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Body Fat Percentage of Urban South African Children: Implications for Health and Fitness

Issue:

Vol 62, Issue 7: Sept (2013)

DOI:

10.7727/wimj.2012.203

Pages:

582–8

Synopsis:

School children in Central Pretoria, South Africa, have a high level of excessive percentage body fat, with girls having significantly higher percentage body fat compared to boys. Racially, black children were fatter than white children. The excessive percentage body fat observed among the children in this study has implications for their health and fitness.

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Objective: To explore gender and racial profiling of percentage body fat of 1136 urban South African children attending public schoolsin Pretoria Central.

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09 Jul, 2012

Accepted:

13 Dec, 2012

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sex and racial differences

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e-Published: 22 Jan, 2014

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Foreign Body Aspiration in Children – A Report of Five Cases

Issue:

Vol 59, issue 6 (2010)

Pages:

717–21

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SB Sharma

AO Amata

e-Published: 15 Oct, 2013

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A Randomized, Controlled, Open-label Trial Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Chloroquine in the Treatment of Giardiasis in Children

Issue:

Vol 59, issue 6 (2010)

Pages:

607–11

Synopsis:

This randomized clinical trial evaluated the efficacy and safety of two drugs in the treatment of Giardia lamblia infection in Cuban children. The authors demonstrated that chloroquine, for five days, was as efficacious as metronidazole in treating Giardia lamblia.

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Background: Giardia duodenalis is among the commonest protozoan parasites in the intestinal tract of humans and may cause significant morbidity worldwide. Although there are several antigiardial agents, treatment failures have been commonly reported.

Objective: To compare the efficacy and safety of chloroquine (CQ) versus metronidazole (MTZ) in the treatment of children with confirmed G duodenalis mono-infection.

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e-Published: 15 Oct, 2013

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A Plea for More Umbilical Stomas in Paediatric Surgical Practice

Issue:

Vol 62, Issue 9: Dec (2013)

DOI:

10.7727/wimj.2012.255

INTRODUCTION

Enterostomy formation is commonly performed in paediatric surgical practice. Many surgical procedures in infants and children benefit from a periumbilically sited incision and stoma formation should be no exception. Because of the superior cosmesis following closure of an umbilically-sited colostomy or ileostomy, ease of stoma care and economic benefits, periumbilically sited stomas are an attractive alternative for use in both neonates and children.

Received:

11 Sep, 2012

Accepted:

24 Sep, 2012

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Case Reports

Keywords:

children

developing countries

periumbilical incisions

umbilical stomas

Journal Authors:

MV Vincent

SE Dundas Byles

e-Published: 11 Sep, 2013

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Rotavirus Vaccine Trial in Jamaica

Issue:

Vol 61, issue 4 (2012) - Special Issue on Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago 50 years Independence

Pages:

405–7

Synopsis:

Rotaviruses have been a significant cause of dehydrating gastroenteritis, contributing to infant morbidity and mortality in Jamaica. We enrolled 1804 Jamaican infants in the international randomized, placebo-controlled, pentavalent (G1, G2, G3, G4 and P1) rotavirus vaccine trial. This pentavalent vaccine was found to significantly reduce rotavirus-attributable emergency room visits and hospitalizations, without increasing the rates of intussusception or other serious adverse events in Jamaican infants.

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e-Published: 21 Aug, 2013

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Eliminating Vertically-transmitted HIV/AIDS while Improving Access to Treatment and Care for Women, Children and Adolescents in Jamaica

Issue:

Vol 61, issue 4 (2012) - Special Issue on Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago 50 years Independence

Pages:

396–404

Synopsis:

Over the past nine years, Jamaica has made excellent strides to eliminate vertically transmitted HIV/AIDS, while reducing the HIV-attributable morbidity and mortality in pregnant women and in HIV-infected children. Continued successful transition of HIV-infected children through adolescence into adulthood will require a strong multidisciplinary team approach.

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Background and Methods: To celebrate Jamaica’s 50th birthday after receiving independence from Great Britain, we summarize our collaborative published research in the prevention, treatment and care of paediatric, perinatal and adolescent HIV/AIDS in Jamaica.

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Children’s Exposure to Violence in Jamaica: Over a Decade of Research and Interventions

Issue:

Vol 61, issue 4 (2012) - Special Issue on Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago 50 years Independence

Pages:

369–71

Synopsis:

This paper presents research findings over the last 15 years out of The University of the West Indies on the nature and prevalence of violence exposure in Jamaican children, related outcomes and associated risk and protective factors. It also highlights psychologically driven interventions that have been implemented to tackle this scourge.

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Jamaica

children

Psychosocial Interventions

outcomes

violence exposure

Journal Authors:

AM Pottinger

e-Published: 21 Aug, 2013

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Renal Manifestations in HIV-infected Jamaican Children

Issue:

Vol 57, Issue 3 (2008) - Special Issue on Paediatric and Perinatal HIV/AIDS in Jamaica

Pages:

246–52

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Jamaica

children

Renal Complications in HIV-infected children

Journal Authors:

Kingston Paediatric and Perinatal HIV/AIDS Study Group

e-Published: 18 Jul, 2013

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Evaluation of Paediatric Patients with Protein Losing Enteropathy: A Single Centre Experience

Issue:

Vol 62, Issue 3: Mar (2013)

DOI:

10.7727/wimj.2012.208

Pages:

186–9

Synopsis:

When proteinuria is not detected in well-appearing children admitted with oedema, protein losing enteropathy must be considered.

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Objective: The aim of the study is to evaluate paediatric patients with protein losing enteropathy (PLE).

Methods: Fourteen cases diagnosed as PLE were evaluated in terms of aetiologies, diagnostic methods, laboratory findings, treatment procedures and long-term prognosis.

Received:

10 Jul, 2012

Accepted:

29 Oct, 2012

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children

hypoproteinaemia

protein losing enteropathy

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Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Children in The Bahamas

Issue:

Vol 61, Issue 7 (2012)

DOI:

Doi:10.7727/wimj.2011.154

Pages:

698–702

Synopsis:

Helicobacter pylori infection is a common chronic infection in children. We report, for the first time, prevalence data for this infection in Bahamian children. H pylori infection was determined using the 13Curea breath test.

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