Jalal Poorolajal

Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IR Iran.

[ 1 ] - Evaluating the Need for Prophylactic Antibiotic Therapy in Infants with Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn: A Triple-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial Study

Background Transient tachypnea of the newborn (TTN) is a respiratory disorder caused by delay in the evacuation of the lung fluids. Prophylactic antibiotic therapy is recommended for the risk of sepsis. We aimed to evaluate the effect of the prophylactic antibiotic in infants with TTN. Materials and Methods This randomized clinical trial study was conducted on all infants, admitted to TTN at F...

[ 2 ] - Evaluation of miR-141, miR-200c, miR-30b Expression and Clinicopathological Features of Bladder Cancer

Bladder cancer (BC) ranks the second most common genitourinary tract malignant tumor with high mortality and 70% recurrence rate worldwide. MiRNAs expression has noticeable role in bladder tumorigenesis. The purpose of this study was to assess miR-200c, miR-30b and miR-141 in tissue samples of patients with BC and healthy adjacent tissue samples and their association with muscle invasion, grade...

[ 3 ] - تعیین عوامل موثر بر علل مرگ مبتلایان به HIV/AIDS با استفاده از مدل ریسک‎های رقابتی

Background and purpose: Mortality in HIV-positive patients is due to various reasons such as progression to AIDS or co-infection with AIDS and TB or other causes. In survival analysis, competing risk methods are used if there are different reasons for death. The purpose of this article was to identify the factors affecting various causes of death using competing risk methods. Materials and met...

[ 4 ] - The Effect of Adding Selenium to Levothyroxine on Controlling Primary Overt Hypothyroidism and Serum Level Thyroid Peroxidase Antibody: A Double-blinded Randomized Clinical Trial

Introduction: This study examined the effect of adding selenium to levothyroxine on controlling  primary overt hypothyroidism and reducing the serum level of thyroid peroxidase antibody. Materials and Methods: This study was a double-blind, randomized clinical trial on individuals with primary autoimmune hypothyroidism. The patients were randomly divided into two intervention (I) and control (C...