introduction: chest pain is a common compliant in children and adolescents visiting the clinic. we assess and analyze the etiology of chest pain among children referred a pediatric cardiology clinic in cardiac center in south west of iran.materials and methods: we assessed children with chest pain who visited our medical center during march 2013 to april 2014. any case of trauma associated ches...

objectives the current study aimed to assess the determinants of tobacco smoking and hookah smoking in a nationally representative sample of iranian children and adolescents. patients and methods this study was conducted as part of the fourth cross-sectional survey of a national school-based program. using a cluster random sampling method, a validated questionnaire was completed anonymously by ...

background: this study aims to assess the frequency, causes, and places of injuries in a nationally representative sample of iranian children and adolescents, as well as the referral, places allocated for injured individuals. methods: this nationwide study was conducted in 2011-2012 among 13486 elementary, secondary and high‑school students who were selected by random cluster stratified multist...

objective: we aimed to conduct a review to investigate the prevalence of anxiety disorders among iranian children and adolescents.we systematically reviewed the literature up to june 2014. method: we searched three persian databases (magiran, iranmedex and sid) and three english databases: pubmed, scopus and psycinfo. all original studies that investigated the current prevalence of anxiety in a...

background dyslipidemia is a major risk for cardiovascular diseases. the aim of this study is to review the effects of nutraceuticals to modify lipid disorders in children. materials and methods the literature research was conducted in embase, medline, pubmed, scopus, isi web of science, and cochrane library from 2002 until january 2015. the following keywords were used: dyslipidemia, hyperlipi...

background: socioeconomic status has been found to have a significant impact on the health as well as risk behaviors of adolescents across different contexts. this study was conducted to assess the effect of social relations adjusted by social class on physical and psychological well-being of adolescences in teheran, iran.     methods: this was a cross- sectional study and carried out on 1,742 ...

background: behavioral disorders are common in the pediatric age group. this study aims to assess the relationship between the frequency of behavioral and mental disorders and counseling with family members and friends in a representative sample of iranian children and adolescents. methods: in this nationwide study, 14880 school students, aged 6–18 years, were selected by cluster and stratified...

background: this study aims to assess the frequency of some hygienic behaviors that is, tooth brushing and hand‑washing, in iranian school students at national level. methods: this nationwide study was conducted in 2011-2012 among 14,880 elementary, secondary and high school students who were selected by random cluster stratified multistage sampling from 30 provinces in iran. we used the global...

background tuberculosis (tb) is a globally significant cause of morbidity and mortality in children. few data on tuberculosis in children and adolescents are available in iran. objectives the current study aimed to describe the case characteristics and clinical-epidemiological aspects of children and adolescents with tb. methods a retrospective review was undertaken on 203 patients aged less th...

introduction: this study was conducted to determine the pattern of maxillofacial fractures in three age groups of adults, adolescents, and children, using ct scan images. methods: in this cross-sectional study, ct scan images of 230 patients with maxillofacial trauma during one year were examined in terms of the number and site of fractures. the patients were divided into three age groups, chil...