{"title":"Diagnostic Dilemma Between Autoimmune Encephalitis and SSPE: Case Report of Two Pediatric Patients - Authors' Reply.","authors":"Shikha Jain, Arya James, Akash Bang","doi":"10.1007/s12098-025-05714-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12098-025-05714-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13320,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"1140"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144845776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Navigating Genetic Testing for India.","authors":"Shubha R Phadke","doi":"10.1007/s12098-025-05722-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-025-05722-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13320,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145199166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K C Sudeep, Suresh Kumar Angurana, Karthi Nallasamy, Arun Bansal, Muralidharan Jayashree
{"title":"High Flow Nasal Cannula Versus Conventional Oxygen Therapy and Incidence of Post-Extubation Airway Obstruction in PICU: An Open-Label Randomized Controlled Trial (HiFloCOT-PICU Trial).","authors":"K C Sudeep, Suresh Kumar Angurana, Karthi Nallasamy, Arun Bansal, Muralidharan Jayashree","doi":"10.1007/s12098-024-05228-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12098-024-05228-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To study the impact of high flow nasal cannula (HFNC) vs. conventional oxygen therapy (COT) (by simple nasal cannula) as respiratory support after extubation on the rates of post-extubation airway obstruction (PEAO) among mechanically ventilated critically ill children.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This open-label randomized controlled trial was conducted in pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) of a tertiary care teaching hospital in North India over a period of 7 mo (11 August 2021 to 10 March 2022). Children aged 3 mo to 12 y who required invasive mechanical ventilation for > 72 h and had passed spontaneous breathing trial (ready for extubation) were enrolled and randomized by computer generated block randomization to receive HFNC or COT after extubation. Primary outcome was rate of PEAO (assessed by modified Westley croup score, mWCS) within 48 h of extubation; and secondary outcomes were rate and number of adrenaline nebulization, treatment failure (requiring escalation of respiratory support), extubation failure, adverse events, and length of PICU stay in two groups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>During the study period, 116 children were enrolled (58 each in HFNC and COT groups). There was no difference in rate of PEAO (55% vs. 51.7%, respectively), need of adrenaline nebulization, extubation failure, adverse events, and duration of PICU stay in two groups. However, the HFNC group had significantly lower rates of treatment failure (27.6% vs. 48.3%, p = 0.02).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The rate of PEAO was similar in HFNC and COT groups. However, HFNC group had significantly lower rate of treatment failure requiring escalation of respiratory support.</p>","PeriodicalId":13320,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"1062-1068"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141889066","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of Tele-Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) Clinics on the Respiratory Outcomes of Newborns: Correspondence 2.","authors":"Qianran Hong, Yibo He, Shengliang Qiu","doi":"10.1007/s12098-025-05659-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12098-025-05659-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13320,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"1143"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144591157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sonu Antony, Vimlesh Kumari, Shruti Patil, Rajwanti K Vaswani, Jane J E David
{"title":"Secondary IgA Vasculitis (sIgAV) Associated with Wilson's Disease.","authors":"Sonu Antony, Vimlesh Kumari, Shruti Patil, Rajwanti K Vaswani, Jane J E David","doi":"10.1007/s12098-025-05676-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12098-025-05676-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13320,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"1126"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144649403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Need for Repeat-Hospitalization in Very Low Birth Weight or Very Preterm Infants: A Prospective Cohort Study - Correspondence.","authors":"Zhen Guo, Jinlin Liu","doi":"10.1007/s12098-025-05710-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12098-025-05710-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13320,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"1137"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144794321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Open versus Closed Suctioning Among Mechanically Ventilated Pediatric Patients: A Randomised Control Trial - Correspondence-1.","authors":"Heng Zhang, Hang Fu, Wei Zhou, Guiju Zhang","doi":"10.1007/s12098-025-05729-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12098-025-05729-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13320,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"1147-1148"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144872960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Open versus Closed Suctioning Among Mechanically Ventilated Pediatric Patients: A Randomised Control Trial - Authors' Reply-1.","authors":"Manaswinee Sahoo, Subhranshu Sekhar Dhal","doi":"10.1007/s12098-025-05730-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12098-025-05730-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13320,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"1149"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144952320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}