subglottic hemangiomas are very rare in compare with cutaneous form but can be life-threatening in the proliferating phase of tumor by airway obstruction. it should be considered in any child with recurrent, persistent and/or progressive, inspiratory or biphasic stridor, respiratory distress and feeding difficulties in the first months of life. it should be confirmed by endobronchoscopic evalua...

to estimate the bacterio-epidemiological situation of childhood respiratory tuberculosis in iran, 2185 symptomatic patients of 0-14 years old were studied. among 110 bacteriologically confirmed cases, 60% were less than five years old and the number of females was slightly more than males. in 21 % of patients, the mantoux test was negative. none of the miliary cases had a history of bcg vaccina...

background & aims of the study: in this study, we evaluate the respiratory deaths which were caused by exposure to pm10 in ahwaz, bushehr and kermanshah cities of iran during 2015 by air model q2.2.3. materials and methods: the required data gathered from the department of environment and meteorological organization in three study areas. data were analyzed, using excel software at the next stag...

conclusions although several studies have investigated viral respiratory co-infection, no study has evaluated the rate of respiratory co-infections in adenovirus-positive samples from children younger than 5 years. however, this study has filled this gap, the the number of co-infections were too small to draw any definite conclusions. therefore, large-scale studies using bigger samples are requ...

The main aim of this study was to evaluate cardiovascular and respiratory outcomes attributed to PM10 in Kermanshah, Iran. In order to gather data, an Environmental Dust Monitor instrument was used at 3 stations throughout the city at a height of at least 3 m above the ground. We obtained an input file for the model from crude data and quantified PM10 using the AirQ model. Our estimation showed...