considering the 50% mortality rate of neonatal septicemia associated with neutropenia and increasing resistance to antibiotics, simultaneous antibiotic therapy strategies are becoming more important. however, few studies have been performed to evaluate effectiveness of rhg-csf in the treatment of neutropenia in neonates. this randomized clinical trial was performed on 40 neutropenic neonates wi...

conclusions our study showed severe neonate indirect hyperbilirubinemia is still prevalence in fars province and ethnic and cultural background of the mothers was more effective than school education in preventing hyperbilirubinemia complication. patients and methods all infants less than 28 days referred due to severe indirect hyperbilirubinemia were included. complete history, physical examin...

bilirubin induced brain damage is still a common cause of morbidity and mortality in nigerian infants. no much success has been recorded in decades despite the fact that brain damage from bilirubin toxicity in the newborn is easily preventable with affordable and effective means. we report a case of a newborn with acute bilirubin encephalopathy. this case was considered of interest because the ...

introduction: motor behavior and coordination impairment are known side effects of opioid treatment, yet very few studies have investigated the effects of tramadol on motor behavior, or compared its effect with the effect of an opioid. this study investigates the effects of chronic injection of morphine and tramadol on rat motor function during infancy. methods: neonate rats (n=56) were randoml...

We have investigated the results of neonatal inoculation with a protein-bound polysaccharide, PSK, as it affects the defense mechanism of animals against cancer. Male BALB/c mice received a single i.p. injection of 10 mg/kg PSK within 48 h of birth. When the mice were 8 weeks of age, colon adenocarcinoma 26 (C26 tumor) cells were transplanted s.c. Injection of PSK increased the number of tumor-...

between i 9h i and 1993,30 cases of primary cardiac tumors were diagnosed at the imam khomeini hospital. 20 patients were female and 10 were male, with an average age of 32 years (ranging from 17 days to 65 years of age). the mean duration of symptoms before diagnosis was 6 months, with dyspnea and palpitation being the most common symptoms (60%) and cardiac' murmurs the most usual signs (...

purpose: to assess the histopathological and immunohistochemical features of orbital spindle cell tumors. methods: a descriptive, retrospective study was performed on 63 pathology reports on all types of orbital spindle cell tumors at the pathology department of farabi hospital between 1995 and 2005. immunohistochemistry studies for different markers, such as smooth muscle actin, desmin, s100 p...

The long plasma half-life of IgG, while allowing for enhanced tumor uptake of tumor-targeted IgG conjugates, also results in increased background activity and normal-tissue toxicity. Therefore, successful therapeutic uses of conjugated antibodies have been limited to the highly sensitive and readily accessible hematopoietic tumors. We report a therapeutic strategy to beneficially alter the phar...

background and purpose: oxygen therapy is one of the common treatments for neonates with cardiopulmonary disease. the aim of this study was to evaluate adherence to oxygen therapy standards by nurses before, during and after using oxygen hood. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 250 cases of nursing care were evaluated before, during and after administration of oxygen hood therapy in preter...

neonatal sepsis, a life-threatening condition, presents with non-specific clinical manifestations and needs immediate empirical antimicrobial therapy. choosing an appropriate antibiotic regimen covering the most probable pathogens is an important issue. in this study we compared the effectiveness of ceftizoxime and amikacin in the treatment of neonatal sepsis both in combination with ampicillin...