
Vasopressin, a synthesized peptide hormone, is emerging as a potentially major advancement in the management of critically ill children. If future and ongoing clinical trials support its efficacy and safety in the pediatric population, vasopressin could be used as rescue therapy in children with refractory shock and cardiac arrest, with…
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Visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) diagnosis and treatment in India
Visceral leishmaniasis, or kala-azar (KA), is a tropical disease spread by the bite of a sand fly that carries the parasite Leishmania donovani. Kala-azar is endemic in India where the incidence of new cases is about 147,000–283,000 annually. Treatment duration is long and available drugs are toxic, requiring monitoring and…
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