Normal full-term infants were followed by serial transcutaneous bilirubinometry over the first week of life. The pattern of physiologic jaundice in our population was similar to that shown for white infants. Mean maximum bilirubin peak was seen on day four of life and was also similar to that shown for American white infants. The incidence of non physiologic hyperbilirubinemia defined as 2...

abstract background: premature infants are subjected to many painful procedures during care and treatment. the aim of this study was to assess the effect of music therapy on physiological and behavioral pain responses of premature infants during and after blood sampling. materials and methods: this study was a cross-over clinical trial conducted on 20 infants in a hospital affiliated to tehran ...

OBJECTIVE To identify the basic values of heart rate variability in Pakistani population and to verify our hypothesis that there are gender differences in cardiovascular autonomic modulation. METHODS The descriptive cross sectional study based on convenience probability sampling was conducted at Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology/National Institute of Heart Diseases (AFIC/NIHD) Pakistan. Th...

OBJECTIVE To examine gender differences in sleep, fatigue, and daytime activity in a sample of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). METHODS Participants included 88 children in maintenance treatment for ALL (34 girls; 54 boys). Participants wore an actigraph for 10 consecutive days (5 days pre-dexamethasone and 5 days during dexamethasone administration). Fatigue instruments were...

Abstract Background Recent studies reported metabolic uptake in at least one of the evaluated ganglia 98.5% patients undergoing 68 Ga -PSMA-11 and 96.9% 18 F-DCFPyL PET/CT examination. We have observed different patterns ganglion visualization with compared to Ga-PSMA-11. This includes more frequent cervical sacral ganglia, which may be attributable better imaging characteristics F PET imaging....

BACKGROUND Pathologic breast conditions are rare in childhood and adolescence. The spectrum of breast disease in the pediatric age group is different from that in adults, and most lesions are benign. OBJECTIVES To describe the causes and characteristics of breast asymmetry in adolescents with normal endocrine profiles and sexual development. METHODS The files of patients with a diagnosis of...

introduction: extracellular matrix (ecm) components significantly influence the growth characteristics of cell, development of spontaneous contractile activity, andmorphologic differentiation. the present study evaluates the effect of ecm ongenotypic and physiologic characteristics of cardiomyocytes derived from embryonic stem (es) cells. material and methods: embryoid bodies derived from mouse...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether players in different positional roles have a different physical and physiologic profile. For the purpose of this study, physiologic measurements were taken of 270 soccer players during the precompetitive period of 2005/06 and the precompetitive period of 2006/07. According to the positional roles, players were categorized as defenders (n = 80), ...

Background: The early diagnosis of glaucoma is a global problem. Physiologic large cup (PLC) with an abnormally high cup/disc ratio may be confused with changes of the optic disc in early glaucoma. However, fewer reports are available regarding PLC in normal population. Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT) can provide quantitative topographic parameters of the optic discs and be used widely. Conse...

abstract background: with regard to the importance of quality of life in pregnant women, the present study aimed to determine the effect of spouses’ educational classes held for primaparous women referring to hajar hospital on women’s quality of life and pregnancy outcomes. materials and methods: this clinical trial was conducted from september 2011 to june 2012 in the clinic of the hajar unive...