International Journal of Pediatrics

Parent–Infant Attachment in Infants with Respiratory Assist Devices Hospitalized in Intensive Care Units: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study

Muayad Abuljabbar-Abdulhasan Flifel; Manijeh Nourian; Maryam Varzeshnejad; Malihe Nasiri; Azam Shirinabadi Farahani; Arman Mohammadi

Volume 10, Issue 11 , November 2022, , Pages 17002-17013

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2022.61267.4718

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Background: Hospitalization of an infant in an intensive care unit may disrupt the normal process of parent-infant attachment. This study aimed to evaluate the quality of attachment ... Read More

Prevalence of Hypomagnesaemia in Children Admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and its Related Factors in Zahedan, Iran

Simin Sadeghi-Bojd; Noormohammad Noori; Elham Zarifi; Alireza Teimouri

Volume 9, Issue 5 , May 2021, , Pages 13539-13549

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2020.49643.3969

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Background: Clinical status of children admitted to the intensive care units (ICUs) is important. We aimed to investigate prevalence of hypomagnesaemia in children admitted to the pediatric ... Read More

Evaluating Non-Traumatic Loss of Consciousness in Children Admitted to the Emergency Room

Rasool Kermani; Jafar Nasiri; Zahra Barouti

Volume 9, Issue 4 , April 2021, , Pages 13371-13380

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2020.48416.3897

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Background Non-traumatic loss of consciousness is a nonspecific symptom resulting from a broad range of diseases in children, and its outcome depends on factors, including its primary ... Read More Background Non-traumatic loss of consciousness is a nonspecific symptom resulting from a broad range of diseases in children, and its outcome depends on factors, including its primary etiologies, age, sex, and patient clinical condition at the time of admission. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the etiology and outcome of children's non-traumatic loss of consciousness and to determine predictive clinical and paraclinical features. Materials and Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted in Imam Hossein Hospital, Isfahan, Iran. Documents of 101 children aged one month to fifteen years old who were admitted with non-traumatic loss of consciousness from March 2016 to March 2017 were reviewed. Data regarding patient’s profile, signs and symptoms, para-clinical findings, progression, and outcome were collected and analyzed using SPSS software version 23.0. Results: Results showed that the most common cause was infections (40.6%), followed by seizure (23.8%) and intoxication (19.8%). Also, infection was the main cause of mortality. The mortality rate was 18.8% and it was significantly and directly correlated with duration of hospitalization, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, and emergency interventions such as intubation or cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) at the time of admission, seizure status, dehydration, irritability, poor feeding, oliguria, hypotension, non-reactive pupils, low oxygen saturation, hyporeflexia, and hypotonia. Moreover, paraclinical factors such as thrombocytopenia, neutropenia, impaired liver and kidney function tests, and high coagulation test predicated poor outcomes. Conclusion The most common cause of non-traumatic loss of consciousness and the most common cause of mortality was infection. Longer duration of hospitalization, ICU admission and interventions were associated with poor outcomes. It seems physicians should pay more attention to these predictive factors.

Weaning from ventilator and effect of Blender-Humidifier on outcome of it

Nemat Bilan; Shalaleh Ganji

Volume 2, Issue 4.2 , November 2014, , Pages 39-45

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2014.3395

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Background and objectives: the weaning procedure of mechanical ventilation in many patients is a difficult and long process and increases the time of mechanical ventilation. There are ... Read More

Mortality Rate in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU): A Local Center Experience

Javad Ghaffari; Ali Abbaskhanian; Zeinab Nazari

Volume 2, Issue 3.2 , August 2014, , Pages 81-88

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2014.2956

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Introduction: Pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) has a specific location for management of children with serious and severe diseases. Methods: This is s crass-sectional – analytical ... Read More

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Parent–Infant Attachment in Infants with Respiratory Assist Devices Hospitalized in Intensive Care Units: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study

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Prevalence of Hypomagnesaemia in Children Admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and its Related Factors in Zahedan, Iran

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Evaluating Non-Traumatic Loss of Consciousness in Children Admitted to the Emergency Room

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Weaning from ventilator and effect of Blender-Humidifier on outcome of it

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Mortality Rate in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU): A Local Center Experience

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