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The brain atrophy commonly occurs in elderly and in some childhood conditions making the techniques for quantifying brain volume needful. Since the automated quantitative methods of brain volume assessment have limited availability in developing countries, it was the purpose of this study to design and test an alternative formula that is applicable to all healthcare levels.

The multi-linear diagonal brain fraction formula (DBF) was designed from dimensions of brain relative to skull and ventricles. To test a developed formula, a total of 347 subjects aged between 0 and 18 years who had brain CT scans performed recruited and subjected to a systematic measurement of their brains in a diagonal brain fashion.

Out of 347 patients evaluated, 62 subjects (17.8 %) were found to be cases of brain atrophy. The three radiological measurements which included sulcal width (SW), ventricular width (VW) and Evans Index (EI) were concurrently performed. SW and VW showed good age correlation. Similar tests were extended to diagonal brain fraction (DBF) and skull vertical horizontal ratio (VHR) in which DBF showed significant age correlation.

The DBF formula shows significant ability of differentiating changes of brain volume suggesting that it can be utilized as an alternative brain fraction quantification method bearing technical simplicity in assessing gross brain volume.

The designed formula is unique in that it captures even the possible asymmetrical volume loss of brain through diagonal lines. The proposed scores being in term of ratios give four grades of brain atrophy.

The designed formula is unique in that it captures even the possible asymmetrical volume loss of brain through diagonal lines. The proposed scores being in term of ratios give four grades of brain atrophy.

Neural tube defects are a major public health problem and substantially contribute to morbidity and mortality, particularly in low-income countries, including Ethiopia. There are a paucity of data on the magnitude and associated factors of neural tube defects in Ethiopia, particularly in the study setting.

This study aimed to assess the magnitude of neural tube defects and associated factors among neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit in Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital, Harar, Ethiopia.

A hospital-based cross-sectional study was employed from October 2019 to January 2020. A total of 420 newborn-mother pairs were included consecutively. Data were collected using a face-to-face interviewer-administered questionnaire and clinical examination. Data were entered into Epi Data version 3.1 and analyzed using the statistical package for Social Sciences version 20.0 software. An adjusted odds ratio (AOR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) was used to identify the associated factors. A

, the burden of neural tube defects was 5.71% among neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit, which was a public health concern. Increased attention to the monitoring of neural tube defects in eastern Ethiopia is crucial to improve birth outcomes in the study setting.Objective. The Japan Obstetric Compensation System for Cerebral Palsy (JOCSC) was launched in January 2009 as the first nationwide nofault compensation system. The aim of the study was to clarify the present status of functioning of the JOCSC in pediatric and obstetric departments at a general hospital. Method. Children eligible for compensation are as follows (1) Gestational week at 32 weeks or later and birth weight of 1400 g or more, or 28 weeks or later with apparent asphyxia at birth. (2) Severe cerebral palsy related to hypoxia at delivery, not caused by congenital reasons or factors during the neonatal period. Results. Applications for the JOCSC were submitted for 11 cases (5 cases born at our hospital and 6 cases born at other childbirth facilities). Eight cases (4 cases born at our hospital and 4 cases born at other childbirth facilities) were authorized for the JOCSC. Remaining 3 cases were judged as not being eligible because of 2 cases with congenital reasons for the condition and 1 case with the judgement as mild cerebral palsy. Conclusion. Ten years have elapsed since the establishment of the JOCSC. Improved awareness of the medical staff and caregivers of children with cerebral palsy about the JOCSC should be promoted.Midodrine is widely used for orthostatic intolerance (OI); however, little is known about the prognostic factors of OI after midodrine treatment. We retrospectively reviewed electronic medical charts to investigate clinical prognostic factors of OI on 159 OI patients aged 7 to 18 years who were treated with midodrine at a children's hospital. Logistic regression was conducted to clarify predictors for improving symptoms at the first month of the treatment. Patients with orthostatic uncomfortable feeling or fainting were significantly more likely to improve symptoms at the first month of the treatment (odds ratio [OR], 3.48; 95% confidence interval [95%CI], 1.36-8.89), but patients with underweight were significantly less likely to improve symptoms (OR, 0.19; 95%CI, 0.06-0.56). Our results suggest that predictive factors for OI by midodrine treatments are orthostatic symptoms and underweight in pediatric patients. These findings are useful to develop further studies for OI treatments.This study compared the prevalence of chronic pediatric health conditions for youth in public housing with youth not in public housing using clinical electronic health record (EHR) and housing data. Youth (ages 2-17 years) in a large urban health system were identified and categorized into two housing types-public housing (n = 10 770) and not in public housing (n = 84 883) by age (young childhood, middle childhood, young adolescence). The prevalence of some pediatric conditions was higher in public housing but varied by age. Tanespimycin HSP (HSP90) inhibitor Disparities in health conditions among youth in public housing were more common in early adolescence asthma (26.4 vs 18.6; P less then .001); obesity (28.5 vs 24.6; P less then .001); depression/anxiety (19.2 vs 17.3; P = .008); behavioral disorders (8.1 vs 5.3; P less then .001). These results show that chronic pediatric conditions like asthma and obesity that lead to significant morbidity into adulthood are more common among youth living in public housing. However, this pattern is not consistent across all chronic conditions.