Introduction: Chondromatous hamartoma of the chest wall is an extremely rare, benign lesion that usually occurs in early infancy. It usually manifests as a palpable chest wall mass. In the present case report, the clinical, radiologic and histopathologic features of a rare neonatal case of chondromatous hamartoma are reported. Case report: A baby boy of 16 days old was admitted to Hazrat-e-...

  Background and purpose: Pulmonary problem is one of the non-cardiac causes of exertional chest pain in children. The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare pulmonary function in children with exertional chest pain during rest. Materials and methods: This descriptive analytical cross sectional study was conducted in 200 children aged 10-15 years old in Arak, Iran 2018. The case group (...

Introduction: Patients admitted to the intensive care unit express the chest tube removal as one of their worst experiences. In spite of scientific advances, no effective action is taken to reduce the pain due to it. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of respiratory relaxation on the severity of pain resulting from the removal of chest tube after coronary artery bypa...