a simple emergency risk prediction tool should be developed for clinicians to quickly identify the prognosis of patients with acute aortic dissection.we enrolled 280 patients with acute aortic dissection admitted to emergency department between may 2010 and february 2013. multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to identify independent predictors of in-hospital death.the in-hospi...

how to cite this article: fayyazi a, khajeh a, bagheri m, ahmadi s. acute hydrocephaly following methadone intoxication in a child. iranian journal of childneurology 2012;6(1):35-38. infantile methadone intoxication has been on the rise since the usage of methadone in opioid detoxification programs. we report a 30-month-old child with encephalopathy and acute hydrocephaly following methadone in...

background: acute gastroenteritis is responsible observed in all age groups, especially infants and children. the etiology and clinical course of acute gastroenteritis may vary with age and etiological agents. in developing countries, the morbidity and mortality associated with infectious diarrhea is higher in children younger than five-years-of-age. objectives: the aim of this study was to det...

background more than three million children in developing countries die from acute diarrhea annually. rotaviruses and adenoviruses are from the most important etiologic factors in acute gastroenteritis of children. objectives the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of rotavirus and adenovirus among children with acute diarrhoea admitted to abuzar hospital in ahvaz (southwest iran)...

concurrence of interstitial nephritis and uveitis named tubulointestitioal nephritis and uveitis syndrome (tinu) are unusual and uncommon presentations of interstitial nephritis. this syndrome is considered after ruling out other differential diagnoses. a-38-year old man presented with acute renal failure and uveitis. the histologic findings of renal biopsy showed acute tubulointestitioal nephr...

aim : the aim of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of preoperative abdominal ultrasonography in suspected appendicitis, and equivocal exam. background : acute appendicitis is a common problem and occasional challenging diagnosis in emergency department of every general hospital. patients and methods : within a period of one year from march 2007 through march 2008, all patient with suspecte...

abstract we report a case of paint thinner intoxication by inhalation, with rhabdomyolysis, renal failure, skin lesions and severe sciatic nerve lesion at gluteal region.

background: sub-acute bacterial endocarditis (sbe) rarely presents with features of a small vessel vasculitis. patients with sbe can also develop multiple serological abnormalities including anca. in this report, we present a case of infective endocarditis mimicked anca associated glomerulonephritis.case presentation: a 57-year old male with a clinical picture of rapidly progressive renal failu...

introduction: patients with epilepsy can have impaired cognitive abilities. many factors contribute to this impairment, including the adverse effects of antiepileptic drugs like gabapentin (gbp). apart from anti-epilectic action, gabapentin is used to relieve ethanol withdrawal syndrome. because both gbp and ethanol act on gaba ergic system, the purpose of this study was to evaluate their effec...

background obesity is a medical problem in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. obesity is associated with many complications, so it is important to investigate the respective etiology. leptin is a protein synthesized in the fatty tissue and is effective in the control of obesity. survey of leptin in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all) survivors could be helpful in controlling ob...