Administration in Efficacy of Melatonin Reducing Headaches in Children With Migraines and Sleep Disorders: A Randomized Clinical Trial Study.

Objectives: Migraine headache after tension headache is the most common primary headache in children, and sleep disorders can aggravate the symptoms. Melatonin has been proposed in some studies for prophylaxis of migraine headaches. This study aimed to evaluate melatonin's effect on migraine symptoms in children with migraine headaches and sleep disorders.

Evaluation of the Relationship Between Serum and Urine Ferritin Level of Low Birth Weight Infants.

Background & Objective: Iron deficiency before birth or in infancy can cause long-term behavioral and neurological disorders. Measuring serum ferritin is an effective way to diagnose iron deficiency but requires significant blood volume from a low birth weight infant. Therefore, the present study was performed to investigate the relationship between serum and urinary ferritin levels in low birth weight infants.

Evaluation of the Levetiracetam treatment on reduction of epileptic discharges in electroencephalogram in children with epilepsy.

Objectives: Epilepsy is a relatively common disease in childhood. In some patients, the electroencephalogram (EEG) is abnormal despite the clinical control of seizures. Studies have identified the adverse effects of epileptic discharges on cognition, learning, behavior, and seizure recurrence in children.

Evaluation of eradication on the course of childhood nephrotic syndrome and its response to treatment.

Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome is one of the most common glomerular diseases, which may be secondary to infections or systemic diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of ( ) eradication on childhood nephrotic syndrome. In this randomized controlled clinical trial study, 38 children with concomitant idiopathic nephrotic syndrome and infection were divided into 2 equal groups; the intervention group received a cotreatment for both diseases and the control group received only nephrotic syndrome treatment.

How common is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in a cohort of children with functional constipation, and does ADHD treatment improve functional constipation?

Introduction: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders in children. Functional constipation is common in children and has a significant impact on the quality of their life, affecting both physical and emotional well-being. The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of ADHD in functional constipation patients and its treatment effect on constipation.

Developmental Screening of Children with Congenital Hypothyroidism Using Ages and Stages Questionnaires Test.

Objectives: Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is one of the most common causes of mental retardation in children. We investigated the developmental status of children with CH screened by Ages & Stages Questionnaires (ASQ) measurement scores.

Materials & Methods: In this retrospective study, neurodevelopmental status of 78 children diagnosed with CH followed up at the Outpatient Pediatric Endocrinology Clinic of Besat Hospital, Hamadan, Iran from May 2006 to Mar 2013, was evaluated by ASQ method.

Antibacterial resistance patterns of extended spectrum β-lactamase -producing enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strains isolated from children.

Background And Study Aim: This study aimed to determine the antibacterial resistance patterns of extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) isolated from Iranian children and to investigate its genetic patterns.

Patients And Methods: 192 non-repeats EPEC isolates were collected from stool samples of the children with and without diarrhoea. The EPEC strains were isolated from 1355 stool specimens obtained from 247 children with diarrhoea (0-10 years old; mean age, 5.

Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: A Case-Control Study.

Background: Helicobacter pylori infection is one of the most common chronic bacterial infections. There is challenge on the real rate of prevalence of H. pylori in diabetic patients.

Demographic Characteristics of Type 1 Diabetic Children and Adolescents in Hamadan, Iran.

Background: Type 1 diabetes mellitus is the most common endocrine disease in pediatric. We aimed to determine the demographic characteristics at presentation of childhood type 1 diabetes mellitus in Hamadan, west province of Iran.

Methods: In this cross sectional descriptive study, demographic data of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus being followed up in Pediatric Endocrinology Clinic of Besat Hospital Hamedan Iran, were analyzed.

Wrestlers' immune cells produce higher interleukin-6 and lower interleukin-12 and interleukin-13 in response to in vitro mitogen activation.

Objectives: Although recent investigations have shown chronic inflammation and inflammation-associated diseases might be ameliorated by exercise; little is known about the relation between exercise training with anti/pro-inflammatory cytokines.

Materials And Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted to compare interleukin-4 (IL-4), IL-6, IL-10, IL-12, IL-13, interferon gamma (IFN-γ ) levels in serum, and their in vitro production by whole blood (WB) cells and by peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in response to mitogens lipopolysaccharide and phytohemagglutinin. Twelve elite wrestlers with history of three times per week exercise training for about 9.

A Study of Methadone-Poisoned Children Referred to Hamadan's Besat Hospital/Iran.

Objective: Increasing use of methadone in withdrawal programs has increased methadone poisoning in children. This research aimed to study the causes of incidence of poisoning in children and its side-effects.

Materials & Methods: In this research, The hospital records of all methadone-poisoned children referred to Hamadan's Be'sat Hospital from June 2007 to March 2013, were studied.

The Etiology, Clinical Type, and Short Outcome of Seizures in NewbornsHospitalized in Besat Hospital/Hamadan/ Iran.

Objective: Seizures in neonates are very different from those of older children and adults. The aim of this study was to determine the etiology, clinical presentation, and outcome of seizures in hospitalized neonates of Besat Hospital, Hamadan, Iran.

Material & Methods: In this retrospective study, we evaluated all neonates with seizures (aged 0-28 days) admitted to the Besat hospital, Hamadan, over a period of three years from September 2008 to September 2011.

Prevalence of anabolic steroid use and associated factors among body-builders in Hamadan, West province of Iran.

Background: Androgenic-anabolic steroids (AAS) are abused by a growing number of bodybuilders. This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted to determine prevalence and patterns of AAS use by bodybuilders in Hamadan, western Iran.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, participants were recruited from five gym clubs in two area of Hamadan (a total of 10 clubs).

Infantile extrapancreatic pancreatoblastoma: a report on a rare infantile abdominal mass.

Pancreatoblastoma is an extremely rare tumor in children, especially under 3 months of age. This tumor may arise from any portion of the pancreas, but in more rare cases the ectopic pancreas is the origin. We are reporting a 3-month-old boy who was presented with an abdominal mass.

Lubrication of circumcision site for prevention of meatal stenosis in children younger than 2 years old.

Introduction: Circumcision is one of the most common surgical operations throughout the world, and meatal stenosis is one its late complications. We evaluated the topical use of a lubricant jelly after circumcision in boys in order to reduce the risk of meatal stenosis.

Materials And Methods: A randomized control trial was performed, in which 2 groups of boys younger the 2 years old underwent circumcision according to the sleeve method.