BACKGROUND The most essential components of TB control are early diagnosis and adequate treatment. Delay in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis may result in more extensive disease and more complications, increase severity of the disease and is associated with higher risk of mortality. The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with delayed diagnosis of TB in hospitali...

OBJECTIVE Here, we investigated the factors associated with long diagnostic delay in celiac disease and the impact of the national Current Care Guidelines in reducing the delay. MATERIAL AND METHODS This population-based study involved 825 adult celiac disease patients. The diagnosis was considered delayed when the interval between first symptoms and diagnosis was >10 years. The patients were...

how to cite this article: karimzadeh p, jafari n, nejad biglari h, jabbehdari j, khayat zadeh s, ahmad abadi f, lotfi a. neurometabolic diagnosis in children who referred as neurodevelopmental delay (a practical criteria, in iranian pediatric patients). iran j child neurol. summer 2016; 10(3):73-81.   objective we aimed to investigate the clinical and para clinical manifestations of neuro metab...

monosomy 21 is a rare chromosomal abnormality which is persented in mosaic or homogenous forms.the latter form which is very rare,is determined by intra uterin growth retardation)IUGR),failure to thrive (FTT),prominent craniofacial,skeletal deformities and differnt degrees of delay in psychomotor activities.we report an eight years old boy who was admitted in pediatric ward(hospital No 1 of Ker...

conclusions tuberculosis is still a diagnostic challenge, especially when the presentation is atypical and extra-pulmonary. case presentation a 68-year-old male was admitted to our hospital with fever. he had splenomegaly, ascites and right-sided psoas abscess. chest x-ray was normal. although the vertebral column was intact, he had asymptomatic sacroiliitis. bony changes of the right sacroilia...

INTRODUCTION Delay in initiation of tuberculosis (TB) treatment may have a tremendous impact on disease transmission, development of drug resistance, poor outcome and overall survival of TB patients. The delay can occur at various levels. Delay in initiation of treatment after diagnosis is mostly due to health system failure and has immense programmatic implications. It has not been studied ext...

A general practitioner faces regularly soft tissue swelling in otherwise healthy children. Delay in diagnosis of soft tissue malignancies is often due to asymptomatic nature and the unfamiliarity with the age-dependent differential diagnosis. Hence, an accurate knowledge is important to prevent important delay in diagnosis of potential malignancies.

BACKGROUND We identified factors associated with delayed first consultation for breast symptoms (patient delay), delayed diagnosis after first consultation (doctor delay), and advanced pathologic stage at presentation among 180 women with breast cancer in Thailand. METHODS In this cross-sectional study 180 patients with invasive breast cancer were interviewed about potential risk factors and ...

Background: The most essential components of TB control are early diagnosis and adequate treatment. Delay in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis may result in more extensive disease and more complications, increase severity of the disease and is associated with higher risk of mortality. The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with delayed diagnosis of TB in hospital...