Asia Pacific Journal of Pediatric and Child Health

Volume 8, Apr - Jun 2025

Proceedings of the 7 th Asia Dengue Summit, June 2024

Zulkifli Ismail¹, Duane J. Gubler², Tikki Pangestu³, Usa Thisyakorn^4,5, Nattachai Srisawat^4,6,7, Daniel Goh⁸, Maria Rosario Capeding⁹, Lulu Bravo¹⁰, Sutee Yoksan¹¹, Terapong Tantawichien^4,12, Sri Rezeki Hadinegoro¹³, Kamran Rafiq¹⁴, Eng Eong Ooi²

The 7th Asia Dengue Summit (ADS), titled "Road Map to Zero Dengue Death", was held in Malaysia from 5 to 7 June 2024. The summit was co-organized by Asia Dengue Voice and Action (ADVA); Global Dengue and Aedes-Transmitted Diseases Consortium (GDAC); Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Tropical Me...

Conference Report

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Comparison of changes in Bi-ventricular function through pulsed and tissue doppler echocardiography in children with thalassemia Major with varying degree of iron overload

Bushra Siddique¹, Tehmina Kazm¹, Najam Hyder¹, Munawar Ghous¹

Ventricular dysfunction appears due to frequent transfusions in children with Beta-thalassemia major. The objective was to evaluate the changes of bi-ventricular function through Pulse waves and Tissue Doppler with serum iron overload in children....

Research Article

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High-Dose of Methylprednisolone in Children with headache in viral encephalitis

Abia Abdullah¹ , Jay Kumari¹ , Prem Chand¹

3 diagnosed viral encephalitis children of ages 15,14,7 years respectively presenting with severe headaches responding well to high doses of methylprednisolone. This case study evaluates the clinical response to high doses of methylprednisolone, assessing its efficacy in alleviating headache symptom...

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Role of steroids in the treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Children

Srishti Srivastava¹ , Anyna Shine¹ , Narendra Kumar Chaudhary¹ , Yogendra Singh Yadav¹ , Bhavna Dhingra¹

The use of steroids, along with chemotherapy in the management of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), is not a part of any standard regimen. Studies from various sources claimed diverse opinions about its role in AML. Based on the case reports of two children with AML, we have shown how steroids (Predniso...

Case Report

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Acute abdomen - A Twist in the abdomen

Geetha M¹, Seshadri LN¹, Kaleem Ulla¹, Dr Kiran B¹

Acute appendicitis is an important cause of acute abdomen even in pediatric population. The diagnosis is even more complicated and challenging if it has associated anomalies. This case report is about a 12 year old girl who presented with abdominal pain and evaluated to have acute appendicitis assoc...

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