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Relation between Behavioral Factors, Malnutrition and Persistent Diarrhea in Children Under Two Years of Age. A Hospital Study

Background A high prevalence of Behaviors which is related to persistent diarrhea and the prevalence of moderate to sever malnutrition in patients with persistent diarrhea in children.
Objectives To asses the prevalence of negative behaviors that causes the persistent diarrhea and to asses the prevalence of malnutrition among children with persistent diarrhea and to
compare prevalence of malnutrition due to persistent diarrhea to that of national figures.
Patients and Methods This study was carried out at the Central Teaching Hospital for Children in Baghdad, a total number of 200 cases of persistent diarrhea (lasting more than 14
days)"with no more than 48 hour normal bowel motions in this period" in children less than 2 years of age. The period of the study was one year from the 1st of January 1999 to the thirty-one of December 1999. Information was taken from patient's companions usually the mothers and the patients were selected at Inpatient, out patient and Emergency departments in a randomized way.
Results. The study showed that the most common age group of persistent diarrhea was the 2nd half of the first year constituting (47%) (94/200) of patients with persistent diarrhea. Patients whose mothers were illiterate constituted a high proportion (48%) (96/200). Patients on bottle or mixed feeding constituted (77%) (144/200). A high prevalence of some behaviors which is related to persistent diarrhea was noticed like allowing the children to pick up food spilled on the floor and eat it (65%) (130/200), stopping or altering feeding during episodes of diarrhea (78%) (156/200), mothers neglecting washing hands or their babies hands before feeding their children (74%) (148/200) and (66%) (132/200) respectively, failure to introduce solid food in 1st year of life (72.3%) (94/ 130) and failure to eat adult type of food in 2nd year of life (65.7%) (46/ 70). The prevalence of moderate to sever malnutrition at the three age groups was significantly higher in children with persistent diarrhea in present study compared to general population figures reported by polio immunization national day (PIND) survey at 1999 in Iraq, marasmus was significantly more common in 2nd half of the 1st year of life and the prevalence of kwashiorkor was significantly higher (15.8%) (11/70) among the older age group (2nd year of life)
Conclusion. The most common age group who developed persistent diarrhea was the second half of the first year of life. The negative behaviors of the mothers had a significant effect on the occurrence of persistent diarrhea in children and the development of malnutrition diseases like marsmus and kwashiorkor

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Thu Jul 01 2021
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Journal Of Physical Education
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Sun Oct 02 2005
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Journal Of The Faculty Of Medicine Baghdad
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Thu Jan 02 2014
Journal Name
Journal Of The Faculty Of Medicine Baghdad
Single-layer seromuscular Continuous Versus Two-Layers Intestinal Anastomosis Of Small bowel in Baghdad Teaching Hospital (A prospective Study)

Background: Anastomosis may be done with the help of stapling devices, by using double layered suturing technique or by a single layer technique.
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A prospective study conducted in Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Iraq.  A total of sixty- four patients were included in this study. They were divided into two groups; group A, 28 patients, single layer seromuscular continuous anastomosis was done and group B, 36 patients underwent conventional double layered anastomosis.Objective: The aim of the study is to prove that a single layer continuous technique can be constructed in a significantly less time with similar rate of complications compared with two layers technique

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Tue Sep 01 2020
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Baghdad Science Journal
Molecular Characterization of Plasmid-Mediated Non-O157 Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli Isolated from Infants and Children with Diarrhea

A significant increase in the incidence of non-O157 verotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) infections have become a serious health issues, and this situation is worsening due to the dissemination of plasmid mediated multidrug-resistant microorganisms worldwide. This study aims to investigate the presence of plasmid-mediated verotoxin gene in non-O157 E. coli. Standard microbiological techniques identified a total of 137 E. coli isolates. The plasmid was detected by Perfectprep Plasmid Mini preparation kit. These isolates were subjected to disk diffusion assay, and plasmid curing with ethidium bromide treatment. The plasmid containing isolates were subjected to a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for investigating

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Factors Affecting Maintenance Practises in Iraq’s Hospital Buildings

A lack of adequate building maintenance is a significant obstacle faced by governmental hospitals. This paper evaluates factors that negatively impact building-maintenance practices in Iraq. A literature review was conducted to identify factors affecting maintenance. A list of 42 factors affecting hospital-buildings was collected from previous studies and tested using a structured questionnaire distributed to hospital-maintenance experts. During the data analysis, 76 valid questionnaires were used. Based on the respondents’ ratings, the relative-importance index (RII) was used to determine the level of importance of each factor. From the results, it was concluded that twelve factors affect maintenance practices in hospital buildin

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The Transition Tectonic Zone Between the Two Parts of the Platform in Iraq: A Review Study

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Synergistic effect of biosynthesized silver nanoparticles with antibiotics against multi-drug resistance bacteria isolated from children with diarrhoea under five years

Isolation and identification of bacterial isolates were carried out according to the morphology and biochemical characteristics on one hundred and twenty stool specimens collected from children under five years old via using biochemical tests and Api 20E compact system for further confirmation. Bacterial isolates were distributed as (34.48, 20.68, 5.17,0.86) % for Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhi ,Enterobacter aerogenos, Citrobacter freundii and Hafnia alvei respectively and 9.48 % for each Proteus mirabilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella Pneumonia. As well as, 2.58% for both Shigella sonnei and Serratia marcescens. Antibiotic susceptibility test for 116 bacterial isolates was performed towards 20 antibiotics types using disk d

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Publication Date
Sun Apr 01 2012
Journal Name
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Prevalence of Celiac Disease in type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in children and adolescents attending Children Welfare Teaching Hospital

Background: The association of celiac disease and type 1 diabetes mellitus is known worldwide due to shared auto immunological background, since celiac disease could present in diabetic patients with non specific symptoms or asymptomatically, periodic serological screening is necessary for early diagnosis.
Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of celiac disease in children with type 1 diabetes.
Patients and methods: A total of 152 children with type 1 diabetes attending the Children Welfare Teaching Hospital; 67 boys, 85 girls with mean age of 10.3 year± 3.7 and mean duration of diabetes 3.5years ±2.5, from May 2010 -May 2011 were screened for celiac disease using immunoglobulin A and G tissue trans

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Wed Jan 02 2013
Journal Name
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Rotavirus infection as a cause watery diarrhea

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Background: Rotavirus infection is the most commoncause of watery viral diarrhea in children younger than 5 years of age; it is a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality.
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Publication Date
Fri Jun 15 2018
Journal Name
Journal Of Baghdad College Of Dentistry