Background: Pain during invasive procedures is an unpleasant thing experienced by all children when hospitalized, including with acute illnesses or chronic diseases such as thalassemia. Nurses need to implement interventions from atraumatic care reduce the pain felt children, providing audiovisual distraction techniques. This study aimed see difference in thalassemia and non-thalassemia after b...

Few literatures have elaborated on the clinical characteristics of children with thalassemia from low-prevalence areas. A retrospective analysis was conducted on children genetically confirmed with thalassemia at Seoul National University Children's Hospital in Korea. Nine children (1α thalassemia trait, 6β thalassemia minor, 2β thalassemia intermedia) were diagnosed with thalassemia at median ...

OBJECTIVE Growth retardation in children with b-thalassemia major is multifactorial. Some etiologies described for this condition are hemochromatosis, disturbed growth hormone (GH) / insulin growth factor-1 (IGF-1) axis, undernutrition and hypermetabolism. It has also been proven that growth retardation is present in b-thalassemia major children despite regular transfusion and chelation. Our ai...

BACKGROUND Thalassemia is an inherited blood disease. It is a serious public health problem throughout the Mediterranean region, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent, as well as in Southeast Asia. OBJECTIVES Thalassemia is an inherited blood disease. It is a serious public health problem. In this study we assessed psychological aspects in Iranian children and adolescents with thalassem...

a Thalassemia modifies the hematologic expression of homozygous sickle cell (55) disease, resulting in increased total hemoglobin and HbA2 and decreased HbF. mean cell volume, reticulocytes. irreversibly sickled cells. and bilirubin levels. The age at which these changes develop in children with 55 disease is unknown. Ascertainment of globin gene status in a large representative sample of child...

background: pain is described as the fifth vital sign, and inadequate pain management is linked to numerous immediate and long-term negative outcomes. venipuncture is one of the most painful medical procedures in children. distraction is one of the most effective ways to relieve pain. reducing patients’ pain is important for all nurses for many reasons. unnecessary pain can damage the nurse-pat...

INTRODUCTION Thalassemia is a chronic blood disease, which imposes adverse effects on patients and their families. Parents of such patients, given that they had the thalassemia trait, hold themselves responsible for their children's disease in addition to other difficulties, bear the burden of guilt and hopelessness and worry about the health and future of their children. This study aimed to ex...

background: thalassemia represents a serious health problem in iran because of its heterogeneous frequency and the existing endogamy system. it is an inherited blood disease characterized by the under production of normal hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying protein in red blood cells. materials and methods: in this study, serum antioxidants including selenium (se), zinc (zn) and copper (cu) were me...

Thalassemia is a chronic disease that can affect quality of life. The purpose this study was to determine the effect family support, transfusion compliance and self-efficacy on life children with thalassemia. This research correlational cross-sectional approach. sample consisted 45 people. Data were collected using questionnaires, statistical analysis descriptive data respondents’ characteristi...

Background: Chronic anemia in thalassemia patients may cause multiple complications such as bone deformities, growth retardation, and peripheral neuropathy. Aim: To examine the presence of possible electrophysiological changes in children diagnosed with thalassemia and to investigate the clinical factors affecting the electrophysiological findings in those children. Subjects and Methods: A hosp...