DEMOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF CHILDREN WITH EXTERNAL HYDROCEPHALUS AT TALEGHANI EDUCATIONAL & TREATMENT CENTER (2009-2011)

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AMOUIAN SEPIDEH; KHOLUS MAKHTUMI SAFIEH; MOHAMMAD KHANI MARYAM; NOMALI MAHIN

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Journal: JORJANI BIOMEDICINE JOURNAL Year:2014 | Volume:1 | Issue:2 Page(s): 64-69

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DEMOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF CHILDREN WITH EXTERNAL HYDROCEPHALUS AT TALEGHANI EDUCATIONAL & TREATMENT CENTER (2009-2011)

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AMOUIAN SEPIDEH | KHOLUS MAKHTUMI SAFIEH | MOHAMMAD KHANI MARYAM | NOMALI MAHIN | Issue Writer Certificate

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DEMOGRAPHIC FEATURESQ1

EXTERNAL HYDROCEPHALUSQ2

CHILDQ2

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Background & objective: Family and genetic factors are effective on incidence of EXTERNAL HYDROCEPHALUS but its etiology is unknown. Based on deficiency of epidemiological studies, this study aimed to determine the DEMOGRAPHIC FEATURES of CHILDren with EXTERNAL HYDROCEPHALUS.Methods: In this retrospective descriptive study (2011), all records of CHILDren with EXTERNAL HYDROCEPHALUS referred to Taleghani tertiary hospital during 2009-2011 were assessed. Inclusion criteria was definite diagnosis of EXTERNAL HYDROCEPHALUS. Checklist was used for data collection. All data were entered to SPSS software (version 16) and were described by descriptive statistics.Results: From 41 CHILDren included to the study, 33 boys (80.5%), 20 cases with Fars ethnicity (48.8%), 32 cases born by cesarean section (78%), 31 cases (75.6%) with no consanguineous marriage of parents, 38 cases (92.7%) born at term gestational age, 24 cases (58.53%) with macrocephaly in family, 17 cases (41.5%) with hospitalization history, 39 cases (95.1) with normal birth weight were assessed. Mean of age and head circumference were 8.8±2.8 years and 35.15±1.5 cm, respectively. Increase of head circumference with 30.2% was the most common complaint at referred time during health cares. 33 cases (80.5%) diagnosed based on CT scan and 11 cases (26.8%) had development delay.Conclusion: Boys CHILDren with fars ethnicity, macrocephaly history, developmental delay and increase of head circumference during health cares had the most frequency of EXTERNAL HYDROCEPHALUS. Much more attention to these CHILDren and early diagnosis and treatment is essential.

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AMOUIAN, SEPIDEH, KHOLUS MAKHTUMI, SAFIEH, MOHAMMAD KHANI, MARYAM, & NOMALI, MAHIN. (2014). DEMOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF CHILDREN WITH EXTERNAL HYDROCEPHALUS AT TALEGHANI EDUCATIONAL & TREATMENT CENTER (2009-2011). JORJANI BIOMEDICINE JOURNAL, 1(2), 64-69. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/241515/en

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AMOUIAN SEPIDEH, KHOLUS MAKHTUMI SAFIEH, MOHAMMAD KHANI MARYAM, NOMALI MAHIN. DEMOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF CHILDREN WITH EXTERNAL HYDROCEPHALUS AT TALEGHANI EDUCATIONAL & TREATMENT CENTER (2009-2011). JORJANI BIOMEDICINE JOURNAL[Internet]. 2014;1(2):64-69. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/241515/en

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SEPIDEH AMOUIAN, SAFIEH KHOLUS MAKHTUMI, MARYAM MOHAMMAD KHANI, and MAHIN NOMALI, “DEMOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF CHILDREN WITH EXTERNAL HYDROCEPHALUS AT TALEGHANI EDUCATIONAL & TREATMENT CENTER (2009-2011),” JORJANI BIOMEDICINE JOURNAL, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 64–69, 2014, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/241515/en

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