Is CKD Screening Program Necessary in Developing Countries?

Introduction: The prevalence of congenital anomaly of kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) and related chronic kidney disease (CKD) may be increased in countries with higher rate of consanguineous marriage. Therefore, we evaluated the prevalence of CKD by biochemical and kidney ultrasound measurements in the firstgrade pupils.

Methods: This cross -sectional study was carried on children aged 6 to 7 years.

Sacrum Ultrasonography: An Accurate Alternative to Radiography for Measuring Sacral Ratio in Infants.

Introduction:  The aim of this study was to compare the compliance of sacrum ultrasonography with radiography for the measuring of sacral ratio in infants.

Materials And Methods:  A total of 129 infants under the age of 6 months, who were a candidate for abdominal and/or pelvic radiographs, were assessed. Sacrum ultrasonography and radiography were performed by a single radiologist using the same device.

Ultrasound-guided percutaneous central venous catheterization in infants: Learning curve and related complications.

Background: This study was performed to evaluate the learning curve and related complications of ultrasound (US) guided central venous catheter (CVC) insertion in infants.

Materials And Methods: This study was performed in Imam Hosein Hospital of Isfahan from September 2014 to March 2015. Participants were infants consecutively candidate for CVC insertion.

Orbital Doppler evaluation of blood flow velocities in optic neuritis.

Purpose: To evaluate orbital blood flow velocities and optic nerve diameter with Doppler and gray-scale sonography in patients with acute unilateral optic neuritis (ON).

Methods: Orbital Doppler and gray-scale sonography was performed in 46 eyes of 23 patients aged 19- to 47-years with acute unilateral ON. ON was diagnosed by an ophthalmologist on the basis of clinical presentation, presence of decreased visual acuity and assessment of visual evoked potentials.