International Child Development Steering Group stated that inadequate cognitive stimulation and IDD were two of four risk factors of child developmental failure in developing countries. There were no research found on the impact of cognitive stimulation combined with iodine intervention on child development status. The aim of this study is measuring the effect of parenting based cognitive s…
Postnatal growth restnction in low birth weight infants is associated with long term adverse neuro-developmental sequel. Meanwhile, infants with excessive weight gain in early weeks of life have a greater likelihood of later obesity, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. Identifying factors associated with acceptable growth rate in low birth weight infants is important to prevent this potential…
Accurate gastational age assessment is important in newborn examination to determine furher management. One of methods to estimate newborn gastation is New Ballard Score (NBS). With limited number of prediatrician especiallyin remote areas, it is expected trained paramedic will be able to perform NBS examination property. The aim of the study was to asses whenther there is agreement between ped…
Background: The common treatment to reduce fever is administration of paracetamol orally, However, oral acute is sometimes not possible due to some problems, such as vomiting, irritability, unconsciousness, and convulsion and therefore, paracetamol in febrile children. Methods: This study wa a parallel randomized, double-blind, controlled trial, comparing the effectiveness of rectal paracetamo…