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Q. For infants who refuse to eat. As a last resort can we prescribe cyproheptadine? As an appetizer is its use rational? If yes how often and for how long should it be administered? I read everywhere that it is used only after 2 years. But I have seen quite a lot of practitioners giving it as an appeti ...

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Teaching Files/ Grand Rounds

An 8-year-old girl presented with pain and inability to extend her neck for three months. She had a history of occasional low-grade fever during this period, but she was afebrile at presentation. There had been no prior trauma or surgery. There was n ...

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Diagnostic Dilemma

A 4 year old boy was referred for non-healing pulmonary TB. Past History: He was diagnosed to have pulmonary TB at the age of 2 years. His gastric lavage for acid fast bacillus was positive at that time. He was treated with 4 drug antituberculous therapy (ATT) consisting of isoniazid (H), rifampic ...

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