Abstract Background: Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of permanent disorders of movement and posture resulting from a non-progressive lesion to an immature brain. Objective: is to identify the prevalent subtypes, associated co-morbidity and risk factors of CP among children less than 12 years in Sohag, Egypt. Method: a case control study was conducted where 122 cases of CP attending ... إقراء المزيد

Abstract Background: Continually rising prevalence of obesity and overweight in children and adolescents is a major public health concern. This is due to its various and serious health hazards on one side and its preventable nature on the other side. This study aims at identification of prevalence of overweight and obesity and its risk factors among children between 6 - ... إقراء المزيد

Abstract: Background: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality among patients on chronic hemodialysis (HD). 30% of the deaths in these patients are due to cardiac arrest, death of unknown cause or cardiac arrhythmia. The increasing time of ventricular depolarization and repolarization, measured by QT interval duration on the electrocardiogram (ECG) at rest, has emerged as a predictor of ... إقراء المزيد

ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION Cardiomyopathy (CMP) is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a disease of the myocardium associated with cardiac dysfunction. An understanding of CMP is very important, as it is a common cause of heart failure in children, and the most common indication for heart transplantation in children older than one year, but data on CMP in Egypt ... إقراء المزيد