The visual function of 42 children with haemorrhagic and ⁄ or ischaemic cerebral lesions acquired before a gestational age of 35 weeks was examined and related to cranial ultrasound in the neonatal period and to MRI and neurodevelopmental status at follow-up. All 37 children with abnormal ultrasound scans and one of the five with normal ultrasound scans showed impairment of one or more aspects ...

UNLABELLED The AIM of the study was to validate some of the imaging criteria for voiding dysfunction in children. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study included a number of 55 children with voiding dysfunction symptoms. They were investigated clinically as well as through imaging techniques: renourinary ultrasound, voiding cystourethrography and cystometry. RESULTS The most common symptoms were ur...

Background: Congenital hypothyroidism (CH), as one of the most common congenital endocrine disorders, may be significantly associated with congenital malformations. This study investigates urogenital abnormalities in children with primary CH (PCH). Methods: This case-control study was conducted on 200 children aged three months to 1 year, referred to Amir-Kabir Hospital, Arak, Iran. One hund...

Purpose. To study the results of surgical treatment NEC in newborns. Material and methods. Over 7 years, 18 newborns with were observed. Surgical was performed by everyone. Anamnesis, clinical laboratory data, ultrasound, X-ray examinations used diagnosis. Results discussion. Laparostomy children, resection small intestine ileostomy - 11 children. children (40%) survived. A observation is given...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of our study was to compare chest ultrasound and chest CT in children with complicated pneumonia and parapneumonic effusion. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively compared chest ultrasound and chest CT in 19 children (nine girls and 10 boys; age range, 8 months-17 years) admitted with complicated pneumonia and parapneumonic effusion between December 2006 and January 2...

BACKGROUND Sickle cell anemia is one of the commonest causes of stroke in children. It is usually, but not always, associated with intracranial vasculopathy. We have assessed the value of ultrasound screening for extracranial internal carotid artery disease. DESIGN AND METHODS Using Doppler ultrasound scanning, we assessed peak systolic blood velocity, tortuosity and stenosis in the extracran...

INTRODUCTION Although dehydration from diarrhea is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children under five, existing methods of assessing dehydration status in children have limited accuracy. OBJECTIVE To assess the accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound measurement of the aorta-to-IVC ratio as a predictor of dehydration in children. METHODS A prospective cohort study of children un...

Intussusception is an invagination of a proximal segment the bowel into immediately adjacent, distal portion bowel. Ileocolic intussusception one most common causes obstruction in children. The peak incidence occurs infants between five and seven months age. etiology children typically idiopathic, approximately 5-10% patients have pathological lead point. Postoperative rare intussusception. Chi...