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Question of the Week

Q. I was told that steam inhalation in children should not be advised because it hurts the mucosa of the trachea and bronchus, it is true?

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Teaching Files/ Grand Rounds

A 4½-month-old boy, first by birth order, born of a third degree consanguineous marriage, presented at his first immunisation visit with episodes of recurrent diarrhoea for 3 months and hepatomegaly. His birth weight was 3.6 kg and he had been hospit ...

How commonly does CGD present as massive hepatomegaly?

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Diagnostic Dilemma

A 7-month-old boy born of non-consanguineous marriage presented with fever and irritability for 7 days and a staring look one day ago. Subsequently the child had become lethargic and did not recognize the mother and had neuroregressed. There was no focal neurological deficit, vomiting, rash or conta ...

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