Bone marrow abnormalities in HIV infected adults include hypocellularity, myelodysplasia and poor marrow recovery. Data in children is limited. We report a series of three HIV infected with varied bone marrow abnormalities. First child was a 7-year-old boy with pulmonary tuberculosis, anemia, thrombocytopenia and bone marrow examination showed hypoplastic marrow. He succumbed to his disease wit...

Mardani M1, Mohsenzadeh A2, Dehestani Ardakani Gh3, Birjandi M4 1. Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences 2. Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences 3. GP, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences 4. Instructor, Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Health, Lor...

All pediatricians have experienced the difficult decision about whether a young infant has a life-threatening infection that requires hospitalization or has a self-limited viral disease that can safely be managed at home. As our appreciation of the negative aspects of antibiotic overuse (both to society and individuals) has matured, these situations have become more rather than less frequent. T...

The diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder is on the rise in the United States. More children with this disorder are requiring hospitalization and have an extended length of stay once hospitalized. The pediatric nurse is often unaware of or unprepared to offer the care that this special population requires. Sharing information obtained through repeated encounters with this population may lead to...

ü his study investigated the state anxiety level of the parent whose child had been admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) with restricted visiting hours and the state anxiety level of the parent whose child had been admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care unit with unrestricted visiting hours. The 15 parents in each of the two visitation groups were very similar in terms of age,...

background: to determine the prevalence of outpatient and hospitalization for cataract surgery in iran. methods: a random cluster sampling was done in a cross-sectional study on cataract surgeries performed in treatment centers of ophthalmology in iran between 2000 and 2005. one week of each season was selected randomly and all cataract surgery files of the center were studied. this study repor...

introduction : the costs of traffic accidents in low- and middle-income countries are estimated to add up to $65 billion annually, which is a little higher than the amount they receive as a final aid for development. the present retrospective study aims to evaluate the treatment costs of the hospitalized injured individuals in traffic accidents. methods: the present study was carried out in ima...

Breast milk is recommended as the first food for infants and should be initiated immediately after delivery. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), breast milk should be the only food given to infants during the first 6 months of life; once complementary foods are introduced, breastfeeding should continue until the child is at least two years old. These recommendations are supported ...

Although central nervous system complications such as stroke, encephalopathy and meningitis are commonly described in Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis, peripheral nervous system involvement is rarely reported in the literature. In this article we report on a 13-year-old boy with infective endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus aureus in whom severe polyneuropathy developed during hospitalizati...