background: different viewpoints exist about lipid screening in all children or only in children with positive family history (fh)of premature cardiovascular diseases (cvds) or hypercholesterolemia. this systematic review and meta-analysis aim to assess the effectiveness of lipid screening in children and adolescents according to the existence of positive fh of cvd risk factors.materials and me...

background hearing loss is the most common congenital disorder the incidence of which is further increased in the presence of risk factors for hearing loss among newborns admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (nicu). the aim of this study was early diagnosis and intervention for hearing loss in newborns discharged from nicu. materials and methods this prospective cohort study was conduct...

background: gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm) is a form of diabetes that occurs in pregnancy. gdm, defined as glucose intolerance, first diagnosed or initiated during pregnancy affects 1-14% of pregnancies based on various studies. screening and early diagnosis and appropriate glycemic control can improve prenatal outcomes. telephone follow-up seems to be a reasonable way for pregnant women f...

background & purpose: a stroke occurs when blood flow to a region of the brain is interrupted by the blockage or rupturing of a blood vessel or artery. the most prevalent cause of aphasia is stroke. a brain damage that can effect on receptive & expressive language skills is aphasia. intensive language therapy is the most effective means of treating aphasia. the ciat is one of the novel intensiv...

rectal cancer is the second most common cancer in large intestine. the prevalence and the number of young patients diagnosed with rectal cancer have made it as one of the major health problems in the world. with regard to the improved access to and use of modern screening tools, a number of new cases are diagnosed each year. considering the location of the rectum and its adjacent organs, manage...

screening interval urinalysis has long been considered essential to pediatric health care. a urinalysis is recommended at four times: in infancy, early childhood, late childhood, and in adolescence. several chemical parameters can be measured as commercially available in dipstick test. this test is relatively inexpensive and it takes less than 5 minutes to be completed. in a 3 month follow up p...

background and objective: obstructive sleep apnea (osa) is the most common type of sleep-disordered breathing. multivariable apnea prediction (map) index consists of three questions about the frequency of osa symptoms plus body mass index (bmi), age and sex that categorizes the patients to low and high risk for osa using a formula. objective map index was calculated by discounting the questions...

early screening of autism increases the chance of receiving timely intervention. using the parent report questionnaires is effective in screening autism. the q-chat is a new instrument that has shown several advantages than other screening tools. because there is no adequate tool for the early screening of autistic traits in iranian children, we aimed to investigate the adequacy of the persian ...

background and aim : auditory processing disorder (apd) weakens recognition and understanding auditory data and adversely affects children's language and learning if remains undetected and untreated. since early diagnosis of apd can obviate its adverse effects, screening is hugely important in identifying suspected cases. auditory processing domain questionnaire (apdq) is a reliable tool among ...

background: nepeta menthoides boiss & buhse is a species from lamiaceae family. it is used as a herbal medicine with common name “ostokhodus” in iranian traditional and folk medicine but there is not enough information about its quality and quantity control methods. objective: in this study we use micromorphological and phytochemical evaluations for qualitative and quantitative control of n. me...