Background and Aim Thalassemia is now one of the most common genetic diseases with non-epidemic prevalence as number infected patients increases, complications disease increase deaths increases. a growing among children, especially in early childhood. Materials Methods: The binary scale (yes-no) used only .Represented by previous literature on subject study. Use repetitive method well percentag...

Hydroxyurea (HU) enhances fetal hemoglobin (Hb) production. An increase in total Hb level has been repeatedly reported during HU treatment in patients with sickle cell disease and in several patients with beta-thalassemia intermedia. Effects in patients with beta-thalassemia major are controversial. We now report a marked elevation of total Hb levels with HU that permitted regular transfusions ...

Objective: To determine the prevalence of hypothyroidism among children with β-thalassemia major. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration Study: The Department Hematological Disorder, Thalassemia Bone Marrow Transplantation Centre, Biochemistry, Bahawal-Victoria Hospital, Quaid e Azam Medical College”, Bahawalpur, Pakistan from 1st January 2021 to 31st December 2021. Methodology...

Abstract Background Thalassemia is one of the most common human genetic diseases in the world and it provides many problems for patients, families and health care system. This model helped the family with sick children to empower to face disease and its complications. To reach this aim, the knowledge and attitude of patients and their families about the disease should be increased. This study w...

OBJECTIVES Evaluation of the peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness, subfoveal choroidal thickness, and retinal vessel caliber measurements in children with thalassemia minor. METHODS In this cross-sectional and comparative study, 30 thalassemia minor patients and 36 controls were included. Heidelberg spectral domain optical coherence tomography was used for peripapillary retinal n...

conclusions the results showed that group play therapy improves self-concept in children suffering from thalassemia major. objectives the aim of this study was to determine if group play therapy could significantly increase self-concept among children with thalassemia major ages 7 to 11 years old in teaching hospitals of golestan province, iran, in 2012. patients and methods in this randomized,...

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and associated factors for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) among children with severe beta-thalassemia. Children with severe beta-thalassemia without a history of bone marrow transplantation were studied. Polysomnography (PSG) was performed in those who habitually snored to identify OSA. One hundred twenty children (aged 9.3 +/- 3.7 years; 42%...

background: iron deficiency anemia (ida) is an important health problem all around the world especially in developing countries. in the mediterranean countries another prevelant reason of anemia is thalassemia. certain strategies had been established as a government policy to reduce prevalence in north cyprus, such as pre-marital screening of thalassemia. the prevalence of thalassemia trait has...

background : chronic nature of thalassemia causes changes in different aspects of life in patients, including their quality of life. because of the important role of family in caring for children with thalassemia, this study was done to evaluate the effect of family-centered empowerment model on quality of life of the children aged 6-12 years with thalassemia in kerman thalassemia center. metho...

The article by Karamifar H. et al published in the recent issue of Turkish Hematology on Insulin-like growth factor-1 in children with β-Thalassemia minor called our attention, because we have also studied growth retardation and ILGF-1 in thalassemia major patients [1]. Our previous studies revealed zinc deficiency in Turkish children with β-Thalassemia major. We have studied zinc levels not on...