhelli, Soutrik Seth, Yassar Arafat Mohammed, Srinivas Murki,Baswaraj Tandur, Bijan Saha, Tejo Pratap Oleti, Saikiran Deshabhotla, Sunayana Siramshetty,and Venkat Reddy Kallem                                                                                            781

SYMPOSIUM ON ADVANCES IN PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY-II

Guest Editor: Joseph L. Mathew

Investigating, Imaging, Inspecting, and Intervening:
Cornerstones of Rational Pediatric Pulmonology Practice

Joseph L. Mathew                                                                                               787

Lung Function Tests in Infants and Children

Kana Ram Jat and Sheetal Agarwal                                                                 790

Radiological Imaging in Chest Diseases: Moving Away from
Conventional Modes

Anmol Bhatia, Manisha Jana, Sreedhara B. Chaluvashetty, Akshay Kumar Saxena,and Kushaljit Singh Sodhi                                                                                      798

Interventional Bronchoscopy in Children: The Way Forward

Nitin Dhochak                                                                                                 806

World Health Organization Guideline on the Management of
Tuberculosis in Children: Critical Appraisal, Concerns, and Caution

Ketan Kumar and Joseph L. Mathew                                                          811

SPECIAL ARTICLE

Adverse Events Following Immunization- The Known Unknowns
and Black Box

Manoja Kumar Das                                                                                    817

CLINICAL BRIEF

Utility of Transbronchial Cryobiopsy via Flexible
Bronchoscope in Diagnosis of Isolated Pulmonary LCH: A Case Report

B. Sarath Balaji, D. Vijayasekaran, V. Arunagirinathan and N. Sathya Srivatsav                                                                                                                                                 826

PICTURES OF THE MONTH

Plastic Bronchitis in a Child

Penghui Wei, Haicheng Song, Jing Li and Yueyi Ren                           829

Extensive Pneumatosis Intestinalis in a Term NeonateRamge
Ramachandran Sivakumar, Ambalakkuthan Murugesan, Praachi Singh and Revati
Deglurkar                                                                                                   
831

SCIENTIFIC LETTERS

Pneumocystis jirovecii and SARS-CoV-2 Coinfection as Presentation of X-linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency

Javier Toledano-Revenga, Cristina Zapata-Martínez, María Slöcker-Barrio,
M Elena Seoane-Reula,   
Cristina Beléndez and Elena Rincón-ópez                                832

Sequential Presentation of Bilateral Congenital Lobar Emphysema

Ashwath Duraiswamy, Thangaraj Abiramalatha, Gayathiri Govindaraju, Srinivas Ramakrishnan,   Balakrishnan Rajaiah, Mullai Baalaaji and Kumaran Nagarajan                                                                                                 834

Childhood-Onset Neurodegeneration with Brain Atrophy in
Association with c.628G>A in
UBTF Gene

Pradeep Kumar Gunasekaran, Veena Laxmi, Sujatha Manjunathan, Ashna Kumar, Sarbesh Tiwari, and Lokesh Saini                                                                          835

Cerebral Infarction from Sick Sinus Syndrome (Based on SCN5A) via
Patent Foramen Ovale  

Shuang He, Lei Zhang, Xiao-Yan Liu, Xiao-Juan Ji, Shi-Long Tang, Xiao-Yun Wu and Tie-Wei Lu                                                                                                                           836

Lathosterolosis – A Rare Treatable Cause for Global Developmental Delay, Cataract, and Liver Dysfunction Masquerading as Galactosemia

Vykuntaraju K. Gowda, Varunvenkat M. Srinivasan and Uddhav Kinhal                                                                                                                                                          837

Fluid Status by Inferior Vena Cava Collapsibility Index,
Chest Ultrasound and Bioimpedance Spectroscopy in Children and Adolescents on Chronic Hemodialysis

Amal Elsaid Gohary, Dina Mahamoud Shokry, Safaa Hamdy Saleh, Sameh Saber Baiomy,and Mona Hamed Gehad                                                                             838

A Rare Genetic-Metabolic Cause of Epileptic Spasms: Dihydropyrimidine Dehydrogenase Deficiency

Vykuntaraju K. Gowda and Varunvenkat M. Srinivasan                      839

Congenital Dyserythropoietic Anemia Type II: High Prevalence
of c.1385A>G, (p.Tyr462Cys) Mutation in the Indian Population

Arati Nandan Saptarshi, Tejashree A. More, Rashmi Dongerdiye and Prabhakar Kedar                                                                                                                                  840

Rota Virus Infection Associated Neonatal Seizures and White
Matter Injury

Sejal Panakkal Jaison, K S Sahana and Prakash Robert M Saldanha                                                                                                                                                                 841

CORRESPONDENCES 

Need for Tdap Booster for Indian Children at 10–12 y of Age

Manoj Dhanorkar, Nabaneeta Dash, Amit Rawat, Bhavneet Bharti and Sanjay Verma                                                               842

Long COVID in Children
up to 12 y of Age – A Retrospective Telephonic Survey: Correspondence

Rujittika Mungmunpuntipantip and Viroj Wiwanitkit                                                                                                                      843

Long COVID in Children
up to 12 y of Age – A Retrospective Telephonic Survey: Author’s Reply

Nabaneeta Dash and Sanjay Verma                                                                           844

Multiple Splenic Abscesses in an Immunocompetent Host

Prafful Gupta, Vernika Tyagi, Bhanu Kiran Bhakhri and Dharmendra Kumar Singh                                                                                                                                                        845

Acute Demyelination
Following Snake Bite – An Unusual Complication

Sivasambo Kalpana, Suwethaa Ravi and T Muthu                                                846

Monitor Lizard Envenomation Treated with ASV

Vinod Kumar, Aswanth KS, Swati Kumari Gupta, Nowneet Kumar Bhat and Prashant Kumar Verma                                                                                                                      847