neonatal respiratory distress is a very common problem in our practice. the causes may be respiratory, cardiovascular, central, metabolic, haematological and surgical. the cause of distress due to transient myocardial depression is not very common in mild asphyxia. we present a case having transient myocardial depression with severe respiratory distress and features of shock in a mild asphyxiat...

large preterm infants are generally not considered good candidates for surfactant treatment until they have been intubated for progressing respiratory distress. this study has been done to detect the effect of electively providing early single-dose surfactant to large preterm babies with mild to moderate respiratory distress syndrome (rds). a randomized clinical trial was performed on 45 infant...

background : to assess the practicability of a new algorithm in decreasing the rate of incorrect diagnoses and inappropriate antibiotic usage in pediatric acute respiratory tract infection (arti ( methods : children between 1 month to15 years brought to outpatient clinics of a children’s hospital with acute respiratory symptoms were managed according to the steps recommended in the algorithm . ...

background extraperitoneal laparoscopy has become a common technique for many surgical procedures, especially for inguinal hernia surgery. investigations of physiological changes occurring during extraperitoneal carbon dioxide (co2) insufflation mostly focused on blood gas changes. to date, the impact of extraperitoneal co2 insufflation on respiratory mechanics remains unknown, whereas changes ...

background: petrochemical industry emits air pollutants in abundance, which may harm human health, especially the population living near the industry. children are reported to be the population group of main concern since this susceptible population spends the majority of their time outdoors and their active lifestyle can increase their breathing rate, which then leads to a greater inhalation d...

background: every year more than 2 million people depart from iran to saudi arabia for hajj ritual which can be faced with some different diseases. there are not much information about frequencies and trend of diseases in hajj. the main objective of this study was to determine the trend of prevalent diseases during five consecutive hajj rituals among iranian pilgrims. methods: we established a ...

this experimental study was done in order to determine the effect of pentozocin to antagonise respiratory   depression due to fentanyle during general anesthesia in selected hospitals of the medical science university of iran and tehran.   subjects of this study consisted of 50 patients who were chosen randomly, and divided into two group of 25   each. group one received pentazocine before the ...

background infections in critical care unit are high, and they are serious hospital problems. infections acquired during the hospital stay are generally called nosocomial infections, initially known as infections arising after 48 h of hospital admission. the mostfrequent nosocomial infections (urinary, respiratory, gastroenteritis and blood stream infection) were common in patients at hospital....