Recent evidence suggests that establishment of a healthy gut microbiota shortly after birth is important to achieve optimal growth and development of children. Being born into a resource-poor environment presents challenges to the establishment of a healthy gut microbial flora in the newborn. Among these challenges are births that occur at home, traditional pre-lacteal feeding of newborns leadi...

OBJECTIVE Neurological manifestations of neonatal disorders have various causes, among them neonatal tetanus, albeit rare, is a potentially fatal and preventable disease, which is seen in underdeveloped and developing countries. Although the disease has been eradicated from I.R. Iran, pregnant women immigrating to Iran from neighboring countries, especially from eastern border, may carry a risk...

Objectives: The present study aimed to ascertain whether parental reports of their feeding practices are associated with independent observations of these behaviours, and whether the reliability of maternal report depends upon the child’s weight. Methods: 56 mothers and their children ate a lunch to satiety which was videotaped and coded for maternal use of control during feeding. Mothers also ...

Background. Breastfeeding is the optimal method for achieving a normal growth and development of the baby. This study aimed to study mothers' perceptions and practices regarding breastfeeding in Mangalore, India. Methodology. A cross-sectional study of 188 mothers was conducted using a structured proforma. Results. Importance of breast feeding was known to most mothers. While initiation of brea...

OBJECTIVES The present study aimed to ascertain whether parental reports of their feeding practices are associated with independent observations of these behaviours, and whether the reliability of maternal report depends upon the child's weight. METHODS A total of 56 mothers and their children ate a lunch to satiety which was videotaped and coded for maternal use of control during feeding. Mo...

how to cite this article: afsharkhas l, khalessi n, karimi panah m. intraventricular hemorrhage in term neonates: sources, severity and outcome. iran j child neurol. summer 2015;9(3):34-39.   abstract objective intraventricular hemorrhage (ivh) occurs in preterm infants; however, the occurrence of this event is less frequent in term neonates. the present study evaluated clinical characteristics...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Inappropriate complementary feeding is a major cause of child malnutrition and death. This study determined the complementary feeding knowledge, practices, minimum dietary diversity, and acceptable diet among mothers of under-five children in an urban Local Government Area of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria. METHODS This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted...

introduction: methylmalonic acidemia (mma) is a metabolic disorder and especial nutritional support has an important role in improvement of growth and development in these patients. case presentation: a 3-month old female infant with known mma was admitted to emergency department of dr sheikh children hospital with primary diagnosis of pneumonia and sepsis .this patient was a full term baby; mm...

The aim was to find out the incidence of retention placenta in 175 zebu cattle with regard age, body condition score (BCS), parity, and feeding system. Pretested questionnaire used for collecting information. overall manually removed 10.3%. Age, system had significant effect (P<0.05) on manual removal placenta. parity not significant. highest 14.3%, 16%, 11.8% 12% cows over 7 years 6th poor ...

Environmental contaminants may have impacts on reproduction and survival in wildlife populations suffering from multiple stressors. This study examined whether adverse effects of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) increased with poor population health and breeding conditions in three colonies (60-74°N) of great skua (Stercorarius skua) in the north-eastern Atlantic (Shetland, Iceland and Bjør...