Breast milk concentration of rubidium in lactating mothers by instrumental neutron activation analysis method.

Objective: Relatively little is known about the trace elements content of human milk from different countries. This has not been fully investigated especially among Iranian women. This study aimed to assess the concentration of Rubidium (Rb) as a poisonous trace element in transitional breast milk of lactating mothers living in Mashhad.

The investigation of effects of blood exchange transfusion on selenium in newborn infants by instrumental neutron activation analysis method.

Objective: The evidence for the effects of blood exchange transfusion on selenium (Se) in newborn infants is unknown. This study was conducted to determine the possible effects of blood exchange transfusion on Se by comparing the Se blood concentrations before and after exchange transfusion in jaundiced neonates.

Methods: A total of 30 jaundiced term neonates who underwent blood exchange transfusion (EXT) for first time because of idiopathic unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia, were recruited.

Successful treatment of neonatal chylothorax with octreotide.

Chylothorax is a relatively uncommon, but a common form of pleural effusion in the neonates. It may be either congenital or acquired. The efficacy of octreotide therapy for chylothorax is controversial.