background: preterm labor is at risk for respiratory distress syndrome (rds) and sometimes requires to mechanical ventilation (mv) and surfactant therapy. continuous positive airway pressure (cpap) and nasal continuous positive airway pressure (ncpap) are the methods of respiratory support especially for using in rds of neonates. in other method surfactant is administered to babies via tracheal...

objective: neonatal  jaundice (nj)  is  one of the  most  common  cause  of  neonatal  hospital  admission.  phototherapy is the main therapy for hyperbilirubinemia of neonatal jaundice. the efficacy of phototherapy depends on the dose and wavelength of light used and the surface area exposed. we  increased  photons  in  mirror  covered  tunnel  phototherapy  (mctp)  by  putting  mirrors behind...

UNLABELLED Here we describe and compare the venomic and antivenomic characteristics of both neonate and adult Prairie Rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis viridis) venoms. Although both neonate and adult venoms contain unique components, similarities among protein family content were seen. Both neonate and adult venoms consisted of myotoxin, bradykinin-potentiating peptide (BPP), phospholipase A2 (PLA...

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...