a 29 days old pakistani female infant was presented to our outpatient department with two weeks history of a rapidly progressing large size facial hemangioma involving most of the right cheek and right eyelids. the infant was unable to open the right eye. there was also a small hemangioma on the right second toe. additionally, three similar lesions were found on the right side of the palate and...

background: critically ill children admitted to pediatric intensive care unit (picu) are at increased risk of gastrointestinal bleeding due to stress related mucosal injury. reducing gastric acid by acid suppressant medication is the accepted prophylaxis treatment, but there is not any definitive guideline for using prophylaxis in picu patients. the present study aimed to assess the effect of p...

objective: to study the pregnancy outcomes in first trimester vaginal bleeding. materials and methods: this cross sectional study was done on 60 pregnant women with first trimester vaginal bleeding referring to university hospitals affiliated to islamic azad university, tehran, iran. all women were evaluated for the outcomes including abortion, preterm rapture of membranes, preterm labor, secon...

background: acute upper gi bleeding (ugib) is a common medical emergency situation. in the past years, important changes have taken place that might have influenced the incidence, etiology, and outcome for patients with acute ugib. the aim of this study was to determine current time trends in the incidence, management, and prognosis of patients with ugib in 14 years period in a region in center...

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...

introduction: tonsillectomy is one of the most common procedures performed by ear, nose, and throat surgeon.  usually, the procedure is carried out as an inpatient surgery. with the increasing need to reduce healthcare costs, spare precious hospital beds, and shorten elective surgery lists, there is currently a trend towards performing tonsillectomy on a daycare basis.  materials and methods: a...

vaginal leiomyomas are uncommon benign tumour with variable clinical presentation. these tumours arise most commonly from anterior vaginal wall. we report a case of 50-year old postmenopausal woman who presented with urinary retention, profuse vaginal bleeding and mass protruding into vagina. local examination revealed a pedunculated mass attached to the posterior vaginal wall with vascular sta...

background acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (ugib) is a common medical emergency and is known as one of the main causes of mortality and morbidity. this research was conducted to study the causes and risk factors for ugib, in a referral center. methods in this cross sectional study, carried out in a one year period, all patients with acute ugib living in khorramabad city and surrounding ar...

conclusions our study showed that desmopressin could not reduce the amount of blood loss after cabg. also, desmopressin did not have a significant effect on coagulation status. therefore, based on the results of our study, it seems that the use of this medication cannot be a helpful for patients with any indication for cabg. background coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) is a common surgical...

conclusions the level of two cp and meld scores and their individual variables in two groups of patients with esophageal and gastric varices bleeding were not significantly different. on the other hand, re-bleeding rate was not different between these two groups. results among 34 understudied patients, 12 patients (8 males) had gastric varices and 22 patients (15 males) had esophageal varices. ...