AIM To evaluate maintenance intravenous fluid-prescribing practices and the incidence of hospital-acquired hyponatremia in children admitted to a general pediatric ward. METHODS This is a prospective observational study conducted over a 2-month period in children ages 2 months to 5 years who were admitted to a general pediatric ward and who were receiving maintenance intravenous fluids. The c...

The present study aimed to clarify the current status and awareness of psychological preparation for children undergoing medical procedures in pediatric nursing in Japan as compared with that in Germany. An original questionnaire about the current status and awareness of psychological preparation for children in hospitals was distributed by mail to nurses’ working on Japanese pediatric wards in...

Abstract: Infantile Tremor Syndrome is a clinical state, characterized by anemia, skin depigmentation, tremors and developmental delay in children between age 5 months to 3 years. Nutritional deficiency one of the most accepted theories, usually seen among breastfeeding vegetarian mothers. The present case report describes demographic, clinical, laboratory profile treatment outcome infantile tr...

BACKGROUND This study aimed at evaluating HRCT pulmonary manifestations in children with Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID) hospitalized in the Pediatric Ward of Masih Daneshvari Hospital during a 10-year period. MATERIALS AND METHODS This retrospective study evaluated 25 children hospitalized with the diagnosis of CVID in the Pediatric Ward of Masih Daneshvari Hospital from 2001 to 2011...

INTRODUCTION Pervasive refusal syndrome (PRS) describes children with social withdrawal who become unable to walk, eat, or care for themselves. This case report examines whether an integrative medicine approach is useful for treating PRS. CASE PRESENTATION A seven-year-old girl with symptoms most consistent with PRS and depression was admitted to a pediatric ward in Germany that integrates co...

We held the liaison case conferences for two adolescent cases with psychosomatic disease in the pediatric ward to understand the patient’s emotional problems and family situations, and to discuss how approach their psychological problems. We considered that the liaison conference played a useful role in both the clinical diagnosis and treatment. Furthermore, the liaison conference was useful fo...

background: in medicine, especially in pediatrics, it is necessary to perform regular epidemiologic studies in different geographic regions. this study was performed in nemazee hospital, shiraz, southern iran to determine the gastrointestinal (gi) disease spectrum, the mortality and also the rate of matching final diagnosis with the initial impression in pediatric gi ward. â  methods: of all th...