Iron status in febrile seizure: a case-control study

Data on the relationship between iron deficiency anemia and febrile convulsions are controversial. The aim of this study was to determine the association between iron deficiency anemia and febrile convulsions among children. This case-control study was conducted during 2006-2007, on 90 children with febrile seizures [case] and 90 febrile children without seizures [control] referred to the Amirkola children hospital [a referral hospital in the north of Iran]. Two groups were matched for age and sex. In all children hemoglobin [Hb] level, hematocrit [Hct], mean corpuscular volume [MCV], mean corpuscular hemoglobin [MCH] and plasma ferritin [PF] were determined and the data collected were analyzed statistically using the t-test. The mean PF and TIBC levels were not significantly different in the febrile seizure compared to the reference group; neither were differences in Hb levels statistically significant between two groups. However MCV and MCH were significantly higher in the febrile seizure group [p<0.05] compared to reference group. Plasma ferritin levels were not significantly lower in children with febrile seizures in comparison with the children in control group. It seems that iron insufficiency does not play a role in pediatric febrile seizures

Evaluating correlation between neutrophil and congestive heart failure

Acute myocardial infarction [MI] with inflammatory response is a result of tissue necrosis due to leukocytosis and increased number of peripheral blood neutrophils. To investigate the relationship between neutrophils and congestive heart failure [CHF]. This cohort study was performed on 100 patients affected by acute MI who had two points out of three standard criteria [physical examination, enzyme and EKG findings] during the last 6 months of 2002 in Yahyanezhad hospital, Babol, Iran. CHF was detected through physical examinations, medical history, chest X-ray, and echocardiography using a CFG 750 VinG Med Instrument at the fourth day of admission. Ejection fraction 0.05] when the age of patients taken into account. Our data show that the neutrophilia of admission time correlates significantly with heart failure as an early onset of acute MI. This could be useful both in detection of high-risk people and also diagnostic and therapeutic measures

[ in-vitro effects of Hinosan and Diazinon on human sperm parameters]

Hinosan and Diazinon are organophosphorate pesticides with contacting and penetrating effect that are used in agriculture against rice blast. Therefore, with regard to high use of these pesticides in the north of Iran, their harmful effects and high rates of infertility that are increasing every year in Mazandaran province. This study was performed to determine the effects of Hinosan and Diazinon on sperm parameters. This experimental study was performed on sperm samples of subjects who referred for semen fluid analysis [SFA]. The sperms were affected by Hinosan and Diazinon [0.001 and 0.0001 concentration]. The sperm number, motility and grading at the times of 0, 1, 2 and 4 were recorded. Data were analyzed by repeated measurement and compared with normal condition. Hinosan and Diazinon can reduce sperm motility by time [P<0.05], but the increase of dose had not significant effect on sperm motility decreasing. During the study, changes in increasing of grade I and grade II was statistically significant [P<0.05], but these changes were not significant in grade III. According to the findings, Hinosan and Diazinon can exert their reducing effects on number and motility of sperm as a time dependent profile. These effects are not dependent to the dose of the materials