SIDS: Sudden infant death syndrome. Unexplained death of an infant under 1 year; SUIDS: Sudden unexplained infant deaths caused by metabolic disorders; Hypothermia; Hyperthermia; Neglect; Homicide or accidental poisoning; Nutritional epidemiology: New field of medical research that studies relations between nutrition and health; Infant mortality: Rate of infant deaths during the first year afte...

Maternal perceptions of infant soothability moderated the relation between negative infant temperament and maternal sensitivity. Infant negative temperament and maternal sensitivity were significantly positively related when maternal perception of infant soothability was high and significantly negatively related when maternal perception of infant soothability was low.

conclusion applying serologic tests for infant whose mother is suspected of brucellosis seems logical. patient the patient was a 3.5 month infant with irritability, loss of appetite and immobility of left hip joint since 10 days ago. there was no medical problem during fetal and neonatal period of his life. the infant nutrition was provided by breast feeding. about one month ago his mother has ...

background tissue engineering is used for the treatment of many diseases, and the ideal cell source for cartilage tissue engineering is chondrocytes. the main limitation of chondrocyte is the low number of cells in cartilage tissue engineering. this study investigated a suitable cell source with high proliferation rate to obtain a large number of chondrocytes. methods adult cartilage tissue sam...

based on rome iii criteria, functional disorders of gi are listed below:   infant regurgitation: -regurgitation two or more times per day for 3 or more weeks -no retching, hematemesis, aspiration, apnea, ftt, abnormal posturing infant rumination syndrome: -repetitive contraction of abdominal muscle -regurgitation of gastric content in to the mouth and reswallowed cyclic vomiting syndrome: -two ...

objective assessment of risk predictors for adverse neurodevelopmental outcome at 1 year of age in term and near-term infants. material & methods this case-control study was a representative sample of infants from different health-care centers of north and east of tehran. the association between risk factors and delayed motor development (developmental quotient below 70 indicating a significant...

atopic dermatitis (ad) is one of the most common infantile diseases. immunological dysfunctions in ad patients may predispose them to infections. the aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between infantile ad and urinary tract infection (uti). in this cross sectional study, we enrolled 57 patients with ad aged 1 to 24 months that referred to dermatology clinic, and 57 healthy contr...

eosinophilic gastroenteritis (ege) was a rare  gastrointestinal disease that was seen in all ages usually associated with dyspepsia, diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain, blood loss in stools and malabsorption. we reported a six-month-old boy with rectorrhagia, family history of allergy, elevated ige and eosinophil in blood with normal endoscopy. because of eosinophilic infiltration in lamina pro...

conclusions respiratory distress is more common in eos whereas jaundice, fever and seizure are more likely to be observed in los infants. considering the results, clinical manifestations should be regarded as an important part of early diagnosis of sepsis. objectives the aim of this study was to evaluate, record and rank the clinical manifestations and lab data of neonates with clinical sepsis....