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The emotional reactions of children to illness and hospitalization depends on the type and quanti ty of the stress or tension produced by the illness, by the hospitalization and by the fantasies--either conscious or unconscious--that the child elaborates around both situations. The final outcome is, in any case, influenced by innumerable other variables as well. For example, his age; his intern...

OBJECTIVES This analysis examines trends in hospitalization for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, the two main forms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). DATA SOURCES Data are from the Hospital Morbidity Database for 1983/84 to 2000/01, and from the Health Person-Oriented Information Database for 1994/95 to 2000/01. ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES Sex- and age-specific rates were calculated for...

background: urinary tract infections (utis) are one of the most important bacterial infections among children throughout the world. the study aimed to estimate the cost of hospitalization associated with pediatric utis in kermanshah province for the years of 2013 and 2014. methods and materials: this was a cross sectional and descriptive study. the study subjects included all those aged 20 year...

abstract   background: hospitalization can affect children psychological health. the aim of this study was to explore how children experience hospitalization. methods: using conventional content analysis, the data were collected through indirect techniques including drawing and storytelling on 25 children aged 7-12 years old in 2009 from two paediatric hospitals of hajar and tehran (located in ...