Objectives: Monitoring development in infancy results in early detection of developmental delay, and early intervention can prevent sever complications of developmental disorders. The purpose of this study was to determine quality of developmental screening of 3-12 months infants referred to Tehran Health Centers, through comparing with screening by Bayley Infant Neurodevelopmental Screener II ...

Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC) is a highly contagious, severe form of conjunctivitis. During 2008–2010, six unrelated EKC outbreaks associated with human adenovirus (HAdV) in four states were reported to CDC. In total, 411 EKC cases were identified in Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, and New Jersey. In each outbreak, health-care-associated transmission appeared to occur via ophthalmologic exa...

Volume 95 No. 5 May 2012 a newborn Male, delivered by Caesarean section after induction at 41 weeks of gestation for failure to progress, was admitted to the Women and Infants’ Hospital (WIH) Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) with a large vascular mass on his left knee (Figure 1). Routine prenatal US had been normal and the pregnancy had been uneventful. Physical examination at delivery was o...

PURPOSE To describe clinical training models, delineate clinical competencies, and outline a clinical decision-making algorithm for neonatal physical therapy. KEY POINTS In these updated practice guidelines, advanced clinical training models, including precepted practicum and residency or fellowship training, are presented to guide practitioners in organizing mentored, competency-based prepar...

Among 818 newborn babies whose electrocardiograms (ECGs) were recorded between April 1975 and April 1976 were 57 babies with recordings that fell outside the accepted normal range. Preliminary observations have identified the need to define more clearly the range of normal variation. Twelve babies showed asymptomatic conduction abnormalities, three of which were thought sufficiently serious to ...

OBJECTIVE Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common form of cardiovascular diseases in children. This study was performed from September 2006 to August 2007 in Ardebil, Westnorthern Iran. The aim was to determine the prevalence of heart murmur in newborns and its correlation with CHD. METHODS In a 1-year cross sectional descriptive-analytic study, 2928 newborns were screened for heart...

variety of biochemical defects in type I procollagen resulting in disruption of triple helical conformation and procollagen suicide are responsible for the clinical features(2). Some cases are autosomal recessivtf but many are new dominant mutations. A large majority of patients die in early neonatal period or infancy but the incidence in general population is kept constant as a result of new m...

PURPOSE The purpose of this focused ethnography was to describe the culture of care and nonpharmacologic nursing interventions performed by NICU nurses for infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). METHOD Roper and Shapira's framework for the analysis included participant observation, individual interviews, and examination of existing documents. SAMPLE Twelve full-time nurses were ob...

BACKGROUND Appendicectomy specimens removed from patients with suspected acute appendicitis often appear macroscopically normal but histopathological analysis of these cases may reveal a more sinister underlying pathology. We evaluated histopathological reports of 1225 appendicectomy specimens at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) over the past three years. METHODS Histopathol...