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Pulse Oximetry Screening for Detecting Congenital Heart Disease in Neonates – Experience from Tertiary Referral Children’s Hospital in South India
Pulse Oximetry Screening for Detecting Congenital Heart Disease in Neonates – Experience from Tertiary Referral Children’s Hospital in South India

Ashwini R C; Sushil Kumar K; Shashidhar Sankratti; Mugangowda Patil

Volume 12, Issue 3 , March 2024, Pages 18620-18627

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2024.77015.5408

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  Background: Congenital heart disease is the most common type of birth defect in infancy with incidence of 8 to 12 per 1000 live births in India. Pulse oximetry has emerged as a good ...  Read More
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Myocardial Dysfunction Caused by Perinatal Asphyxia in Full-term Infants
Myocardial Dysfunction Caused by Perinatal Asphyxia in Full-term Infants

Raheleh Faramarzi Garmroudi; Feisal Rahimpour; Maryam Aghdasi; Maryam Emadzadeh; Hassan Mottaghi Moghaddam shahri; Maryam Moradian; Reza Saeidi; Elahe Heidari

Volume 12, Issue 3 , March 2024, Pages 18628-18636

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2024.78701.5435

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  Background: Perinatal asphyxia may cause multiple organ dysfunctions, including myocardial dysfunction. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence and features of myocardial dysfunction ...  Read More
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Associations between Prenatal Exposure to Air Pollutants and Cord-Blood Thyroid Hormones Levels: A Cross-Sectional Study in Isfahan
Associations between Prenatal Exposure to Air Pollutants and Cord-Blood Thyroid Hormones Levels: A Cross-Sectional Study in Isfahan

Elahe Golverdi; Mahin Hashemipour; Silva Hovsepian; Mehri Khoshhali; Roya Kelishadi

Volume 12, Issue 3 , March 2024, Pages 18637-18648

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2024.79827.5454

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  Background: Air pollution as a major health concern in the world can adversely affect pregnant women and their newborns' thyroid function. We evaluated the association between prenatal ...  Read More
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Lactate Dehydrogenase as a New Prognostic Factor for Mortality in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children
Lactate Dehydrogenase as a New Prognostic Factor for Mortality in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children

Seyed Hesamedin Nabavizadeh; Mina Esmailli; Hossein Esmaeilzadeh; Soheila Alyasin; Aida Askarisarvestani

Volume 12, Issue 3 , March 2024, Pages 18649-18658

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2024.80040.5455

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  Background: Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) is a rather newly described entity that can potentially end in multisystem failure in children following COVID-19 infection. ...  Read More
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Personal Protective Equipment and Hand Hygiene Status in Health Care Workers during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Personal Protective Equipment and Hand Hygiene Status in Health Care Workers during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Mahboubeh Dordipour; Mohammad Hasan Aelami; Mohsan Raza; Seyyed Parham Ahmadi; Mehran Mansouri; Arsha Khaleghi; Yousof Hajipour; Fatemeh Pelian; Nafiseh Pourbadakhshan

Volume 12, Issue 3 , March 2024, Pages 18659-18668

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2024.81187.5466

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  Background: The COVID-19 pandemic presents a major risk to Health Care Workers (HCWs), which necessitates protective strategies. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Hand Hygiene ...  Read More
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A Comparative Study of the Effect of Vitamin D Administration with a Dose of 400 and a Dose of 800 Units on the Establishment of Normal Serum Levels in Premature Infants
A Comparative Study of the Effect of Vitamin D Administration with a Dose of 400 and a Dose of 800 Units on the Establishment of Normal Serum Levels in Premature Infants

Reza Saeidi; Somaye Fatahi; Hamzeh Amiri; Abdolhosein Abbasi

Volume 12, Issue 3 , March 2024, Pages 18669-18680

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2024.64592.4898

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  Background: This study was conducted to evaluate the impact of two different dosages of vitamin D (400 units versus 800 units) on achieving normal serum levels in premature infants.Methods: ...  Read More
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Determining Cardiovascular Complications in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease by Measuring Blood Pressure Using Ambulatory Blood Pressure Measurement and Traditional Auscultation Method
Determining Cardiovascular Complications in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease by Measuring Blood Pressure Using Ambulatory Blood Pressure Measurement and Traditional Auscultation Method

Fariba Alaei; Nasrin Esfandiar; Parisa Ghaffari; Masoumeh Mohkam; Reza Dalirani

Volume 12, Issue 3 , March 2024, Pages 18681-18690

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2024.81529.5472

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  Background: It is now hypothesized that the Ambulatory Blood Pressure Measurement (ABPM) method in determining and controlling blood pressure and renal disease-related cardiac defects ...  Read More
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Antibiotic Resistance Pattern in Nosocomial Infections in Children's Hospital
Antibiotic Resistance Pattern in Nosocomial Infections in Children's Hospital

Mahdi Jahangiri; Mohammad Reza Mosaddegh; Zahra Sepehri; Mojgan Bahari; Ali Ghasemi; Sara Jahangiri

Volume 12, Issue 3 , March 2024, Pages 18691-18699

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2024.79890.5453

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  Background: Indiscriminate use of antibiotics in the treatment of Nosocomial Infections (NIs) has led to microbial mutation and drug resistance. Antibiotic resistance is a threat to ...  Read More