Publications by authors named "Ebrahim Fallahzadeh"
Objective: To compare endotracheal tube tip-to-carina distance obtained by ultrasonography vs. that obtained by chest X-ray in neonates.
Methods: After endotracheal intubation of 40 neonates, chest X-ray and, within one hour, ultrasonography was obtained for each patient for measurement of endotracheal tube tip-to-carina distance.
Objective: Cyproheptadine hydrochloride (CH) is a first-generation antihistamine which is used as an appetite stimulant. This study was designed to identify the role of CH therapy on weight gain, linear growth and body mass index in children with mild to moderate undernutrition.
Methods: Eighty-nine patients were enrolled.
Background: This study was performed to determine the changes in corrected QT (QTc) and QT dispersion and their relationship with end-stage liver disease score in the children undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation.
Methods: This case-control study was performed in a 2-year period from February 2009 to March 2011 in Department of Organ Transplantation of Nemazee Hospital. We consecutively included all the 22 pediatric patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation and 22 healthy age- and sex-matched controls.
Context: Organ transplant is one of the most important management strategies for end-of-life patients. The demand for organs in patients awaiting transplant is increasing, and many of these patients die before a donor is found.
Objective: To determine the attitudes of medical students and staff at clinical institutions affiliated with a large medical university in the Eastern Mediterranean region toward organ donation in cases of brain death.
Background: We sought to determine the clinical characteristics of pediatric esophagitis in southern Iran.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted over a 4-year period, from 2005 to 2009, in Nemazee Hospital, a tertiary healthcare center in Shiraz, southern Iran. We consecutively included all pediatric patients (<18 years) who underwent endoscopy in our center and had pathology-confirmed diagnosis of esophagitis.
Background: This study aimed to determine the common etiologies and characteristics of lower gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in children from Southern Iran.
Methods: This five-year prospective cross-sectional study was performed from March 2006 to March 2011 in Nemazee Hospital. All pediatric patients (<18 years of age) who referred to our center with gross lower GI bleeding or two consecutive positive occult blood tests with at least a one-week interval were included in the study.