{"title":"Determination of surgical intervention in pre-term infants with necrotizing enterocolitis","authors":"Gerardo Fernández-Ortega, G. C. Morón-García","doi":"10.24875/bmhim.23000103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/bmhim.23000103","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9103,"journal":{"name":"Boletín médico del Hospital Infantil de México","volume":"141 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138953209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Melissa Gastelum-Bernal, Gerardo Félix-Ramos, Luis R. Cadena-Mejía, Isaac A. Gómez-Jiménez, Mauricio Frías-Mendivil
{"title":"Usefulness of lung ultrasound in the evaluation of children with lower respiratory tract infection in the emergency room","authors":"Melissa Gastelum-Bernal, Gerardo Félix-Ramos, Luis R. Cadena-Mejía, Isaac A. Gómez-Jiménez, Mauricio Frías-Mendivil","doi":"10.24875/bmhim.23000073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/bmhim.23000073","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9103,"journal":{"name":"Boletín médico del Hospital Infantil de México","volume":"55 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138948643","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Francisco Cammarata-Scalisi, Elanur Yilmaz, Michele Callea, Andrea Avendaño, Ercan Mihçi, Ozgul M. Alper
{"title":"Clinical and genetic findings of two cases with Apert syndrome","authors":"Francisco Cammarata-Scalisi, Elanur Yilmaz, Michele Callea, Andrea Avendaño, Ercan Mihçi, Ozgul M. Alper","doi":"10.24875/bmhime.m19000052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/bmhime.m19000052","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9103,"journal":{"name":"Boletín médico del Hospital Infantil de México","volume":"9 7","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135874934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Javier Gutiérrez-Jiménez, Lorena M. Luna-Cázares, Liliana Martínez-de la Cruz, José A. De Aquino-López, David Sandoval-Gómez, Alejandra T. León-Ortiz, Juan A. Hernández-Shilón, Luis A. Constantino-Jonapa, Wilfredo A. Matamoros, Jorge E. Vidal
{"title":"Children from a rural region in The Chiapas Highlands, Mexico, show an increased risk of stunting and intestinal parasitoses when compared with urban children","authors":"Javier Gutiérrez-Jiménez, Lorena M. Luna-Cázares, Liliana Martínez-de la Cruz, José A. De Aquino-López, David Sandoval-Gómez, Alejandra T. León-Ortiz, Juan A. Hernández-Shilón, Luis A. Constantino-Jonapa, Wilfredo A. Matamoros, Jorge E. Vidal","doi":"10.24875/bmhime.m19000051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/bmhime.m19000051","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9103,"journal":{"name":"Boletín médico del Hospital Infantil de México","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135875131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Susana Quiñones-Vázquez, María del Rosario Liriano-Ricabal, Sergio Santana-Porbén, José Reinaldo Salabarría-González
{"title":"Calcium-creatinine ratio in a morning urine sample for the estimation of hypercalciuria associated with non-glomerular hematuria observed in children and adolescents","authors":"Susana Quiñones-Vázquez, María del Rosario Liriano-Ricabal, Sergio Santana-Porbén, José Reinaldo Salabarría-González","doi":"10.24875/bmhime.m18000023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/bmhime.m18000023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9103,"journal":{"name":"Boletín médico del Hospital Infantil de México","volume":"8 8","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135874937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Erika Damasco-Ávila, Liliana Velasco-Hidalgo, Marta Zapata-Tarrés, Rocío Cárdenas-Cardos, Roberto Rivera-Luna
{"title":"Feeding difficulties and eating disorders in pediatric patients with cancer","authors":"Erika Damasco-Ávila, Liliana Velasco-Hidalgo, Marta Zapata-Tarrés, Rocío Cárdenas-Cardos, Roberto Rivera-Luna","doi":"10.24875/bmhime.m19000065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/bmhime.m19000065","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9103,"journal":{"name":"Boletín médico del Hospital Infantil de México","volume":"8 10","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135874936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Damián-Blanco, Selene Ahuexoteco-Sánchez, Adrián A. Carbajal-Gallardo, Fredi C. Coctecon-Chávelas, C. Rodríguez-Nava, A. Vences-Velázquez, Yolanda Medina-Flores, O. Mata-Ruíz, Lourdes Lloret-Sánchez, K. Cortés-Sarabia
{"title":"Use of monoclonal antibodies in cancer immunotherapy: types and mechanisms of action.","authors":"P. Damián-Blanco, Selene Ahuexoteco-Sánchez, Adrián A. Carbajal-Gallardo, Fredi C. Coctecon-Chávelas, C. Rodríguez-Nava, A. Vences-Velázquez, Yolanda Medina-Flores, O. Mata-Ruíz, Lourdes Lloret-Sánchez, K. Cortés-Sarabia","doi":"10.24875/bmhim.22000123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/bmhim.22000123","url":null,"abstract":"Immunotherapy is one of the most innovative treatments in the current field of oncology and consists of stimulating the immune system to eliminate tumoral cells. Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are glycoproteins secreted by B-cells capable of recognizing and neutralizing foreign organisms or antigens. Structurally, they are composed of two heavy and two light chains. The generation of therapeutic mAbs is one of the most developed and fastest-growing areas of the biotechnological and pharmaceutical industries and is an important adjunct to cancer therapy. Several antibodies have been approved for human administration and can be mouse-derived, chimeric, humanized, or fully human. mAbs main mechanism of action includes the lysis of the tumoral cells through inducing apoptosis, phagocytosis, complement activation, or signaling inhibition.","PeriodicalId":9103,"journal":{"name":"Boletín médico del Hospital Infantil de México","volume":"7 1","pages":"153-164"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84290056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mariana Goitia-Cárdenas, Coztli O Azotla-Vilchis, América L Miranda-Lora
{"title":"Robinow syndrome and its response to growth hormone treatment: a case report and review of the literature.","authors":"Mariana Goitia-Cárdenas, Coztli O Azotla-Vilchis, América L Miranda-Lora","doi":"10.24875/BMHIM.22000101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/BMHIM.22000101","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Robinow syndrome is a rare disease with short stature, characteristic phenotypical abnormalities, and intellectual integrity in most cases.</p><p><strong>Case report: </strong>We present the case of a 13-year and one-month-old male who came for medical consultation at 3 years of age due to short stature. Additionally, the patient showed craniofacial dysmorphia, congenital heart disease, and growth hormone deficiency. As per family history, the mother presented the same phenotype. The genetic study identified an unreported variant of the WNT5A gene.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The patient initiated growth hormone treatment at a dose of 0.7 U/kg/week at 4 years of age with favorable results, increasing his height from the < 1<sup>st</sup> percentile to the 44<sup>th</sup> percentile.</p>","PeriodicalId":9103,"journal":{"name":"Boletín médico del Hospital Infantil de México","volume":"80 Supl 1","pages":"040-046"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9921646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Disseminated mucormycosis in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a case report and autopsy findings.","authors":"Javier A Teco-Cortés, Myrna D Arrecillas-Zamora","doi":"10.24875/BMHIM.22000050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/BMHIM.22000050","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Mucormycosis is a rare infection caused by ubiquitous fungi of the Mucorales order that mainly affects immunocompromised patients. These fungi have an important tropism for blood vessels that allows them to spread rapidly and cause thromboembolic events.</p><p><strong>Case report: </strong>We present a case of an 8-year-old male patient diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia treated with chemotherapy. He presented icteric syndrome, hepato-splenomegaly, and data of intestinal obstruction. Although he underwent intestinal resection, he did not improve and died. The autopsy identified disseminated mucormycosis involving the brain, lungs, esophagus, small intestine, colon, and pancreas.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Hematological neoplastic diseases and their treatment are important risk factors for developing infections by opportunistic microorganisms such as mucormycosis. Early diagnosis and adequate treatment are essential due to their intrinsic difficulty and the high mortality rate of these cases.</p>","PeriodicalId":9103,"journal":{"name":"Boletín médico del Hospital Infantil de México","volume":"80 Supl 1","pages":"001-006"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10248787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}