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Question of the Week

Q. Nothing seems to work in a case of bronchiolitis. Could the experts please guide me on how to manage a case of bronchiolitis, as it is distressing both for parents and doctors? There are no clear-cut guidelines for its management.

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Teaching Files/ Grand Rounds

A preterm male neonate, born at 34 weeks of gestation, by emergency cesarean section, with a birth weight of 1.8 kg, presented with severe respiratory distress and required central line placement for intensive care management. An umbilical venous cat ...

Describe the correct course of the umbilical venous catheter?

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Diagnostic Dilemma

A 2½ months old girl, first born of non consanguineous marriage presented with multifocal convulsions since 20 days. There was no fever, altered sensorium, focal neurological deficits or epilepsy in family. She was treated with valproate but seizures persisted. She was born at 8½ months of gestation ...

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