abstract background: after the umbilical cord is cut, premature neonates face numerous problems including hypothermia. with regard to serious complications of hypothermia and incapability of conventional methods in preservation of neonates’ temperature after admission, the researcher decided to conduct a study on the effects of two polyethylene covers in prevention of hypothermia among prematur...

abstract background: the readiness of mothers to take care for infants at discharge is a critical issue. poor readiness of mothers in taking care of premature infants at the time of discharge is associated with potential adverse consequences. this study examined the effect of implementing mothers’ empowerment program on the weight gain and duration of hospitalization in premature infants. mater...

objective: to evaluate whether systemic inflammatory markers (neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (nlr), platelet to lymphocyte ratio (plr) and red blood cell distribution width (rdw) to platelet ratio (rpr)) can be used as reliable markers for the diagnosis of premature ovarian insufficiency (poi) and to determine if there is a relationship between these markers and follicle stimulating hormone (fs...

Abstract Introduction/Background Internationally adopted (IA) children may commonly experience post-adoption medical issues in the infectious, nutritional, developmental and psychological domains. We present a rare endocrinologic case of 2 biologically unrelated into same Canadian family with diagnoses idiopathic central precocious puberty (CPP), years after adoption. Case Description A 13-mont...

background: premature ejaculation is one of the most problems in clinical practice. the association between varicocele and premature ejaculation was poorly understood. the effects of varicocelectomy on premature ejaculation in varicocele patient was studied. objectives: the aim of this study was to determine the impacts of varicocelectomy on patients with both premature ejaculation and varicoce...

Several methods have been studied to predict the timing and magnitude of the pubertal growth spurt in the individual child. Different maturity indicators can be used like skeletal age in different areas, the Risser sign, status of the triradiate cartilage, Tanner stage of sexual maturation, age of the thelarche and menarche, and several body length dimensions. Furthermore, the trend in total bo...