Amir Hossein Jafari Rouhi

Tabriz University of Medical Sciences | TBZMED · Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine

Leeches are annelids, comprising the subclass Hirudinea. There are freshwater, terrestrial and marine leeches. Haemophagic leeches attach to their hosts and remain there until they become filled up with blood and then they fall off to digest. Leech bites can manifest various symptoms, which lead to anemia. Here is reported, a case of leech bites in...

In addition to harming the respiratory system, COVID-19 can affect multiple organs. Children may develop a specific complication of COVID-19 called multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) which could influence the vascular system of children and cause multiple coagulopathies in the body. Information on the use of thromboprophylaxis in...

Purpose: This study aimed to compare the result of the six-minute walk test (6MWT) in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) aged < 20 years old and individuals without CF. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 50 children and adolescents with CF and 20 children and adolescents without CF underwent the 6MWT. Vital signs before and immediately afte...

Background: The economic burden of asthma is a major public health concern. This study estimates the economic burden of asthma in Northwest of Iran. Methods: A longitudinal study was conducted between 2017 and 2018 in Tabriz (Iran) using the Persian version of the Work Productivity and Activity Impairment (WPAI) questionnaire. Direct and indirec...

Actinomyces rarely cause infections in nasal sinuses with local symptoms and its identification is difficult so the initiation of treatment might be delayed. A 7-year-old boy with recurrent nasal bleeding was found to be infected in the paranasal sinuses with actinomyces, which was confirmed by histopathological studies. This case was initially man...

Background FBLN5 -related cutis laxa (CL) is a rare disorder that involves elastic fiber-enriched tissues and is characterized by lax skin and variable systemic involvement such as pulmonary emphysema, arterial involvement, inguinal hernias, hollow viscus diverticula and pyloric stenosis. This type of CL follows mostly autosomal recessive (AR) and...

DOCK8 immunodeficiency syndrome (DIDS) is a rare autosomal recessive (AR) disorder characterized by elevated serum IgE levels, eosinophilia, recurrent cutaneous infections, severe eczema, and sinopulmonary and gastrointestinal infections. This syndrome is a multisystem disease that is associated with both immune deficiency and neurological complica...

BackgroundFBLN5-related cutis laxa (CL) is a rare disorder that involves elastic fiber-enriched tissues and is characterized by lax skin and variable systemic involvement such as pulmonary emphysema, arterial involvement, inguinal hernias, hollow viscus diverticula and pyloric stenosis. This type of CL follows mostly autosomal recessive (AR) and les...

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an emerging global disease that severely affects a patient's respiratory system and requires respiratory supports through mechanical ventilation in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The disease has also had effects on the pediatric community, even though its symptoms are found to be milder in children. In this st...

Background : Designing and conducting residency exams have been the province of type I universities since 2005, based on the plans of the Medical Education Council. This study compared emergency medical residency pre-board and board exam results among the universities of medical sciences in Iran. Methods : This cross-sectional descriptive study con...

Background: The work productivity and activity impairment (WPAI) questionnaire is a fine linguistic validated tool to measure work productivity and activity impairment. Considering its capability, this study aimed to evaluate the validity of the Persian version of WPAI-AQ in asthmatics. Methods: The standard forward-backward process was used to tra...

Objective: The work productivity and activity impairment (WPAI) questionnaire is a fine linguistic validated tool to measure work productivity and activity impairment. Considering its capability, this study aimed to evaluate the validity of the Persian version of WPAI-AQ in asthmatics. Methods: The standard forward-backward process was used to tran...

Introduction: Hypophosphatemia is a common disorder in critically ill patients, and is associated with myasthenia, especially in respiratory muscles, and respiratory infections. This study was conducted to describe the prevalence of hypophosphatemia in children hospitalized in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) of Children’s Hospital in Tabri...

Introduction: It has been suggested that a cesarean section increases risk of developing asthma due to lack of exposure to maternal microflora during birth. To investigate the association between the mode of delivery and the risk of asthma in children aged 5-14 years in Tabriz, Iran. Methods: A case-control study was performed on 233 (case = 81, co...

A B S T R A C T In adults, the most common form of poisoning is voluntary and intentional intoxication. Drug poisoning is included about 20-15 percent of visits to the emergency room. The aim of this study was determine the acute pulmonary complications in patients with drug poisoning admitted to the emergency department of Sina hospital. In a desc...

The Emergency Severity Index (ESI) has earned reliability and validity in adult populations but has not been adequately evaluated in pediatric patients. The aim of this study was to assess the reliability of the ESI version 4 and inter-rater reliability measures to evaluate the performance of nurses in the emergency ward. Raters were part of the sa...

Pleural effusion is one of the most common manifestations of cardiac and non cardiac disease all over the world. The first step in the evaluation of patients with pleural effusion is to determine whether the effusion is a transudate or an exudate, that diagnostic Light criteria have been widely used. Although, this criteria are sensitive for identi...

Although it is a sporadic disease, few studies have reported cases of Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) in families which postulate a genetic susceptibility. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) typing is an area of discussion in GBS though none of them are considered definitive. In recent years, more studies have evaluated HLA typing in sporadic cases while...

Patient satisfaction is an important indicator of the quality of care and service delivery in the emergency department (ED). The objective of this study was to evaluate patient satisfaction with the Emergency Department of Imam Reza Hospital in Tabriz, Iran. This study was carried out for 1 week during all shifts. Trained researchers used the stand...

Introduction: Refractory status epilepticus is a life-threatening disease in children wherein seizure movements don't response to first line anti convulsion drugs. This study reviewed risk factors, management and early outcome of children with refractory status epilepticus. Methods: Patients with refractory status epilepticus admitted in Tabriz chi...

Visually evoked seizures have been reported for almost 2,000 years. This source of seizure activity, however, seems to have increased recently with the advent of new technologies used for television and computer games. The present paper reviews the literature regarding this interesting phenomenon. After our review, it does appear that visually evok...

Congenital malformations of the lung are rare and vary widely in their presentation and severity. The most common manifestation of the congenital cystic disease of the lung at newborn and early infancy is respiratory distress. Later on in life, cysts usually lose this compressive character and may remain asymptomatic until infection occurs, while p...

The specificity of relationship of endoscopic evidence of nodular gastritis with Helicobacter pylori infection is unclear. To assess the relationship of endoscopic nodular gastritis and H. pylori infection among children. 124 children (median age 8.2 years, range 1-15) undergoing upper GI endoscopy for abdominal pain underwent urease test and histo...

Status epilepticus is a serious life-threatening emergency in pediatric patients. Although initial therapies with agents such as diazepam, phenytoin or phenobarbital generally terminate seizure activity within 30-60 minutes, patients with refractory status epilepticus lasting longer require additional intervention. Midazolam infusion may act as a s...