introduction: bedsideteaching is defined as teaching in the presence of a patient, it is a vital component of medical education. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of two methods of case based teaching (at the bedside and in the classroom) in the teaching hospitals (for both undergraduates and residents of pediatrics). methods: thirty undergraduates and twenty pediatric res...

background and objective: the present study aimed to assess the role of magnesium sulfate (mgso4) sup-plementation after cardiac surgery in pediatric patients, evaluating the incidence of cardiac complications, such as arrhythmia. methods: in this study, 105 children scheduled for elective cardiac surgery were randomly divided into 3 groups. the first group, as the placebo group, received salin...

background sleep habits and total sleep duration are essential factors for healthy growth and development of children. there is evidence showing that eating time and quantity as well as proportion of foods macronutrients affect the sleep quality. objectives the aim of this study was to investigate the sleep habits of preschool children in qazvin and the role of calorie, macronutrients and caffe...

it is of utmost importance to make children interested in and willing to use dental services in order to prevent and treat oral diseases. therefore, pediatric dental practitioners need to learn new technologies such as lasers, in addition to basic principles. lasers have opened new horizons in the treatment of both soft and hard oral tissue problems in children. the present article describes ap...

educational teaching of the diagnosis of resorbed root for pulpectomy in deciduous teeth radiography has always been a big challenge in pediatric dentistry. the purpose of the study was to propose a new practical methodology to improve the quality of learning in students of dentistry.extracted deciduous teeth were molded in the transparent epoxy resin as their real position in the jawbone. then...

introduction: rectal prolapse refers to extrusion of mucosa or the full thickness wall of the rectum through the anal sphincter, which is more common between infancy and 4 years of age and has a high incidence in the first year of life. it is considered as a sign of an underlying clinical condition causing an increased intra‑abdominal pressure, pelvic floor weakness or poor root innervations as...

protein losing enteropathy (ple) as an initial finding of lymphoma, is extremely rare in childhood. we describe clinical and pathological features of an unusual case of gastrointestinal lymphoma presented with ple as a sole manifestation. differential diagnosis in children presenting with ple is critical because early diagnosis and treatment are important for survival in patients with lymphoma.

background and objective: since there are very few studies on the immunodeficiency state of the iranian survivors of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all), we conducted this study to determine the prevalence of humoral defects in children with all at least one year after completion of chemotherapy. methods: in this study, antibody titers for mumps, rubeola, rubella, tetanus and diphtheri...

lipoma arborescens, also known as villous lipomatous transformation of synovium is an unusual fatty lesion of joint. this disorder is characterized by a diffuse increase in the quantity of subsynovial fat in supra-patellar region which bulges the overlying synovial lining and produces a villous architecture. hereby we report a case of lipoma arborescens in an eleven year old boy with a history ...