International Journal of Pediatrics

Background: Obesity prevalence has increased alarmingly in recent decades as a result of lifestyle changes. Obesity can have adverse effects during childhood and adolescence, which ... Read More Background: Obesity prevalence has increased alarmingly in recent decades as a result of lifestyle changes. Obesity can have adverse effects during childhood and adolescence, which often persist into adulthood. Some studies have shown that echocardiographic findings are associated with obesity, accompanied by an increase in the left ventricle's size, diameter, and weight. This study compared Tissue Doppler and Pulse Doppler echocardiographic changes between obese and normal weight children and adolescents.Method: In 2021, this research was conducted on 66 children and adolescents aged 9 to 18 in Birjand. It included 33 individuals, comprising 25 boys and 8 girls, with a Body Mass Index (BMI) greater than 95, classified as the obese group, and 33 individuals, comprising 21 boys and 12 girls with a BMI between 10 and 85, ranked as the control group. The two groups' parameters were measured using Tissue Doppler Index (echocardiography), and the data was analyzed using SPSS version 16 at a significance level of less than 0.05.Result: The obese and normal weight groups had average ages of 12.84±1.92 and 12.87±2.87, respectively. In the obese group, the average BMI was 28.52±4.3, while in the control group, it was 16.55±2.21. The average EF (Ejection Fraction) in the obese group was 247.13±32.44, and in the control group, it was 249.6±24.68.In the obese group, the mean values of the parameters S´, A', and A were 12.91±2.63, 12.61±2.75 and 74.83±16.75, while in the control group, they were 11.47±2.66, 10.28±2.72, and 63.21±15.41. The obese group had substantially higher values compared to the control group (P<0.05). The mean values of IVRT, IVCT, MPI, E', and E were more significant in the obese group than in the control group, whereas ET and E/A were more significant in the control group. These differences, however, were not statistically significant.Conclusion: The significant increase in diastolic dysfunction parameters, including A' and E'/A', in the obese group may indicate a severe type of LV Compliance Decrease.

Premarital Screening for Beta-Thalassemia in Birjand City

Tayebeh Chahkandi; Bita Bijari; Sajjad Akbari

Volume 11, Issue 10 , October 2023, , Pages 18306-18313

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2023.74029.5339

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Background: Thalassemia is a common inherited anemia; and population-level screening followed by molecular evaluation is the most effective way to prevent it. Given the significance ... Read More

The Prevalence of Pediatric Metabolic Syndrome Risk Factors in Iran

Ttayebeh Chahkandi; Fatemeh Taheri; Bita Bijari; Tooba Kazemi; Emad Asgari Jafarabadi

Volume 11, Issue 4 , April 2023, , Pages 17606-17617

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2023.69453.5130

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Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) risk factors in 6-18-year-old students in Birjand, east of Iran.Methods: This cross-sectional ... Read More

Epidemiology of Pediatric Acute Poisoning in Iran: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Samira Alinejad; Tayyebeh Chahkandi; omid mehrpour; Jeffrey Brent; Seyed Mohammad Riahi

Volume 10, Issue 5 , May 2022, , Pages 16082-16100

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2021.55738.4416

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Background: The epidemiology of pediatric poisoning differs from one country to another. Due to the scarcity of reviews on this issue in Iran, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis ... Read More Background: The epidemiology of pediatric poisoning differs from one country to another. Due to the scarcity of reviews on this issue in Iran, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies providing data on Iranian pediatric poisoning epidemiology.Methods: PubMed, Web of Sciences, Science direct, Embase, Scopus and the Persian databases Magiran, Scientific Information Database (SID), and Iranmedex were searched. Twenty-seven studies published between 2002 and 2019 were included, based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria.Results: 54.7% of the participants in the reviewed studies were male, and 88.1% of them were unintentional. Most of the children were in the age range of 3-5 years. Non-pharmaceutical agents were the most common causes of poisonings (n=7175, 59.2%) and among them, illicit drugs (19.3%) followed by hydrocarbons (16.4%) constituted the most common non-pharmaceutical poisonings. Illicit drugs, especially opioids, showed an upward trend from 2002 to 2019. Among pharmaceuticals, central nervous system (CNS) drugs (50.4%), especially benzodiazepines (BZDs) (25.8%) and analgesics (14.5%), were the most frequent agents implicated. CNS complaints (51.8%), followed by gastrointestinal complaints (27.6%), were the most common symptoms. Ingestion was the most common route of poisoning (22.1%). Most of the poisoning cases occurred in summer (28.2%). 21.7% of the cases were hospitalized and the mortality rate was 0.8%. A remarkable downward trend in both hospitalization and death rates occurred over time.Conclusion: Overall, non-pharmaceutical toxicity was found to be the most common cause of poisoning. However, considering the agents separately, pharmaceuticals, illicit drugs, and hydrocarbons were the most common causes of poisoning, respectively. In contrast to the decreasing trend in hydrocarbons, pesticides, and pharmaceutical poisonings, we found an increase in opioid poisoning during our study period.

Comparison of Blood Lead Concentration in Opium-Addicted and Non-Addicted Children in Birjand, East of Iran

Tayebeh Chahkandi; Mahdieh Hamzehnezhad; Bita Bijari; Omid Mehrpour; Alireza Amirabadizadeh

Volume 9, Issue 6 , June 2021, , Pages 13833-13841

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2020.49990.3989

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Background Lead-contaminated opium is a new source of lead in the region that children can be exposed to. The acceptable blood lead concentration (BLC) in children is 5 μg/dl, and ... Read More

Evaluation of the Prevalence of Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection and its Clinical Outcomes in Neonates Born in Vali-e-Asr Hospital of Birjand, Iran

Tayyebeh Chahkandi; Elaheh Abbasi Yazdi; Mohammad Hasan Namaei; Bita Bijari

Volume 7, Issue 3 , March 2019, , Pages 9085-9094

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2018.35425.3103

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Background Cytomegalovirus (CMV) has been known as the most common cause for congenital infections worldwide which can lead to death in fetus and neonates as well as neuropsychiatric ... Read More

Endocrine Disorders in Beta thalassemia Major Patients

Tayyebeh Chahkandi; Samaneh Norouziasl; Marjan Farzad; Fatemeh Ghanad

Volume 5, Issue 8 , August 2017, , Pages 5531-5538

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2017.21937.1834

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Background Thalassemia is the most common hereditary disorder worldwide. The patient's’ survival is dependent on lifetime blood transfusion which leads to iron overload and its ... Read More

Percentile of Serum Lipid Profile in Children and Adolescents of Birjand, Eastern Iran.

Fatemeh Taheri; Tayebeh Chahkandi; Toba Kazemi; Bita Bijari

Volume 2, Issue 4.2 , November 2014, , Pages 31-38

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2014.3439

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Abstract:Introduction: Racial and environmental differences in communities leading cause of differences in serum lipids. It can be said this study aimed in assessing percentile curves ... Read More

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Echocardiographic Comparison of Myocardial Performance between Obese and Normal Weight Children and Adolescents

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Premarital Screening for Beta-Thalassemia in Birjand City

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The Prevalence of Pediatric Metabolic Syndrome Risk Factors in Iran

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Epidemiology of Pediatric Acute Poisoning in Iran: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Comparison of Blood Lead Concentration in Opium-Addicted and Non-Addicted Children in Birjand, East of Iran

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Evaluation of the Prevalence of Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection and its Clinical Outcomes in Neonates Born in Vali-e-Asr Hospital of Birjand, Iran

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Endocrine Disorders in Beta thalassemia Major Patients

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Percentile of Serum Lipid Profile in Children and Adolescents of Birjand, Eastern Iran.

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