Infant colic is a common gastrointestinal disorder of newborns, mostly related to imbalances in the composition of gut microbiota and particularly to the presence of gas-producing coliforms and to lower levels of Bifidobacteria and Lactobacilli. Probiotics could help to contain this disturbance, with formulations consisting of Lactobacillus strains being the most utilized. In this work, the pro...

Hydatid cysts are known to occur in most organs especially in the endemic areas. However, its occurrence in uterus is extremely rare and it mostly occurs as a secondary involvement. Herein we reported on a 25-year-old woman with primary involvement of the uterus and left fallopian tube. The patient presented with a colicky abdominal pattern and fever and was admitted to the Emergency Ward.

despite preliminary evidence, the role of probiotic and synbiotic in treatment of the atopic dermatitis has shown varying results. we aimed to evaluate whether synbiotic supplementation decrease severity of atopic dermatitis (ad) in childhood. in a randomized double blind-placebo controlled trial, we evaluated the synbiotic supplementation efficiency on the treatment of atopic dermatitis. infan...

how to cite this article: talebian a, soltani b, moravveji ar, salamati l, davami m. a study on causes and types of abnormal increase in infants’ head circumference in kashan/iran. iran j child neurol. 2013 summer; 7(3): 28- 33.   objective head circumference is a valuable index of brain growth and its disturbances can indicate different disorders of nervous system. abnormal increased head circ...

introduction: infant mortality index is an important health indicator. this index has a direct impact on infant mortality and mortality of children less than five years. the present study aimed to investigate causes of infant deaths during 2010-2011 in bandar abbas hospital of children. methods: in this cross - sectional retrospective study profiles of all dead newborns who aged from 0 to 28 da...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The role of early/emergency shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) in symptomatic upper ureteral calculi has still not been established. We have performed a randomized comparison between early (<48 hours) vs delayed (>48 hours) SWL for symptomatic upper ureteral stones less than 1 cm to evaluate the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of early SWL in these patients. PATIENTS AND MET...

Adult intussusception generally has a distinct pathological cause as lead point. Inflammatory fibroid polyp (IFP) is rare non-neoplastic submucosal lesion, furthermore, that causing ileocolic in an adult even rarer. Here we present case of 32-year-old female who presented with complaints intermittent colicky pain associated vomiting for 3 days. Computer tomography (CT) showed bowel obstruction ...

Parents who have a baby with infantile colic experienced a different thought and emotions such as hopelessness, fatigue and impasses. In this study, our living experience as a professional nursing parents' are represented with new relieving modality for infantile colic. Herein, we report a new relieving dietary protocol for a colicky infant with non- Immunoglobulin E – mediated protein induced ...

introduction: millions of children less than 5 years old die from pneumonia globally and about 75-70% of these deaths occur in infants. persian and english articles of international and national databases such as “who, scopus and the cochrane, pub med, science direct, wiley, google scholar, sid, iran medex, magiran, med lib and iran doc were searched from 1970 to 2014. result: the factors such ...

lamotrigine is a safe anti-epileptic drug among pregnant and lactating women. some concerns exist regarding the safety of lamotrigine during breastfeeding and related neonatal complications. in this brief review, this matter was evaluated and discussed. in this review study, the medical literature available in search databases such as embase, scopus, pubmed, and medline and even also local medi...