Background Community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a major infectious cause of mortality in preschool children especially in developing countries. Red Cell Distribution Width (RDW) has been associated with poor outcomes of CAP. We aimed to determine whether admission stress hyperglycemia and RDW can predict mortality in preschool children with CAP for early identification of patients at risk of ...

abstract background: gestational diabetes mellitus is a prevalent pregnancy complication that seriously endangers mothers’ and babies’ health. the aim of this study was to explore factors affecting treatment compliance among women with gestational diabetes mellitus. materials and methods: a qualitative content analysis approach was employed. twenty‑five semi‑structured interviews were conducted...

abstract background: triple therapy with a proton pump inhibitor, clarithromycin and amoxicillin and quadruple therapy with a proton pump inhibitor, bismuth citrate, metronidazole and amoxicillin have been proposed in maastricht 2000 as the optimal treatment of helicobacter pylori infection. we aimed to compare these two regimens in iranian pediatric patients. methods: a randomized clinical tri...

The objective of this study was to formulate and evaluate the drug-polymer interaction of mefenamic acid (MA) using two polymers with different characteristics as ethylcellulose (EC) and/or cellulose acetate phthalate (CAP). Microspheres were prepared by the modified emulsion solvent evaporation (MESE). The effect of drug-polymer interaction was studied for each of microspheres. Important param...

Introduction: The Sc is an important parameter to monitor unit (MU) calculation in radiation therapy procedure. The aim of this study is to measurement and comparison of head scatter factor (Sc) for 9MV photon beam using the build-up cap and a columnar mini-phantom.   Materials and Methods: The measurements performed using a calibrated ion chamber (Scanditron...

In zebrafish embryos, each myotome is typically innervated by three primary motoneurons (PMNs): the caudal primary (CaP), middle primary (MiP) and rostral primary (RoP). PMN axons first exit the spinal cord through a single exit point located at the midpoint of the overlying somite, which is formed beneath the CaP cell body and is pioneered by the CaP axon. However, the placement of CaP cell bo...