Diagnostic accuracy of laboratory markers for diagnosis of acute appendicitis in children.

Background: Acute appendicitis (AA), the most common abdominal emergency disease, is one of the most important causes of hospitalization of children. Studies have shown that white blood cell (WBC) count, mean platelet volume (MPV), C‑reactive protein (CRP), and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) can play an important role in the diagnostic prediction of appendicitis. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of WBC count, polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) percentage, MPV, CRP, and ESR for the diagnosis of AA.

Abdominal pain in a patient with sickle cell disease with multiple complications.

Sickle cell disease is an inherited autosomal recessive hemoglobinopathy. Acute abdominal pain is the cause of hospitalization in 10% of patients with sickle cell disease and usually occurs during vaso-occlusion or distal tissue ischemia. Determining the etiology of abdominal pain is very difficult in these patients because it is associated with several rare diagnoses, such as pancreatitis and splenic abscess in some patients.

A Pediatric Case of Meckel Diverticulum with Uncommon Presentation Showing no Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding.

Meckel's diverticulum (MD) is the most common congenital abnormality of the gastrointestinal tract. Painless intestinal hemorrhage is a frequently occurring complication that relates to MD in children. Bowel obstruction is a rare complication of MD in children.

Pediatric Intussusception in Northern Iran: Comparison of Recurrent With Non-Recurrent Cases.

Background: Intussusception represents as the invagination of a part of the intestine into itself and is the most common cause of intestinal obstruction in infants and children between 6 months to 3-years-old.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to determine the recurrence rate and predisposing factors of recurrent intussusception.

Patients And Methods: The medical records of children aged less than 13-years-old with confirmed intussusception who underwent reduction at a tertiary academic care in northern Iran (Mazandran), from 2001 to 2013 were reviewed.

Prediction of vesicoureteral reflux in children with first urinary tract infection by dimercaptosuccinic Acid and ultrasonography.

Objective: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common causes of febrile pediatric diseases. Also, vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is a significant risk factor for UTI. Voiding cystourethrography (VCUG) is the method of choice for evaluation of VUR.

The Effect of Performing Preoperative Preparation Program on School Age Children's Anxiety.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine effects of performing preoperative preparation program on children's anxiety.

Methods: This study was performed in Amirkola Pediatrics Hospital, Mazandaran. A randomized controlled trail was performed on 122 children (7-12 years of age) admitted for elective surgery during 15 months.