Abstract
The Journal is the primary organ of Continuing Paediatric Medical Education in Sri Lanka. The journal also has a website. Free full text access is available for all readers.The Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health is now indexed in SciVerse Scopus (Source Record ID 19900193609), Index Medicus for South-East Asia Region (IMSEAR), CABI (Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International Global Health Database), DOAJ and is available in Google, as well as Google Scholar.The policies of the journal are modelled on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Guidelines on Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health is recognised by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) as a publication following the ICMJE Recommendations.
Highlights
In developing countries, rheumatic heart disease (RHD) affects 19 per 100.000 children
A cross-sectional study was conducted on children diagnosed with RHD who came to the paediatric cardiology outpatient clinic of Dr Soetomo General Hospital from June 2014 to June 2015
Major clinical manifestations were carditis (86%), polyarthritis migrans (10%) and chorea (2%)
Summary
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) affects 19 per 100.000 children. Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is an important sequela of acute rheumatic fever (ARF)[1]. Around 40% of children with ARF can develop pancarditis[2]. In developing countries RHD affects 19 per 100.000 children[1,3,4]. All children with a past history of acute RF or murmurs suggestive of valve disease require echocardiography. Serial echocardiography is crucial in diagnosis and follow-up of RHD and in timing of any required surgery[6]. There are few systematically collected data on children with RHD in developing countries
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