Aghdas Saadati; Raziyeh Foroutan
Volume 18, Issue 1 , March and April 2011, , Pages 21-25
Abstract
Background and Purpose: Every year 30 million low-birth-weight neonates are born (23.8% of all births)، and the low birth weight is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in neonates (60% -80%) as well as the cause of other complications such as respiratory distress syndrome. Babies with such a syndrome ...
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Background and Purpose: Every year 30 million low-birth-weight neonates are born (23.8% of all births)، and the low birth weight is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in neonates (60% -80%) as well as the cause of other complications such as respiratory distress syndrome. Babies with such a syndrome need mechanical ventilation، where high volume ventilation is associated with vast pulmonary damage. Therefore، for improving the high ventilation in LBW neonates and decreasing the respiratory damages of the ventilator، laying the newborn in a suitable position to increase oxygen saturation can be one way to reduce the neonatal mortality rate. Therefore، the present study was aimed to compare the effects of the prone versus supine positions on the oxygen saturation in mechanically ventilated low birth weight infants.
Methods and Materials: This experimental research was conducted on 40 LBW infants under mechanical ventilation in the NICU of Hakim Hospital in Neyshabour، Iran. The infants were randomly selected; the infants were positioned supine for 2 hours and then prone for 2 hours; then their ABG was controlled separately in the two positions. The two readings were compared. The obtained data were analyzed in SPSS 11.5 using descriptive statistics and paired t-test.
Results: The mean birth weight of the infants was 16031±385.3 gr and their gestational age was 34.2±1.9 weeks. The mean oxygen saturation was 87.65 in the supine position and 96.04 in the prone position، which indicated a significant difference (p
A SAADATI; R FROTAN; F RAEESI; SM VAFAEI
Volume 13, Issue 2 , July and August 2006, , Pages 80-85
Abstract
Background and Purpose: Diarrhea is considered as one of the mortality causes in children less than five years of age in Iran. Often it is treated with either expensive method such as IV serum therapy or less effective drugs; while it is possible to treat it with more effective and simpler methods and ...
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Background and Purpose: Diarrhea is considered as one of the mortality causes in children less than five years of age in Iran. Often it is treated with either expensive method such as IV serum therapy or less effective drugs; while it is possible to treat it with more effective and simpler methods and to reduce the number of deaths due to diarrhea. The present study is, therefore, conducted to compare the effects of oral zinc sulfate and ORS on the severity and duration of diarrhea in the rural children of Neyshabour in 1384 (2005).
Materials and Methods: This experiential study was conducted on children under five years of age admitted to selected rural Health Clinics in Neyshabour, Iran; 160 children with viral diarrhea and not taking antibiotics were taken as the study sample and divided into control (taking ORS only) and experimental (taking ORS plus zinc supplement) groups. Questionnaires were used for data collection and the obtained data were analyzed in SPSS.
Results: Acute diarrhea was the case in 83.3% of the patients. The highest frequency of excretion indication the severity before treatment was 6 times a day in 36.7% of the cases. While after treatment it was reduced to 2 times a day in 52.3% of the cases. A significant relationship was found between the severity and duration of diarrhea before and after taking zin sulfat (P