Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an emerging disease with a rapid increase in cases and deaths since its first discovery in December 2019, in Wuhan, China. Limited data on COVID-19 during pregnancy are available; however, information on diseases associated with other highly pathogenic coronaviruses (i.e., severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)...

purpose: this study aimed to evaluate risk factors associated with threshold retinopathy of prematurity (rop) in premature infants referred to farabi eye hospital during 2008-2009. since blindness and sever visual impairments will occur in a high percentage of infants stricken with threshold retinopathy, we intended to examine relationship between demographic factors and threshold retinopathy i...

Background INtubate-SURfactant-Extubate (INSURE) method is one of the effective methods in treatment of infants with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). This study was performed to predict risk factors for the failure of  INSURE method in treatment of RDS in preterm infants. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 192 infants who born between July 2011 and April 2016 at women and...

Background: Preterm birth occurs in a large number of pregnancies, and its incidence has been reported to be on the rise. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication in the premature infants with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). The present study aimed to determine the predictive factors, clinical courses, and outcomes of AKI in the neonates with the clinical and radiological manifes...

STUDY OBJECTIVE The aim was to investigate predictors of childhood lower respiratory tract illness in two generations, and predictors of adult lower respiratory disorders in the first generation. DESIGN Data on respiratory health and environmental factors from a national birth cohort study were examined from birth to 36 years. Data were also collected on the parents of the subjects and on the...

background: agate is a hard silica stone with bands of various colors, which is used in jewelry. the agate grinding workers are exposed to silica dust. objective: to determine the prevalence of respiratory diseases in agate grinding workers and the associated factors. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 170 agate grinding workers from mashhad, northeastern iran, were examined. medical and o...

Postoperative respiratory complications are of paramount clinical importance as they prolong the hospitalization, increase the costs of treatment and contribute to the perioperative mortality. Obesity, preexisting pulmonary disease and advanced age are known risk factors for developing postoperative respiratory complications, which affect exceeding number of patients. Hereby, we present a revie...

BACKGROUND Although thousands of infants under the age of 12 months die each year from pneumonia in Latin America, little is known regarding the true occurrence of pneumonia, wheezing and other related respiratory illnesses in this age group. METHODS AND RESULTS In order to describe the prevalence and risk factors for radiologically confirmed pneumonia during the first year of life, a birth-c...

BACKGROUND Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection is uncommon in HIV infected patients and is usually nosocomially acquired and associated with risk factors such as neutropenia or central lines. We have recently noted an increase in the number of respiratory isolates of Ps aeruginosa in hospitalised HIV positive patients and sought to describe the clinical correlates of this observation. METHODS A ...