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...

background: burn injuries are a major public health in the world, especially in developing countries. the aim of this study was investigate to the epidemiological data and cost of hospitalization due to burn in pediatrics in kermanshah provinces from 2011 to 2013.material and methods: this was a retrospective cross sectional study. the study subject was all of patient lee than 15 years who admi...

objectives the purpose of this study was to determine the types of fall-related injuries and the related risk factors in the elderly population of qom province, iran. patients and methods this retrospective study was performed on 424 elderly people (65 years and over) referred to shahid beheshti hospital, qom, iran, due to falls between 2010 and 2012. the icd-10 codes of external causes of inju...

BACKGROUND To explore parents' experiences and perceptions on informational, management and relational continuity of care for children with special health care needs from hospitalization to the first months after discharge to the home. METHODS Semi-structured interviews and a focus group were carried out to capture parents' experiences and perceptions. Transcripts were analyzed using a direct...

INTRODUCTION The study of mediating variables and psychological responses to child surgery involves the evaluation of both the patient and the parents as regards different stressors. OBJECTIVE To have a reliable and reproducible valid evaluation tool that assesses the level of paternal involvement in relation to different stressors in the setting of surgery. MATERIAL AND METHOD A self-repor...

additional risk, he says, comes from the very property that regenerative medicine wants replacement organs to possess, namely invisibility to the immune system. " Tissues derived from iPSC may share with ES cells the potential to display immune privilege which may provide a 'safe haven' in which rare transformed cells may develop into tumours or viral pathogens may flourish under the radar of t...

But the giant weta from New Zealand holds the record as the heaviest insect. As a flightless insect, it has put on the bulk. A female measuring just 80 mm long has been recorded at 71 grammes. In perspective, most beetles at this length probably weigh 5 grammes and birds of this size would probably weigh 12 grammes. And, of course, the colonial insects break records. Jones notes that leafcutter...

spend the next nine months without making landfall. And it is becoming increasingly clear that very little is known about the birds during this time. As they breed only above 50 degrees latitude, they are considered cold-water birds, but researchers working with puffins breeding at England's largest colony on the Farne Islands are concerned about their winter environment as there has recently b...

BACKGROUND Cycle accidents are a common cause of physical injury in children and adolescents. Education is one strategy to reduce cycle-related injuries. In the UK, some children undertake National Cycle Proficiency Scheme [NCPS] training (now known as Bikeability) in their final years of primary school. It aims to promote cycling and safe cycling behaviours but there has been little scientific...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this article is to present the development, contents and efficacy of the FLIP&FLAP programme for children and adolescents with epilepsy, and their parents. INTERVENTION The programme is mainly directed at age-appropriately developed children and adolescents between 6 and 16 who take antiepileptic drugs. It is conducted as a 2.5-day group training programme; children...