group b streptococcus (gbs) is one of the most important bacteria in the majority of maternal and neonatal infections, such as chorioamnionitis, endometritis, bacteremia, sepsis and meningitis. during pregnancy, gbs screening is one of the recommended strategies that are recommended by center of disease control (cdc). this study was aimed to determine the rectovaginal colonization prevalence am...

background: using of natural and synthetic surfactant is a rescue treatment for respiratory distress syndrome. in iran, survanta and curosurf are the most frequent used natural surfactant preparations. we compared the clinical response and safety of two surfactants poractant alpha (curosurf) and beractant (survanta) for treatment of respiratory distress syndrome (rds) in preterm infants. method...

intraventricular hemorrhage (ivh) is one of the major causes of the cerebral palsy and mental retardation. prevention and early management of these neurologic developmental problems will require determining the perinatal risk factors associated with this clinical entity. pneumothorax increase the risk of ivh, and cause of pneumothorax has an important effect in severity of ivh. this is a prospe...

meropenem, a carbapenem antibiotic, has a broad-spectrum activity and is active against staphylococcus aureus, streptococcus pneumoniae, haemophilus influencae, moraxella catarrhalis, gram-negative enteric bacilli as escherichia coli, klebsiella, enterobacter, serratia and pseudomonas aeruginosa. meropenem has excellent penetration in body tissues and in cerebrospinal fluid (in the presence of ...

abstract circumcision is the most common surgery performed worldwide and about 30% of men are circumcised, of whom 70% are muslim. the majority of male neonates are circumcised based on religious and cultural practices. neonatal circumcision has several advantages when compared to an older age group receiving the procedure. there is considerable controversy about circumcision – neonatal or othe...

doppler-derived myocardial performance index (mpi) , defined as the s um of isovolumetric contraction and relaxation durations divided by ejection time, is an easily measured and reproducible index that shows both systolic and diastolic myocardial function. the goal of this study was to define normal values of right ventricular mpi in neonates in the first 48 to 72 hours of life. fifty-one quie...

how to cite this article: khalessi n, khosravi n, mirjafari m, afsharkhas l. plasma ammonia levels in newborns with asphyxia. iran j child neurol. winter 2016; 10(1):42-46. abstract objective perinatal asphyxia may result in hypoxic damage in various body organs, especially in the central nervous system. it could induce cascade of biochemical events leading to the cell death and metabolic chang...

introduction: the traditional view that neonates are not capable of perceiving pain has been refuted and there is now no doubt those neonates feel pain. although babies cannot express their pain as older children, but capable to show in response the pain a set of measures as observable behavioral responses. the aim of this study was to determine effect of foot reflexology on physiologic index o...

background: the readmission rate for neonatal jaundice has been increased in recent years. this has been attributed to shorter length of postpartum hospital stays without comprehensive follow-up. the purpose of this study was to determine the diagnostic value of pre-discharge transcutaneous bilirubin (tcb) levels for prediction of subsequent hyperbilirubinemia in healthy term neonates. methods:...

background: neonatal mortality, prematurity, and congenital disorders, known as crisis, are unexpected stressful events causing extreme maternal stress. according to the literature, about 28-70% of the mothers have a high degree of psychological stress. among different treatments, praying as a complementary religious approach is the most common source that people use in difficult conditions. re...