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Classification of Malnutrition in Children |
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Written by G. Firman MD
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Tuesday, 20 July 2010 00:00 |
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The World Health Organization (WHO) defines malnutrition as the cellular imbalance between the supply of nutrients and energy and the body’s demand for them to ensure growth, maintenance, and specific functions. Malnutrition generally implies undernutrition and refers to all deviations from adequate and optimal nutritional status in infants, children and in adults. In children, undernutrition manifests as underweight and stunting (short stature), while severely undernourished children present with the symptoms and signs that characterize conditions known as kwashiorkor, marasmus or marasmic-kwashiorkor. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 30 July 2010 07:02 )
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Diagnostic Criteria for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) |
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Written by G. Firman MD
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Friday, 16 July 2010 05:58 |
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Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) has been known by many names, but most commonly as reflex sympathetic dystrophy and causalgia (as attributed to Evans and Mitchell, respectively). In the past, it was diagnosed using a variety of nonstandardized and idiosyncratic diagnostic systems. The name was ultimately changed to complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) at a consensus workshop in Orlando, Florida, in 1994, with the new name and diagnostic criteria codified by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) task force on taxonomy. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 18 July 2010 05:44 )
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Classification Criteria for Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis |
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Written by G. Firman MD
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Tuesday, 22 June 2010 19:00 |
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Dermatomyositis is an idiopathic disorder that includes an inflammatory myopathy and characteristic skin manifestations; polymyositis includes the inflammatory myopathy without the cutaneous findings. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 08 July 2010 05:08 )
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Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS) |
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Written by G. Firman MD
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Friday, 14 May 2010 04:08 |
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Instructions: This scale is intended to record your own assessment of any sleep difficulty you might have experienced. Please, check (by circling the appropriate number) the items below to indicate your estimate of any difficulty, provided that it occurred at least three times per week during the last month. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 14 May 2010 04:59 )
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International Classification of Retinopathy of Prematurity |
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Written by G. Firman MD
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Thursday, 08 July 2010 06:33 |
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The International Classification of Retinopathy of Prematurity (ICROP) was published in 2 parts, the first in 1984 and later expanded in 1987. It was a consensus statement of an international group of retinopathy of prematurity experts. Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) Four features are evaluated: zone, stage, extent, and presence or absence of plus disease. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 15 July 2010 07:43 )
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Phototherapy and Exchange Transfusion in Neonatal Hyperbilirubinaemia |
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Written by G. Firman MD
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Sunday, 06 June 2010 19:00 |
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In unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia, the ultimate goal is the prevention of kernicterus and its potentially devastating effects. Phototherapy represented an important advance inthe treatment of jaundice, enabling the effective and relatively rapid reduction of high bilirubin levels and facilitating the prevention of kernicterus. Exchange transfusion is the only alternative to phototherapy for controlling hyperbilirubinaemia. |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 07 June 2010 18:15 )
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