There are very few case reports in literature of J. curcas poisoning. Previously grown as an ornamental plant; it is presently being cultivated on a large scale for its seed oil, which is used as biodiesel. This has brought this plant in close vicinity to the human population, exposing them to the chance ingestion. We are presenting clinical and biochemical profile of eight children with J. cur...

A 29-year-old man was referred to the emergency department with a complaint of abdominal pain and dizziness. He had experienced two previous syncopal episodes. His family history revealed that his mother and his two uncles had received permanent pacemaker implantation. His initial heart rate was 49 beats per minute. The electrocardiography (ECG) showed atrial flutter and right bundle branch blo...

Abstract Background Available data from witnessed and monitored sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) cases postulate that ictal central apnea (ICA) arrhythmias are the main causes of SUDEP. ICA is a frequent semiological feature focal occasionally only clinical manifestation seizures. The aim this study was to assess frequency cardiac epileptic patients risk factors predictors their occu...

In 1924, Willem Einthoven received the Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine “for his discovery of the mechanism of the electrocardiogram.” His colleague Sir Thomas Lewis, regarded by many as another father of clinical electrocardiography, was born in 1881, 21 years after Einthoven, and it is said that Lewis could not understand not being awarded the Nobel Prize together with Einthoven, or eve...

abdominal mass is one of the commonest clinical findings in children. the purpose of this study was to evaluate abdominal masses in different age groups in a referral children surgical center. we retrospectively reviewed records of 325 patients (57% boys, mean age 37.7 months) admitted to amir kabir hospital in period of 12 years for abdominal mass surgery. the 4 most common abdominal masses wa...