introduction acute respiratory infections (aris) continue as the leading cause of mortality in under 5-year-old children worldwide. we decided to review available data about the incidence and prevalence of all diseases included in this category in iran. methods a systematic review was designed to obtain related data from english and farsi sources, published or unpublished. an internet search of...

background: hyperbilirubinemia is a common cause of referral to neonatal care units. according to several studies, jaundice is among the primary symptoms of urinary tract infection (uti) in neonates. this study aimed to determine the prevalence of uti in asymptomatic term neonates diagnosed with indirect hyperbilirubinemia within the first two weeks of birth. methods: this prospective study was...

BACKGROUND Successful deep brain stimulation (DBS) in Parkinson's disease (PD) requires optimal electrode placement. One technique of intraoperative electrode testing is determination of stimulation thresholds inducing corticospinal/corticobulbar tracts (CSBT) motor contractions. OBJECTIVE This study aims to analyze correlations between DBS electrode distance to CSBT and contraction threshold...

aneurysms of gastric vessels (dieulafoy`s disease, caliber-persistent artery) are thought to be of malformative rather than degenerative origin. they are usually single, located in the submucosa, usually on the lesser curvature, and characterized by a large tortuous vessel surmounted by a small defect in the overlying mucosa. when the lesion perforates, massive and sometimes fatal hemorrhage ma...

the respiratory tract contains numerous peptides secreted from special pulmonary epithelial cells whichare called endocrine cells. the function of neuroendocrine cells is modulated by amines. serotonin has strong vasomotor and bronchomotor effects in the airway mucosa. the objective of this study was to determine presence and distribution of serotonin-positive endocrine cells in respiratory tra...

introduction: urinary tract infection is a prevalent infection disease that many patients referred to the physician for this problem. about 20-40% of women experience symptomatic urinary tract infection for at least one time in their life. early diagnosis and treatment lead to recovery much of the times. regarding the higher prevalence of the urinary tract infection in women, we designed this s...

introduction: women are very susceptible to urinary tract infections and pregnancy raises the risk of urinary tract infection. in general, little information on the risk factors of urinary tract infection in pregnancy is underway. urinary tract infection in pregnancy is an important risk factor for pregnancy dire consequences. the purpose of this study is to find risk factors associated with ur...

background: the choice of an accurate microorganism isolation from chronic osteomyelitis has been a big conflict between clinicians during the time. the aim of this study is to compare specimens from sinus tract and bone, for an accurate treatment of trauma induced chronic osteomyelitis (co). patients and methods: a total of 139 patients with trauma induced co, were entered to the study. the sp...

atopic dermatitis (ad) is one of the most common infantile diseases. immunological dysfunctions in ad patients may predispose them to infections. the aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between infantile ad and urinary tract infection (uti). in this cross sectional study, we enrolled 57 patients with ad aged 1 to 24 months that referred to dermatology clinic, and 57 healthy contr...