Human rights are the basic standards that people need to live in dignity.  In addition to the rights that are available to all people, there are rights that apply only to children.  Children need special rights because of their unique needs;  they need additional protection that adults don’t.  The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is an international document that sets out al...

background bronchiolitis is a significant cause of acute morbidity in children less than 2 years old and some children with bronchiolitis are admitted to the hospital. aims and objectives to identify clinical predictors of hospital admission in children aged 0-24 months with acute bronchiolitis.   methods: all children in the age group of 0-24 months presenting with acute bronchiolitis to a ded...

this study was aimed to evaluate the efficacy of dipstick tests (leukocyte esterase and nitrite) in diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (sbp) in cirrhotic patients. forty six children with ascites hospitalized between 2009 and 2010 in children medical center were enrolled in this study. reagent strip assays for leukocyte esterase and nitrite were performed on ascetic fluid and the re...

Emerging data suggest that measurement of serum IgE to peanut components can be clinically helpful and more accurate than IgE to whole peanut to predict peanut allergy. Not all studies have used prospective samples, multiple components and oral challenges. Currently, there are no data on this topic involving Italian children. 32 patients (23 males; median age 9 years) with reported history for ...

this paper compares the value relevance of book value and dividends versus book value and reported earnings. the main purpose of this study explains which of dividends, book value and earnings are more value relevance. thus, we have examined 98 firms of tehran stock exchange over a period 1377-1382. our methodology of examining the information content of various income statement and balance she...

the aim of this study is the normalization of the wender utah rating scale which is used to detect adults with attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder (adhd). available sampling method was used to choose 400 parents of children (200 parents of children with adhd as compared to 200 parents of normal children). wender utah rating scale, which has been designed to diagnose adhd in adults, is ...

  Background The maintenance and health of children's milk teeth are important due to the high rate of caries and the fact that their health clearly affects the permanent teeth, the treatment of these caries and its complications leads to high costs for families and the society. This study aimed to determine the mother’s knowledge and att...

Previous researchers have noted that the ‘categorical’ Medicaid eligibility accompanying the welfare programs Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) often far exceeds the value of these programs’ cash benefits. It may be the case that the accompanying health insurance, not the cash benefit, is often the decisive factor in welfare participation. If ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of fine needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of abdominal and retroperitoneal masses in children on this study. In 53 cases of childhood abdominal and retroperitoneal masses within a 4 year period (1998- 2001) preoperative fine needle aspiration was done under the guide of CT scan. 2 pathologists reviewed fine needle aspiration smears. I...