Archana M VManipal Academy of Higher Education | MAHE · Pediatric Hematology and oncology
Archana M V
Bachelor of Medicine
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BACKGROUND
Delayed referral remains leads to worse outcomes for children with cancer in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), especially for patients with brain tumors. Delay in treatment could be due to the ignorance from the families to seek health care advice or lack of awareness of primary care physician.
METHODS
A retrospective study was c...
Bacille Calmette–Guérin (BCG) is a live-attenuated vaccine routinely administered to newborns to prevent severe forms of tuberculosis (TB) in TB-endemic countries. Disseminated BCG vaccine disease is a classic feature of children with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or primary immunodeficiency disorders (PIDs) and is associated with high mortali...
Introduction L-asparaginase is an essential chemotherapeutic agent in the therapy of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), which has led to improvement in survival. In low- and middle-income countries like India, the outcomes in ALL are inferior compared with the published literature, one of the causes of which is believed to be due to the inferior q...
Introduction: L‑Asparaginase is an essential chemotherapeutic agent in the therapy of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), which has led to improvement in survival. In low and middle-income countries like India, the outcomes in ALL are inferior compared to the published literature, one of the cause of which are believed to be due to the inferior qua...
Introduction
Hemoglobinopathies are inherited disorders of red blood cells that poses significant cause of morbidity and mortality, impose a heavy burden on family. The study aims to assess the awareness of Thalassemia, and its willingness to screen among young women from Udupi district.
Methods
A descriptive cross-sectional survey design was empl...
Palatal involvement in mucormycosisis mostly secondary to rhino-orbito-cerebraldisease, but rarely can be a primary disease of the oral mucosa.This report presents two rare cases of the isolated palatal mucormycosis in neutropenic children and highlights some of the peculiar features of the primary palatal disease and management-related issues in c...
Objectives
Early integrated palliative care has shown to improve the quality of life in patients with cancer. During the past decade, pediatric palliative care has become an established area of medical expertise, however due to scant information available regarding the triggers for referral and referral practice very few children receive a formal p...
Introduction
Renal infiltration by leukemia causing massive bilateral nephromegaly is an extremely rare presentation of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia(T-ALL).
Case report
18-month-old female toddler presented with fever and progressive abdominal distension of 4-6 weeks duration. Imaging revealed bilateral massively enlarged kidneys with norma...
BACKGROUND: Outcomes in childhood cancer has dramatically improved in the West due
to intensification of chemotherapy along with improved supportive care,
however in LMIC like ours, deaths in remission secondary to MDR sepsis and
viral infections is alarming and has drastically reduced cure rates. Very few
IV antibiotics have been FDA approved late...
Background and Aims: Outcomes in childhood cancer has dramatically
improved in the west due to intensification of chemotherapy
and improved supportive care. In LMIC like India, infections related
deaths brings down the overall childhood cancer outcome. Also, there
is an alarming rise in MDR infections among pediatric cancer patients
in India and th...
Primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs) are a rare and heterogeneous group of inherited genetic disorders that are characterized by an absent or impaired immune system. In this report, we describe the use of next-generation sequencing to investigate a male infant with clinical and immunological manifestations suggestive of a PID. Whole-exome sequencing o...