Practice of tonsillectomy among Egyptian children

This study was carried out on 1000 tonsillectomized children from E N T and pediatric departements- Al-Azhar University Hospitals. Their age ranged from 3to 15 years. They were 570 males and 430 females. The parents of children were interviewed through a previously prepared questionnaire sheets including personal data, social status, level of education, indications for tonsillectomy, frequency of the attacks of tonsillitis and the treatment given. All these children were clinically evaluated

effect of infant feeding upon the type and degree of dehydration

The dietary pattern of 1507 infants [1-26 months] presenting with diarrhea and dehydration was investigated during 1988-1989. Cases were classified into five groups: Exclusive breast-feeding [390], breast-milk with supplements [652], artificial feeding [238], artificial with supplements [142] meaning diet [family diet] [85]. Laboratory data showed that hypernatremic was significantly more in artificially fed infants [24.5 of cases] compared with only 2.4% in breast-fed infants. Also, clinical evaluation of the cases proved that the severe degree of dehydration was more marked in artificially fed infants [12.4% of cases] compared with 2.2% in breast-fed infants. The duration of diarrhea was shorter in breast-fed infants [3-5 days in 81.9% of cases], while 76.1% of artificially fed had duration above 5 days. This observation supported the preventive value of breast milk against the development of hypernatremic dehydration and confirmed its anti-infective property