how to cite this article:  fallah r, salor f, akhavan karbasi s, motaghipisheh h. randomised clinical efficacy trial of topiramate and nitrazepam in treatment of infantile spasms. iran j child neurol. 2014 winter; 8(1):12-19. objective infantile spasms (is) are among the most catastrophic epileptic syndromes of infancy. the purpose of this study was to compare efficacy and safety of topiramate ...

background: nausea and vomiting ane common complications of pregnancy which with available managements are not actually treatable. vitamin 86 deficiency has been postulated as a cause. objective: to find out the effect of vitamin 86 consumption on reducing the intensity of nausea and frequency of vomiting of pregnancy. design: the study was a randomized double blind placebo controlled trial. th...

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a common and serious problem that develops after more than 48 hours of mechanical ventilation. Improving the activity of immune system with vitamin D, and its consequent impact on prognostic biomarkers of VAP was studied in the current study. A randomized double blind placebo controlled clinical trial was designed. A total of 46 patients with VAP, who w...

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a common and serious problem that develops after more than 48 hours of mechanical ventilation. Improving the activity of immune system with vitamin D, and its consequent impact on prognostic biomarkers of VAP was studied in the current study. A randomized double blind placebo controlled clinical trial was designed. A total of 46 patients with VAP, who w...

abstract   objective: to determine the effect of oral zinc sulfate supplementation given with coamoxiclav when compared with coamoxiclav alone for treatment of otitis media with effusion (ome). the efficacy of the drug was assessed 3 and 6 weeks after administration .   methods: in a double-blind, randomized trial 4 to 14 years old children with ome who referred to ear, nose and throat clinic, ...

A report in 1984 on the success of zinc gluconate against common cold symptoms could not be confirmed in three subsequent studies, which are now known to have used formulations that inactivated zinc. A non-chelating formulation including glycine, which releases 93% of contained zinc into saliva, was tested in a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial in 73 young adults. Efficacy was ...

how to cite this article: ghofrani m. approach to the first unprovoked seizure- part ii. iran j child neurol. 2013 autumn; 7(4):1-5. abstract the approach to a child who has experienced a first unprovoked generalized tonic-clonic seizure is challenging and at the same time controversial. how to establish the diagnosis, ways and means of investigation and whether treatment is appropriate, are di...

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