introduction: the future of any nation depends on how its children's care, according to their likely future health needs of the adult population model for healthy living and wealth has increased. one of the most pressing health diet. this study is done to aimed investigate the factors influencing malnutrition in children in the past for weight loss and weight gain can be seen today.   meth...

functional gastrointestinal disorders (fgids) are a common problem in children. these disorders in children are classified into the following categories according to the rome iii classification: functional dyspepsia, irritable bowel syndrome (ibs), abdominal migraines, childhood functional abdominal pain (fap), childhood functional abdominal pain syndrome and functional constipation. fgids are ...

introduction: present children are the investments of community in the future. preparing children health which leads to the stability of community health, provided to accurate implementation of educational and health programs in the community and especially in mothers. so it is necessary to determine the relationship between parents' literacy with growth rate in children.   materials and m...

introduction: breastfeeding is an important principle in pediatric health. it decreases their mortality and protect them fromm diseases in the first 6-month of life. this study aimed to determined maternal knowledge and practice in mashhad city about breast-feeding in first 6 -month of infant's life.   materials and methods: this analytic study was conducted on 105 mothers who had a child ...

introduction in this study, we examined the effects of the antibiotics levofloxacin on the liver as well as its devastating effects which are ensued from its over-prescription. levofloxacin serves as one of the antibiotics of genitourinary system and inferior respiratory system. since liver is the foremost organ that receives all the materials absorbed by intestine through the portal vein, and ...

introduction: infective endocarditis is a rare, fatal ,with high morbidity in children, since infective endocarditis in children was not assessed in our conditions so our study was attempted.   material and methods: this cross-sectional  study  include 19 patients less than 18 years old  with endocarditis   were hospitalized in the department of pediatric cardiology( university of mashhad medic...

introduction: esophagus injuries secondary to caustic ingestion occurs frequently in children. oral damages cannot give us a clear image of what has happened in upper gi. therefore endoscopy is only diagnostic way to evaluate upper gi injuries. in this study, we found out the endoscopic results in children admitted with caustic ingestion in qaem(a. s.) hospital between 2011 to 2013 , and compar...

h. pylori infection is usually acquired in early childhood. its role in gastrointestinal and extra intestinal complaints and serious consequences in adulthood make it as challenging issues. despite different clinical presentations, in most children, the presence of h. pylori infection does not lead to clinically apparent disease, even when it causes chronic active gastritis. some of most import...

introduction: hyperbilirubinemia is a relatively common disorder among infants in iran. bacterial infection and jaundice may be associated with higher morbidity. previous studies have reported that jaundice may be one of the signs of infection. the aim of this study was to determine the incidence rate, presentation time, severity of jaundice, signs and complications of infection within neonatal...

background currently, clinical endodontics includes procedures that are based on the ability of stem cells to accomplish repair (eg, direct pulp capping, apexogenesis, apexification, and even pulpal regeneration). an attempt is made to critically assess the current status in pulp regeneration therapy. methods: systematically, 2 distinctly different strategies exist involving stem cells for the ...