background: liver transplantation (lt) is now performed as a cure of numerous untreatable pediatric liver diseases. quality of life (qol) can be affected in pediatric patients with lt. many factors are responsible for lower scores of qol. this article aims to detail qol in liver recipients 6 months after lt in children. methods: qol assessed using child health quality-parent form 50 for parents...

Background: In Burkina Faso, malnutrition is a public health problem. Despite the significant drop in the prevalence of malnutrition since 2009 according to the Directorate of Nutrition, malnutrition is still a major concern with regard to its consequences. The objective of this study was to determine the factors associated with acute malnutrition in children aged 6 to 59 months in the Sabou He...

background: hypoalbuminemia may be caused by liver disease, nephrotic syndrome, burns, protein-losing entropathy, malnutrition, and metabolic stress. alterations in albumin in metabolic stress such as cardiac surgery have been previously investigated. we studied serum albumin concentration in children with congenital heart disease and also the association of hypoalbuminemia with mortality and m...

considering iran geographical location, water is the most limited factor in agriculture section. therefore, it would be logical to consider water as one of the most significant criteria in selection of cultivation model. the purpose of this study is assigning cultivation pattern based on economic value of water in gotvand township in agronomic year 2008-2009. so it was necessary to computes the...

background and objectives: this study was designed to investigate the association between parental behavior and the dietary intake of tehranian preschool children aged 2-6 years. materials and methods: in a cross-sectional study conducted on 310 children aged 2-6 years from the kindergartens of 22 districts of tehran, a qualitative validated 85-item food frequency questionnaire was completed by...

Background: Background: Obesity, especially central obesity is related to many endocrine abnormalities, such as thyroid dysfunctions. Elevated levels of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) is common in obese children, however, it is not clear if such condition is associated with increased cardiovascular risk factors. The study aimed to determine the association between levels of TSH in overweight...

background: different viewpoints exist about lipid screening in all children or only in children with positive family history (fh)of premature cardiovascular diseases (cvds) or hypercholesterolemia. this systematic review and meta-analysis aim to assess the effectiveness of lipid screening in children and adolescents according to the existence of positive fh of cvd risk factors.materials and me...

Background The aim of this study was to evaluate leptin serum levels in patients with major beta thalassemia which was also associated with their ferritin serum levels. Materials and Methods This case-control study was performed on 90 children -6 months to 16 years old, in Zabol, Amir- al- Momenin Hospital. Patients were divided in two groups and were matched in age and sex. All Children w...

background: two questions about diagnostic value of urinary neutrophil gelatin associated lipocalin (ungal) in detection of acute kidney injury (aki) in children have remained unanswered; first, which cut-off point of ungal has the highest value in detection of aki; and second when is the best time for measuring this biomarker in a patient? accordingly, the present study aimed to conduct a syst...

background: major attention has been drawn to the prognostic value of plasma/serum neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (ngal) in detection of acute kidney injury (aki) in children, but still no consensus has been reached. accordingly, the present study aimed to assess the diagnostic value of this biomarker in detection of acute kidney injury in children through a systematic review and me...