TEACHING FILES
Ira Shah
A sixteen-month-old boy presented with fever, cough and cold since 7 days. On examination, the child's respiratory rate is 56/min with rapid, small breaths and inspiration is prolonged with chest going in at time of inspiration and abdomen bulging with inspiration with intercostals and substernal retractions. What is the respiratory pathology?
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Query:A 9 year old boy presented with multiple papular eruptions on the face, abdomen and limbs since 6 months. He has a thigh abscess at 8 years of age. Hemogram showed eosinophila. What is the diagnosis?
Answer: Job's syndrome Read more...

REVIEW ARTICLE

Immunosuppression in Pediatric Renal Transplant Patients. Renal transplantation is now the optimal treatment for many children with end-stage kidney disease. Effective immunosuppression is quintessential to successful kidney transplantation. Read more…

CASE REPORTS

An Unusual Life Saving Measure. Vinayak Deshmukh. Jayant Wagha. Bhavana Lakhkar. Spontaneous pneumopericardium, pneumomediastinum and surgical emphysema are unusual complications of bronchial asthma. Read a case report where life was saved by decompressing cardiac tamponade by wide bore puncture through epigastric approach.

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SPOT DIAGNOSIS

Last month’s answers:
Case 1: Microcephaly
Case 2: Encephalomalacia

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