Objective(s): Renography is used for the diagnostic evaluation of pediatric patients with a suspected obstruction of urinary tract or impaired renal function. The recommended dose for children have been released by the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, and Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine. Since acquisition counts in dynamic scintig...

OBJECTIVES To describe pediatric severe asthma care, complications, and outcomes to plan for future prospective studies by the Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING : Pediatric intensive care units in the United States that submit administrative data to the Pediatric Health Information System. PATIENTS Children 1-18 yrs old trea...

BACKGROUND Studies have examined the extent to which public policies such as the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act have increased pediatric information in drug labeling. Little attention has focused on pediatric labeling of biologics. This analysis examines the extent to which biologics are labeled for pediatric use or have been studied in children. METHODS The analysis covers the 96 biol...

Pediatric airway problems are seen commonly in pediatric and general emergency departments, management of the pediatric airway is often stressful to providers. This article reviews the pediatric airway, highlighting the anatomic and physiologic differences between infant, pediatric and adult airways, and how these differences impact assessment and management of the pediatric airway.

background: nowadays, due to the emergence of new and advanced technologies, methods of medical education have undergone several changes. because students often spend many minutes per day using mobile phone and its features, and this is a great attraction for them. this study was an attempt to assess the capabilities of the mobile phone technology to be used for teaching the key points of pedia...

background: emergence delirium (ed) is a frequent postoperative complication in children. its prevalence is about 25-80% and is observed more commonly with rapid-acting volatile anesthetics than the older inhalation agents. methods: 30 patients aging between 2 to 8 years were included in this randomized double blind study. we compared the effect of combination of two anesthetic drugs, propofol-...

background  it is remain a main concern that pediatric chest radiographies contribute to the significant radiation exposure to the thyroid gland as a more susceptible organ to radiation induced cancer. the aim of this study was to evaluate the entrance surface dose (esd) of pediatric chest radiography compared to the diagnostic reference levels (drl) and evaluation the efficacy of the lead (pb)...

statement of problem: the effectiveness of fluoride dentifrices in reducing dental caries is well documented. however, not all fluoride dentifrices are equally effective purpose: the objective of this experimental study was to compare fluoride uptake from pooneh pediatric toothpaste and an ada-approved pediatric dentifrice, in sound enamel of primary teeth. materials and methods: in an in vitro...

conclusion the calculated ni rate in our study (14.7%) is higher than usual rates reported from picu in other societies. meanwhile, long stay in picu and age less than 2 years are the main risk factor for ni and subjects with ni are 5.13 times more likely to die. patients and methods this cross sectional study was carried out on all patients hospitalized for more than 48 hours in pediatric inte...