Volume 2 Issue 2

Research

Pneumococcal Infections Pre and Post Vaccine Era in the Extreme Age in Macau

Pun Weng Hong1*, Lee Yan2 , Ieong Kin Mui 2 , Lo Iek Long 1 and Jorge Sales Marques2

To analyze the effect to the inpatient with pneumococcal infection, especially extreme young and old (mainly age <10 and age >65), after introduced the pneumococcal vaccine since September 2009 in Macau. PDF

Case Report

Hypomelanosis of Ito: a cutaneous disease with multisystem involvement

Jacinta Fonseca1*, Karina Oliveira1 and Ana Luísa Leite

Disorders of hypopigmentation are frequent in a paediatric consultation. Selected diseases have signature skin findings which can identify a multysistemic disorder. PDF

Research

Knowledge about the Dental Care in Children in the Community

K.C. Yee1 and Kishore Kumar1*

To determine the level of knowledge of parents, both health care professionals and non-health care professionals, about the dental care of children. PDF

Case Report

DRESS Syndrome Secondary to Amoxicillin and Clavulanic Acid - A Pediatric Case Report

Noemia Rosado da Silva1 , Rita Aguiar2 , Laura Azurara3 , Rudi Fernandes4 , Anabela Lopes2 and Ana Margarida Neves5

This scientific article aims to describe the case of a 31-month-old child with DRESS syndrome. Given the rarity of this disease in the pediatric population, almost always associated with significant morbidity and mortality, we intend to draw attention to the early recognition and treatment of DRESS, which PDF

Research

Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES): Experience in the National Institute of Pediatrics

Darmendra Singh Urias1*, Samuel Zaltzman1 , Gilberto Gómez Garza1 and Chiharu Murata1

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is characterized by neurological disorders such as headache, nausea, vomiting, visual disturbances, altered consciousness, paresthesia or seizures. The diagnosis is clinical and radiological because a predominantly symmetric vasogenic edema PDF