pediatric traumatic limb amputations are rare and their acute and long term management can be challenging in this subgroup of patients. the lengthy and costly hospital stays, and resulting physical and psychological implications leads to significant morbidity. we present a summary of treatment principles and the evidence base supporting the management options for this entity. the initial manage...

introduction althoughthere is a consensus that the economic burden of burn injury is high, but few studies have conducted about cost of burns injury among pediatric in developing countries. we explored the main factors influencing on hospital costs and length of stay (los) associated with pediatric burns injury in kermanshah, iran. methods and material we performed a review ofmedical records fr...

background to this date, there has been no specific therapy proven to be effective for cyclic vomiting syndrome (cvs) in controlled trials. multiple regimens have been proposed including: cyproheptadine, propranolol, amitriptyline, and phenobarbital. these medications are not without major side effects. the aim of this study was to describe the authors’ experience with hydroxyzine in children w...

background this retrospective study aimed to determine the epidemiologic characteristics and risk factors of chronic kidney diseases (ckd) in patients < 18 years old at a single referral center. materials and methods in a hospital-based case control study, 66 ckd patients less than 18 years old were compared to 81 control patients (also under 18) without ckd. a patient was defined as a ckd case...

background: acute appendicitis is one of the common and urgent illnesses among children.  children usually are unable to help the physicians completely due to weakness in describing the medical history. moreover, acute appendicitis overlaps with conditions of other diseases in terms of symptoms and signs in the first hours of presentation. these conditions lead to unwanted biases as well as err...

Training of Pediatric residents is a dynamic process which should be changed as the nature and epidemiology of pediatric diseases change. We aimed to determine the educational needs of Pediatric residents. Materials and Methods: In this systematic review after choosing appropriate keywords and their combinations,, an extensive search was done in databases of Medline, EMBASE, ProQuest and Ovid, ...

pediatric mandibular fractures have been successfully managed in various ways. the use of a lingual splint is an option. this article presents a 4-year old boy who was treated by an alternative conservative method with a combination of an arch bar plus a lingual splint, circum-mandibular wiring and imf for the reduction, stabilization and fixation of a severely displaced bilateral man dibular b...

introdouction:tooth eruption is recognized as an important aspect of human growth and development. it can be influenced by a number of factors, and it may reflect the general development of a child’s body. the purpose of this study was to determine the age at which the first primary tooth erupted and its relationship with height, weight and head circumference in 3-15-month children in the city ...

an 11-year-old female patient with autoimmune hepatitis (aih) was referred to our rheumatology clinic due to her current musculoskeletal manifestations. the patient had been diagnosed with aih 3 months previously, based on jaundice and impaired liver function tests, and she had been treated with low-dose prednisolone and azathioprine. she presented with malaise, arthritis, a malar rash on the f...