PurposeAbusive head trauma (AHT) is the leading cause of infant death and long-term morbidity from injury. The ocular consequences AHT are controversial, pathophysiology retinal research findings still not clearly understood. It has been postulated that vitreoretinal traction plays a major role in findings. A computer simulation model was developed to evaluate determine whether distribution for...

Hemostasis in the pediatric patient evolves as the child grows and matures, and normal adult laboratory values are not often the norm for a child. This article provides a summary of the pathophysiology of hemostasis (eg, bleeding and thrombosis disorders) and reviews the basic principles of history and physical findings to provide the primary care practitioner with the necessary tools for initi...

Seizures are the most common pediatric neurologic disorder. Four to ten percent of children suffer at least one seizure in the first 16 years of life. The incidence is highest in children less than 3 years of age, with a decreasing frequency in older children. Epidemiologic studies reveal that approximately 150,000 children will sustain a first-time unprovoked seizure each year, and of those, 3...

objective: to determine the sensivity and specifity of ocular ultrasonography in detecting vitreoretinal lesion prior to deep vitrectomy in patients with opaque media. method: the hospital records of patients undergoing deep vitrectomy in a defined period at shiraz khalili hospital were reviewed. sonographic reports given by a sonologist and operation reports given by a vitreoretinal fellowship...

Consult-liaison psychiatrists often encounter difficult clinical scenarios. We present a pediatric case of presumptive coprophagia. After a negative medical work-up, the pediatrics team asked psychiatry to assist them in managing this relatively rare disorder in the hospital setting. Little is known about the etiology and treatment of coprophagia in the pediatric population. Using the case as a...

purpose: to report the outcomes of pediatric penetrating keratoplasty (pk) performed in labafinejad medical center, a tertiary referral ophthalmology center, between 2001 and 2012. methods: in this retrospective interventional case series, medical records of all pediatric patients (age≤12 years) who underwent primary pk were reviewed. age at the time of surgery, indications for keratoplasty, po...

OBJECTIVE This study aims to conduct qualitative research on the perspectives of service providers regarding the transition process from pediatric to adult specialized eating disorder tertiary care programs. METHOD Two focus groups with a diverse group of clinicians in pediatric and adult eating disorder programs and five qualitative interviews with clinicians in the community were conducted....

OBJECTIVE To analyze the clinical, neuroimaging characteristics and positivity of the acquaporin water channel (NMO-IgG) in pediatric patients with neuromyelitis optica (NMO). This disorder could have a variable clinical expression. To address such variability, the term NMO spectrum has been suggested. METHOD We evaluated six pediatric patients, with a median age of 11 years at the time of th...