how to cite this article: afsharkhas l, khalessi n, karimi panah m. intraventricular hemorrhage in term neonates: sources, severity and outcome. iran j child neurol. summer 2015;9(3):34-39.   abstract objective intraventricular hemorrhage (ivh) occurs in preterm infants; however, the occurrence of this event is less frequent in term neonates. the present study evaluated clinical characteristics...

background: prediction of severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia is very important for early treatment and prophylaxis of neurologic sequels. the aim of this study was to evaluate the predictive role of umbilical cord ^5-fetoprotein (ucafp) as a marker of an increased risk for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia in full term babies. methods: umbilical cord blood was collected from 400 term singleton full t...

background & aim : mother-infant separation is one of the main causes of sleep-wake states disorders in neonatal intensive care unit (nicu). the current study was conducted to investigate the effect of in-arms-holding by mothers on sleep-wake states disorders of preterm neonates. methods & materials : in a pilot study, through a semi-experimental pretest-posttest method, 35 preterm neonates wit...

Bacteremic/20 wk PEN × 9 d Uncomplicated term delivery; neonate unaffected Zervoudakis and Cederqvist, 1977 Bacteremic/19 wk AMP × 3 wk Uncomplicated term delivery; neonate unaffected Hume, 1976 Bacteremic/18 wk AMP × 2 wk; then PO AMX Uncomplicated delivery at 39 wk; neonate unaffected Benshushan et al., 2002 Bacteremic/18 wk AMP × 7 d, GEN × 2 d; then PO AMX Diagnosed postpartum; preterm deli...

Transplacental transmission of rubella virus leads to Congenital Rubella Syndrome. It is comprised of congenital cardiac defects (most commonly patent ductus arteriosus), cataracts and sensorineural hearing loss. While prematurity and intra uterine growth retardation are frequent accompaniments of congenital rubella syndrome, at times birth weight can be normal. The possibility of fetal anomali...

acute appendicitis is a common occurrence in childhood, but this diagnosis is considered rarely in differential diagnosis of acute abdomen in the neonatal period because its occurrence is very rare in neonates. we report a 20-day- old afghan female baby that was admitted to neonatal intensive care unit, because of irritability and abdominal distension. complete ultrasound of abdomen and pelvis ...