Background and aims: Gestational diabetes has long-term adverse consequences for both the mother child seems to be a risk factor attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children. However, no research been conducted this regard Iran. Methods: This was case-control study. The sample consisted of 225 children who were referred general psychiatric clinic Besat Hospital Sanandaj evaluated...

School-age children have attracted relatively little attention as a group in need of special measures to protect them against malaria. However, increasing success in lowering the level of malaria transmission in many previously highly endemic areas will result in children acquiring immunity to malaria later in life than has been the case in the past. Thus, it can be anticipated that in the comi...

OBJECTIVE To study the annual incidence of injuries and the relationship between behavior problems and injuries among school-age children. METHODS A prospective cohort study on injuries for 1-year follow-up period was conducted among 2 005 school-age children selected by cluster sampling from three primary schools in Maanshan city. They subjects were divided into two groups with or without ex...

Recent census figures in Turkey show that out of a population of 76.6 million, 22.7 million (29.7%) are younger than 18 years old. The great majority (>95%) of pediatric cases of diabetes in Turkey are type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). In recent years, with increase in number of pediatric endocrine centers around the country, the important issue of care for diabetic children and adolescents has ...

background : association between body mass indexes (bmi) and blood pressure have been observed, but remains poorly understood. bmi is shown to be a measure of overweight status and is applicable to all populations. in this cross-sectional study we have examined the relationship between the bmi and blood pressure in school age children.   methods: this study comprised of 486 boys and 463 girls a...

TYPE 1 DIABETES Three-quarters of all cases of type 1 diabetes are diagnosed in individuals ,18 years of age (although recent data using genetic risk scoring would suggest that over 40% of patients with autoimmune diabetes are diagnosed over the age of 30 years) (1). The provider must consider the unique aspects of care and management of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes, such as ch...

an investigation of the incidence of colour defects was made in primary school students. the children ranged in age from 7 to 14 years. the frequencies were 7,04 per cent. for males and 0,53 per cent. for females.

objectives: down syndrome (ds) is the most common multiple congenital anomaly syndrome associated with a developmental disability. children with down syndrome have delay in both motor and mental age. this study carried out to explore relationship between mental and motor age of children with ds. methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted on 60 participants with ds (5 to 7 years old) using r...