introduction: breastfeeding is an important principle in pediatric health. it decreases their mortality and protect them fromm diseases in the first 6-month of life. this study aimed to determined maternal knowledge and practice in mashhad city about breast-feeding in first 6 -month of infant's life.   materials and methods: this analytic study was conducted on 105 mothers who had a child ...

introduction in this study, we examined the effects of the antibiotics levofloxacin on the liver as well as its devastating effects which are ensued from its over-prescription. levofloxacin serves as one of the antibiotics of genitourinary system and inferior respiratory system. since liver is the foremost organ that receives all the materials absorbed by intestine through the portal vein, and ...

introduction: infective endocarditis is a rare, fatal ,with high morbidity in children, since infective endocarditis in children was not assessed in our conditions so our study was attempted.   material and methods: this cross-sectional  study  include 19 patients less than 18 years old  with endocarditis   were hospitalized in the department of pediatric cardiology( university of mashhad medic...

introduction: esophagus injuries secondary to caustic ingestion occurs frequently in children. oral damages cannot give us a clear image of what has happened in upper gi. therefore endoscopy is only diagnostic way to evaluate upper gi injuries. in this study, we found out the endoscopic results in children admitted with caustic ingestion in qaem(a. s.) hospital between 2011 to 2013 , and compar...

h. pylori infection is usually acquired in early childhood. its role in gastrointestinal and extra intestinal complaints and serious consequences in adulthood make it as challenging issues. despite different clinical presentations, in most children, the presence of h. pylori infection does not lead to clinically apparent disease, even when it causes chronic active gastritis. some of most import...

introduction: hyperbilirubinemia is a relatively common disorder among infants in iran. bacterial infection and jaundice may be associated with higher morbidity. previous studies have reported that jaundice may be one of the signs of infection. the aim of this study was to determine the incidence rate, presentation time, severity of jaundice, signs and complications of infection within neonatal...

A scientific poster is a summary of one's research that is presented in a visually engaging manner. Posters are presented as a means of short and quick scientific communications at conferences and scientific meetings. Presenting posters has advantages for the presenters and for conference attendees and organizers. It also plays a part in dissemination of research findings and furthering science...

Striedinger K , Zoidl G , Petrasch-Parwez E , Napirei M , Meier C, Eysel U. T, Dermietzel R. The neuronal connexin Cx36 exhibits a neuroprotective effect in laser-induced lesions of the retina. Poster 329 Session 194 Retina and photoreceptors Abstract A194.30, published in FENS Forum Abstracts, vol. 2, 2004. Striedinger K, Zoidl G, Eysel U, Dermietzel R. Role of gap junction communication in th...

Note: In order to promote early dissemination and discussion of their research, we have deliberately placed most junior poster presenters on Friday, and more senior on Saturday. (However, which day you are on should in no way be taken as a comment on research quality, or for that matter, your age!) Within each day, ordering is alphabetical. Poster spots are first come, first serve, and poster p...

Digital video is rapidly becoming an important source of information and entertainment, and is used in a host of multimedia pplications. With the size of digital video collections growing to many thousands of hours, technology is needed to allow rapid browsing of videos. One way to summarize a video is to select poster frames to represent segments of the video. Previous techniques for extractin...