BACKGROUND Reports of osteopaenia/rickets of prematurity are on the increase due to improved survival rates of low birthweight infants. OBJECTIVE To establish the incidence of rickets of prematurity by the age of six months in premature infants born at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Newborn unit and paediatric outpatient follow up clinic of K...

Diabetes is now one of the most common chronic diseases. Its incidence increasing, and thus number people suffering from its health complications increasing. In 2015, 3 million in Poland suffered diabetes, it estimated that this will increase to 4 by 2040. Acute diabetes include i.a. hypoglycemic or lactate hypermolar comas. Chronic include, for example, microangiopathies (retinopathies, nephro...

purpose: to evaluate patients with advanced retinopathy of prematurity (rop) among neonates referred to poostchi rop clinic in shiraz from march 2006 to february 2008. methods: among referred infants to poostchi clinic for screening and management of rop, medical records of patients with advanced rop (stage 5) at initial examination or during disease progression were evaluated. information rega...

how to cite this article: sadeghzadeh m, khoshnevisasl p, parvaneh m, mousavinasab n. early and late outcome of premature newborns with history of nicu admission at 6 years old in zanjan, iran. iran j child neurol. spring 2016; 10(2):67-73. objective premature birth is an important factor for mortality and morbidity of neonates. this study was designed to evaluate the outcome of preterm neonate...

Purtscher and Purtscher-like retinopathies are rare but important to recognize. Its diagnosis is clinical, in which at least 3 of the following diagnostic criteria should be present: 1) Purtscher-flecken (visible in the fundoscopy, they are intra-retinal whitening areas with a clear zone on either side of the vessels), 2) intra-retinal hemorrhages, 3) cotton wool spots (these are located superf...

Retinopathy of prematurity is one of the main causes of childhood blindness. Worldwide, there are more than 50,000 children blind due to retinopathy of prematurity. Visual impairment is a consequence of retinal detachment. It can be detected by serial ophthalmologic examination of infants at risk, and those identified with the severe form of the disease can be treated by laser or cryotherapy, w...

prevention and treatment of the rickets of prematurity is an important aspect of the care of preterm infants. the purpose of this study was to compare the prophylactic effects of different doses of vitamin d on the clinical, biochemical and radiological indices of the rickets of prematurity. in a randomized clinical trial, 68 premature infants (<38 weeks) with birth weight under 2000 g, randoml...

Background: Eye examination for screening of Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP), as a painful procedure, causes physiological changes in premature infants. Multisensory stimulation is a non-pharmacological analgesic method which affects physiological measures during painful procedures. Aim: To determine the effect of multisensory stimulation on oxygen saturation in premature infants during eye ex...