background : type 1 diabetes mellitus is the most common endocrine disease in pediatric. we aimed to determine the demographic characteristics at presentation of childhood type 1 diabetes mellitus in hamadan, west province of iran. methods : in this cross sectional descriptive study, demographic data of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus being followed up in pediatric endocrinology clinic o...

considering the fact that early hypocalcemia is the most common type of neonatal hypocalcemia which manifests during the first few days of iife (72 hours) and that hypocalcemia in low birth weight neonates is very common, this descriptive study on hypocalcemia was conducted to determine the frequency of hypocalcemia in low birth weight neonates in the city of kashan in the first 9 months of the...

objective: the purpose of this study was to investigate the incidence, type, location, and risk factors of accidental fetal lacerations during caesarean delivery. material and methods: total deliveries, caesarean deliveries, and neonatal records for documented accidental fetal lacerations were reviewed retrospectively in four university hospital. thegestational age, the presenting part of the f...

to determine easily identifiable congenital anomalies (ca) prevalence and risk factors in the first 24 hours of life in a cross-sectional study we assessed 2291 live born neonates at four teaching hospitals from september 1999 until march 2000 in the south of tehran. data were collected by a structured form which contained neonatal characters including sex, gestational age, birth weight, histor...