abstract objective tumors of the central nervous system constitute the largest group of solid neoplasms in children and are second only to leukemia in their overall frequency during childhood. the main purpose of the present study is to determine the incidence, age, sex, location and histological diagnosis of cns tumors in children, less than 15 years of age, in the mofid children's hospital, i...

background: once it comes to infections, children are the weakest members of society and they gather together in nurseries and kindergartens as their first communities. in recent years, parents were more eager to send their children to nurseries. this research investigated self-care to prevent urinary tract infections in children. methods: this was a qualitative research using a contextual them...

background it is estimated that survival of children with perinatally transmitted acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) in brazil is around 60 months, and an upward trend has been shown over recent years. the reduction in mortality rates in brazilian children is mainly attributed to the effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy. objectives the aim of this study was to characterize the epidemi...

background: rhabdomyosarcoma (rms) is one of the common malignant tumors in infants and children, but it is extremely rare in the kidney. in this paper, we present a case of rms the kidney of a child. case presentation: a 6-month old girl presented with agitation, low fever and abdominal distention which started 5 days ago. on physical examination, the infant had a large and firm soft tissue ma...

leptospirosis is an acute infectious, systemic and septisemic disease which had recent outbreaks in some parts of iran especially in north provinces. rapid detection is a critical step for treatment and control of this disease. in this research a pcr based method was evaluated for detection of iranian local endemic serovars. all reported endemic serovars of leptospira including leptospira gripp...

background in 1996, donovan and colleagues represented a scoring system for better prediction of hirschsprung disease (hd). objectives our objective was to devise another scoring system that uses a checklist of radiologic and clinical signs to determine the probability of hd in suspicious patients. patients and methods in a diagnostic accuracy study, 55 children with clinical manifestations of ...

results mean urinary il-1α, il-4, il-6, and il-8 concentrations significantly increased in the acute phase of apn compared to the control group, and decreased following antibiotic treatment. conclusions we recommend routine urinalysis and urine culture for the diagnosis of children with apn. urinary il-4 was a relatively good cytokine for the prediction and treatment-monitoring of children with...

conclusions safe water supply and adequate sanitation and hygiene are the important routes for the control and prevention of cholera infection. results cholera is a rare disease in industrialized countries; but, is still common in other parts of the world, including the indian subcontinent, sub-saharan africa, and latin and central american countries (like haiti). symptoms begin with a sudden o...