Health Related Quality of Life and Weight Self-Efficacy of Life Style among Normal-Weight, Overweight and Obese Iranian Adolescents: A Case Control Study
Health Related Quality of Life and Weight Self-Efficacy of Life Style among Normal-Weight, Overweight and Obese Iranian Adolescents: A Case Control Study

Seyedeh Fatemeh Miri; Maryam Javadi; Chung-Ying Lin; Khadijeh Irandoost; Arezoo Rezazadeh; Amir Pakpour

Volume 5, Issue 11 , November 2017, Pages 5975-5984

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2017.25554.2173

Abstract
  Background: Identifying and investigating the factors influencing self-efficacy and eventually health related quality of life (HRQoL) can be an important step toward the prevention ...  Read More
Effects of Companionship in Training Sessions on Primiparous Women’s Knowledge, Attitude and Performance toward Breastfeeding
Effects of Companionship in Training Sessions on Primiparous Women’s Knowledge, Attitude and Performance toward Breastfeeding

Elaheh Seddighi; Abdurrahman Charkazi; Hossein Shahnazi; Behzad Mahaki

Volume 5, Issue 11 , November 2017, Pages 5985-5998

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2017.25702.2187

Abstract
  Background The present study aimed to explore effects of companionship in training sessions on primiparous women’s knowledge, attitude and performance toward breastfeeding. ...  Read More
Shiga Toxigenic Escherichia Coli Antimicrobial Resistance Properties in Diabetic and Nondiabetic Pediatric Patients; A Case-Control Study
Shiga Toxigenic Escherichia Coli Antimicrobial Resistance Properties in Diabetic and Nondiabetic Pediatric Patients; A Case-Control Study

Mohamad Reza Mohammadi-Sardo; Soheil Salehi; Sahar Mirbaha; Atefeh Abdollahi

Volume 5, Issue 11 , November 2017, Pages 5999-6008

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2017.25624.2181

Abstract
  Background Resistant Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC), is the most prevalent source of diarrhea in pediatrics. This study was conducted to investigate the antimicrobial resistance ...  Read More
Comparison of the Umbilical Cord Bacterial Colonization in Newborn Infants Rooming in with Mothers and Neonates Admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Comparison of the Umbilical Cord Bacterial Colonization in Newborn Infants Rooming in with Mothers and Neonates Admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Mohammad Forozeshfard; Raheb Ghorbani; Mohammadreza Razavi; Navid Danaie; Shamsollah Nooripour

Volume 5, Issue 11 , November 2017, Pages 6009-6015

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2017.25938.2208

Abstract
  Background Bacterial colonization during and shortly after birth are common in newborn infants. The aim of this study was to determine the umbilical cord bacterial colonization in newborn ...  Read More
Application of Health Belief Model in Prevention of Osteoporosis among Primary School Girl Students
Application of Health Belief Model in Prevention of Osteoporosis among Primary School Girl Students

Ali Khani Jeihooni; Alireza Askari; Seyyed Mansour Kashfi; Zahra Khiyali; Seyyed Hannan Kashfi; Omid Safari; Babak Rastegarimehr; Morteza Mansourian

Volume 5, Issue 11 , November 2017, Pages 6017-6029

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2017.25144.2130

Abstract
  Background: Osteoporosis is the most common metabolic bone disease. Prevention of osteoporosis during childhood and adolescence is an important issue in World Health Organization. The ...  Read More
Diagnostic Value of Technetium-99m-Dimercaptosuccinic Acid Scintigraphy in Prediction of Vesicoureteral Reflux in Children with First-time Febrile Urinary Tract Infection
Diagnostic Value of Technetium-99m-Dimercaptosuccinic Acid Scintigraphy in Prediction of Vesicoureteral Reflux in Children with First-time Febrile Urinary Tract Infection

Fatemeh Ataei; Isa Neshandar Asli; Masoumeh Mohkam; Samaneh Hosseinzadeh; Neamatollah Ataei; Alireza Ghavi; Mahmoud Yousefifard; Alireza Oraii; Mostafa Hosseini

Volume 5, Issue 11 , November 2017, Pages 6031-6040

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2017.26012.2219

Abstract
  Background: Imaging modalities such as voiding cystourethrography (VCUG), direct radionuclide cystography (DRNC), and renal cortical scintigraphy (RCS) with technetium-99m dimercaptosuccinic ...  Read More
A 13.5- Year Old Boy with Abdominal Pain and Weight Loss and Chronic Intussusception
A 13.5- Year Old Boy with Abdominal Pain and Weight Loss and Chronic Intussusception

Mehrzad Mehdizadeh; Sara Memarian; Rahman Khosravi; Farzaneh Motamed; Parisa Rahmani; Maryam Saidi; Reihaneh Mohsenipour; Hosein Alimadadi; Behdad Gharib

Volume 5, Issue 11 , November 2017, Pages 6041-6046

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2017.24155.2048

Abstract
  We present a 13.5 year old boy with chronic intussusception that was misdiagnosed as Crohn disease and received treatment for the wrong diagnosis. Because his condition didn’t ...  Read More
Prevalence and Causes of Neonatal Mortality in Hormozgan Province, Southern Iran
Prevalence and Causes of Neonatal Mortality in Hormozgan Province, Southern Iran

Mojdeh Banaei; Azam Moridi; Asiyeh Pormehr-Yabandeh; Nasibeh Roozbeh; Soheila Moradi; Shirin Soltani

Volume 5, Issue 11 , November 2017, Pages 6047-6048

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2017.25979.2213

Abstract
  Infant health care should be one of the first and most important tasks of every nation and one of the main programs of any government, because children, as a vulnerable group, have ...  Read More
Lingual Thyroid: A Case Report and Literature Review
Lingual Thyroid: A Case Report and Literature Review

Somayeh Hashemian; Peyman Eshraqhi; Rahim Vakili; Mahdi Behnam

Volume 5, Issue 11 , November 2017, Pages 6049-6055

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2017.24949.2109

Abstract
  Thyroid ectopia is a dysgenesis of thyroid gland and Lingual position represents the most frequent ectopic location accounting up to 90% of ectopic cases. Hypothyroidism is commonly ...  Read More
Application of Theory of Planned Behavior to Improve Obesity-Preventive Lifestyle among Students: A School-based Interventional Study
Application of Theory of Planned Behavior to Improve Obesity-Preventive Lifestyle among Students: A School-based Interventional Study

Alireza Didarloo; Naser Sharafkhani; Rasool Gharaaghaji; Siamak Sheikhi

Volume 5, Issue 11 , November 2017, Pages 6057-6067

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2017.24040.2044

Abstract
  Background: Obesity is regarded as the epidemic of diseases correlated with an unhealthy lifestyle. The avoidance of inactivity could prevent obesity and its relevant issues. The present ...  Read More
Effective Factors of INSURE Method Failure in Treatment of Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Preterm Infants
Effective Factors of INSURE Method Failure in Treatment of Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Preterm Infants

Navid Danaie; Marzieh Seddigh; Raheb Ghorbani; Shamsollah Nooripour

Volume 5, Issue 11 , November 2017, Pages 6069-6076

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2017.26022.2221

Abstract
  Background INtubate-SURfactant-Extubate (INSURE) method is one of the effective methods in treatment of infants with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). This study was performed to ...  Read More
Diagnostic Value of NT-pro BNP Biomarker and Echocardiography in Cardiac Involvements in Beta-thalassemia Patients
Diagnostic Value of NT-pro BNP Biomarker and Echocardiography in Cardiac Involvements in Beta-thalassemia Patients

Noor Mohammad Noori; Alireza Teimouri; Maryam Nakhaey Moghaddam

Volume 5, Issue 11 , November 2017, Pages 6077-6094

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2017.24951.2110

Abstract
  Background N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is a marker to evaluate the cardiac involvement in thalassemia. We aimed to evaluate conventional and ...  Read More
Congenital Heart Disease in Children with Down syndrome in Kermanshah, West of Iran during 2002 - 2016
Congenital Heart Disease in Children with Down syndrome in Kermanshah, West of Iran during 2002 - 2016

Zahra Jalili; Cyrus Jalili

Volume 5, Issue 11 , November 2017, Pages 6095-6102

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2017.24971.2113

Abstract
  Background Down syndrome is the most common chromosomal anomaly. Dysmorphic features can occur in several organs in this syndrome. Cardiac anomalies with a prevalence of 50% are the ...  Read More
The Value of Urinalysis in Detection of Abdominal Organ Injuries in Children with Hematuria Following Blunt Abdominal Trauma; A Diagnostic Study
The Value of Urinalysis in Detection of Abdominal Organ Injuries in Children with Hematuria Following Blunt Abdominal Trauma; A Diagnostic Study

Seyedhossein Seyedhosseini-Davarani; Anahita Saeedi; Alaleh Rouhipour; Morteza Sanei Taheri; Alireza Baratloo

Volume 5, Issue 11 , November 2017, Pages 6103-6110

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2017.26125.2231

Abstract
  Background Currently, almost all patients with probable abdominal injury undergo urinalysis in emergency department (ED). The present survey was conducted with the aim of assessing ...  Read More
Clinical Pharmacology of Cefotaxime in Neonates and Infants: Effects and Pharmacokinetics
Clinical Pharmacology of Cefotaxime in Neonates and Infants: Effects and Pharmacokinetics

Gianmaria Pacifici; Giovanna Marchini

Volume 5, Issue 11 , November 2017, Pages 6111-6138

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2017.26241.2244

Abstract
  Cefotaxime is a bactericidal "third generation" cephalosporin has a broad-spectrum activity against gram-positive microorganisms and exceptional activity against most gram-negative ...  Read More
Study of Bacterial Contamination of Mobile Phones and Stethoscopes in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Study of Bacterial Contamination of Mobile Phones and Stethoscopes in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Abdellatif Daoudi; Nadia El Idrissi Slitine; Fatiha Bennaoui; Mariame Alaoui; Nabila Soraa; Fadl Mrabih Rabou Maoulainine

Volume 5, Issue 11 , November 2017, Pages 6139-6142

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2017.25504.2170

Abstract
  Mobile phones and stethoscopes used in neonatology units could be colonized by potentiel bacteria pathogens. It can be a vector of severe nosocomial infections and multi-drug-resistant ...  Read More
Comments on
Comments on "Study of Bacterial Contamination of Mobile Phones and Stethoscopes in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit"

SMJ Mortazavi

Volume 5, Issue 11 , November 2017, Pages 6143-6144

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2017.25690.2186

Abstract
  This letter is regarding the article by Daoudi et al. entitled "Study of bacterial contamination of mobile phones and stethoscopes in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit" published in International ...  Read More
Neuromyelitis Optica in Children: A Rare Entity
Neuromyelitis Optica in Children: A Rare Entity

Shamsuddin Hassan; Shyam Mina; Shobha Sharma; Ajay Kumar; Rhea Shriyan

Volume 5, Issue 11 , November 2017, Pages 6145-6149

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2017.25821.2202

Abstract
       Neuromyelitis optica (also known as Devic's disease or Devic's syndrome) is an uncommon disorder in pediatric age group, and is characterized by acute or subacute ...  Read More
Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Outcomes in Pregnant Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Comprehensive Review Study
Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Outcomes in Pregnant Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Comprehensive Review Study

Fatemeh Zahra Karimi; Masumeh Saeidi; Masoumeh Mirteimouri; Nahid Maleki- Saghooni

Volume 5, Issue 11 , November 2017, Pages 6151-6171

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2017.24527.2066

Abstract
  Background:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with multiple organ involvement and periods of relapse and remission that mainly affects young women of childbearing ...  Read More
Children, the Main Victims of Ethnic Violence in Myanmar
Children, the Main Victims of Ethnic Violence in Myanmar

Masumeh Saeidi; Abbas Bahreini; Zahra Emami Moghadam; Habibolah Taghizadeh Moghaddam; Fatemeh Aghajani

Volume 5, Issue 11 , November 2017, Pages 6173-6178

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2017.26317.2252

Abstract
  Human rights are the basic standards that people need to live in dignity. In addition to the rights that are available to all people, there are rights that apply only to children. Children ...  Read More