sarah was  a 22 year old woman who passing her first pregnancy.  the  pregnancy was unplanned and random and she did not know her last menstrual history. he was visited at home by a midwife community health. no important problem was found in his medical history but he was  smoking 20 cigarettes daily . it was noteworthy that saeed ,his wife, had transient neonatal diabetes history. although sar...

introduction group a β-hemolytic streptococcus is the most common cause of bacterial pharyngitis among 5 - 15-year-old children, but it is uncommon in children less than three years old and rarely happens in infants less than one year old. case presentation the patient was a 62-day-old female infant who presented with fever and poor feeding since two days before admission. at the time of admiss...

abstract background histologically confirmed meningiomas in first year of life are quite rare. however, review of the sporadic cases in the literature reported meningioma in infants. those have unique features in common. case presentation an 11 month-old iranian male infant presented with a several weeks history of decrease in movement of his right sided upper and lower extremities. brain mri r...

introduction infantile colic is somehow believed to be the worst pain a baby has thus experienced. it is usually manifested as an acute abdominal pain with intense spasmodic cramping accompanied by intense crying lasting for more than 3 hours a day during at least a three days period. accordingly, this study is aimed to investigate the effects of fumaria on such pain in 3-16 weeks-old infants. ...

a nine month old infant was taken to a rural medical center due to hematemesis and melena. the bleeding persisted in spite of active management with gastric lavage, intravenous cimetidine, antiacid therapy and blood transfusion for four days' duration. the patient was referred to our center for further evaluation and management. on arrival he was pale and ill looking with active bleeding f...

acute appendicitis is a common occurrence in childhood, but this diagnosis is considered rarely in differential diagnosis of acute abdomen in the neonatal period because its occurrence is very rare in neonates. we report a 20-day- old afghan female baby that was admitted to neonatal intensive care unit, because of irritability and abdominal distension. complete ultrasound of abdomen and pelvis ...

myofibroma is a neoplasia of myofibroblasts that can be solitary or multiple and it is found most commonly in the head & neck region including scalp, forehead, parotid region and oral cavity. in the eyelid it is rarely reported. it has a benign course in the solitary form and fatal in its multiple form. a 4 month male infant referred to farabi hospital -the referral center for eye diseases- wit...

Hospitalized preterm infants are exposed to stressful stimuli and early parental separation, which can undermine their long-term development mother-infant bonding. Family-centered music therapy enable positive interactions, mediated by maternal infant-directed singing. This study aimed investigate the effects of on infant’s signs engagement, namely Eye Opening (EO) Smiling (SM), vocalizations. ...

background: breastfeeding has been recognized to have a great deal of benefits for both the mothers and infants. moreover, the importance of exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months of life has been greatly acknowledged. therefore, this study aimed to determine the prevalence of starting breastfeeding in the first hour after delivery and the exclusive breast milk feeding as well as the a...