Editorial Team. BLKPP – Page 14 – CENTRE FOR CHILD HEALTH, BLKMAX SUPER SPECIALITY HOSPITAL

Immunological Disorders…

Periodic Fever Aphthous Stomatitis Pharyngitis Adenitis Syndrome PFAPA Part 2

4 Jun 202031 May 2020

Continued from previous post…(Clinical Symptoms & Diagnosis click to read) WHEN IT IS NOT PFAPA Patients should be evaluated for the following features since the presence of any of them…

Immunological Disorders…

Periodic Fever Aphthous Stomatitis Pharyngitis Adenitis – PFAPA Syndrome: Part 1

31 May 202031 May 2020

PFAPA is a common autoinflammatory syndrome in childhood. The onset is usually before 5 years of age and attacks typically cease by 10 years of age in most patients, though a minority…

VACCINATIONS…

Vaccination in immunocompromised children: Part 2

28 May 202022 May 2020

There may be certain situations where even immunocompromised need to be given vaccines, even if a suboptimal immune response is expected… Mammalian bites & Rabies Thorough wound management and antisepsis…

VACCINATIONS…

Vaccination in immunocompromised children: Part 1

24 May 202024 May 2020

IAP has guidelines for vaccination of children in situations, where a child is considered to be immunocompromised and an appropriate immune response to a vaccine is not mounted. These scenarios…

IAP VACCINE GUIDELINES…

IAP VACCINE GUIDELINES BOOKLET 2018-2019 with corrections

20 May 202020 May 2020

CLICK the LINK to Download the booklet released with corrections in May 2020. List of corrections is added in the END of booklet

Breastfeeding…

NRP Guidelines during the COVID-19 Pandemic

17 May 202016 May 2020

Resuscitation of neonate preferably to be done in a physically separate room adjacent to delivery room. However, If not feasible due to logistic issues then resuscitation trolley should be physically…

INFECTIOUS DISEASES…

Understanding the Laboratory Testing for novel Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19)

16 Apr 202024 Nov 2020

The purpose of this write up is to clarify certain aspects of laboratory testing for Corona Virus. There are two basic methodologies applied to test for the novel Corona virus…

INFECTIOUS DISEASES…

Donning & Doffing of Personal Protective Equipment(PPE)

https://youtu.be/Vanmj0MsKN0 Donning & Doffing of Personal Protective Equipment- PPE, A very informative Demo Video by efforts from Infectious Diseases Team of AIIMS, Delhi. Many of us who are in a…

INFECTIOUS DISEASES…

Laboratory testing of Novel Corona Virus (SARS-CoV-2)

8 Mar 20203 Mar 2020

Testing for Novel Corona virus (SARS-CoV-2) is done by detection Viral RNA detection by PCR Techniques Existing Multiplex PCR kits with respiratory virus panels, such as those manufactured by Biofire…

INFECTIOUS DISEASES…

Preventive measures for COVID-19

5 Mar 20203 Mar 2020

Information for Public The best way to prevent infection is to avoid being exposed to this virus and to prevent spread of virus in community from the infected person. Following…