Category: PAEDIATRIC PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS

PARACETAMOL VERSUS IBUPROFEN FOR TREATING FEVER IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN IN CALABAR: A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL OF EFFECTIVENESS AND SAFETY Abstract Introduction: Fever is a common condition in children up …

PREVALENCE AND CAUSES OF MISSED OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMMUNISATION IN CHILDREN AGED 0 TO 23 MONTHS AT THE FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTRE, UMUAHIA Abstract Missed Opportunity for Immunisation (MOI) occurs when …

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE, ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE AND ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE LEVELS IN NEONATES WITH PERINATAL ASPHYXIA AT WESLEY GUILD HOSPITAL, ILESA, NIGERIA Abstract Perinatal asphyxia is a major cause of neonatal morbidity …

RENAL FUNCTION IMPAIRMENT AS A MANIFESTATION OF SEVERE MALARIA IN CHILDREN AGED 1-5 YEARS SEEN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BENIN TEACHING HOSPITAL (UBTH), BENIN CITY Abstract Children suffer the …

DETERMINATION OF LEAD LEVELS IN MATERNAL AND UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD AT BIRTH AT THE LAGOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL, LAGOS Abstract The harmful effects of varying concentrations of lead on …

PREVALENCE OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN APPARENTLY HEALTHY CHILDREN INFECTED WITH HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS IN BENIN CITY NIGERIA Abstract Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is a pandemic with Sub-Saharan Africa …

EVALUATION OF MBJ20® TRANSCUTANEOUS BILIRUBINOMETER IN THE ASSESSEMENT OF SEVERITY OF NEONATAL JAUNDICE AT THE NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL, NNEWI, ANAMBRA STATE Abstract Neonatal jaundice is one of …

PREVALENCE OF ASTHMA AMONGST PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN AGED SIX TO ELEVEN YEARS IN KANO METROPOLIS Abstract Background –Recent reports had identified a rising prevalence of bronchial asthma, with the …

RENAL FUNCTION TESTS AND ULTRASONOGRAPHIC FINDINGS IN CHILDREN WITH SICKLE CELL ANAEMIA ATTENDING THE HAEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY CLINIC OF AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL, SHIKA Abstract Introduction: Sickle cell anaemia (SCA), …

A STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF SELECTED CHILD AND DONOR-BLOOD CHARACTERISTICS ON LATE POST TRANSFUSION HAEMATOCRIT EQUILIBRATION IN POST NEONATAL CHILDREN IN LAGOS, NIGERIA Abstract Blood transfusion is a …

ESTIMATION OF GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE IN CHILDREN WITH SICKLE CELL ANAEMIA IN STEADY STATE IN UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI TEACHING HOSPITAL (UMTH) Abstract Sickle cell disease is the most prevalent …

THE STATUS OF SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAMME IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN NNEWI NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA -A COMPARATIVE SURVEY Abstract Background: The school health programme (SHP) …

RESTING ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC PATTERN OF TERM NEONATES WITH MODERATE TO SEVERE UNCONJUGATED HYPERBILIRUBINAEMIA SEEN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN TEACHING HOSPITAL, ILORIN Abstract Neonatal jaundice (NNJ) is highly prevalent in …

THE ROLE OF C-REACTIVE PROTEIN AND LEUKOCYTE COUNT IN EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF NEONATAL SEPSIS IN ILE-IFE Abstract Infections remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the neonatal …

A CASE-CONTROL STUDY OF THE PREVALENCE OF HYPOZINCAEMIA AMONG UNDER-FIVE CHILDREN WITH ACUTE DIARRHOEA IN ILESA, NIGERIA Abstract Diarrhoea is still a significant contributor to childhood morbidity and mortality …

ESTIMATED GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE IN CHILDREN WITH HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) / ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS) SEEN AT THE NATIONAL HOSPITAL, ABUJA Abstract Background: HIV infection has been associated …

SPECTRUM OF DERMATOPHYTOSIS IN HIV INFECTED CHILDREN IN NATIONAL HOSPITAL, ABUJA, NIGERIA Abstract Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection reduces the body’s capability for immune response therefore predisposing the individual …