this investigation determined that vitamin c intake of c.w. was higher than o.p. , s. c. and c. statistically, there was a significant difference between c.w. and c. blood ascorbic acid levels of o.p. and s.c. were lower than c.w. and c. , a significant difference was observed. urinary vitamin c in all groups was lower than controls and this indicates that even though vitamin c intake was high,...

the incidence of tetanus among wounded patients in greater isfahan in 5 years with their mortality was discussed, careful review of the literature. with consideration of commendations of the committee on trauma of the american college of surgeons, the german association for surgery and the swedish college .of surgeons about type of prophylactic measurement discussed and finally the basic trends...

background: vancomycin (glycopeptide)-resistant enterococci (vre or gre) can cause serious problems for hospitalized patients due to the limited options for treatment of vre infections. as infection with vre increases in hospitals, further knowledge about vancomycin resistant genes is needed. methods: isolates of enterococcus spp. were collected from hospitalized patients in tehran (iran) durin...

anti n-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (nmdr) encephalitis has been recognized as the most frequent autoimmune encephalitis in children after acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis (adem).however due to the variable the variable clinical presentation, the paucity of specific finding on standard laboratory and radiological investigation remains under recognized. first discribed in 2005, most commonly...

conclusions using the simulation as a decision making tool helps us to decide how we can reduce outpatient's waiting time. comparison of outputs of this scenario and the based- case scenario in simulation model shows that combining physician's work time changing with patient's admission time changing (scenario 9) would reduce patient waiting time about 73.09%. due to dynamic and complex nature ...

how can patient learn to control their diabetes? the author believes that this important work happen by right training of reporting. since accurate reporting in the nursing profession is a skill, have you ever though that you teach this skill to their patients?   reporting about people with chronic disease especially diabetes is beneficial for the following reasons: determination dose of insuli...

Background &Aim: The results from the analysis of COVID-19 literature by employing text-mining techniques are of particular importance for researchers, policymakers, and planners of medical sciences at the national and international levels, avoiding parallel research and waste of time and budget. The paper explore emerging topics and the trend of scientific words at the national and internation...

introduction: vesicovaginal fistula remains a challenge in surgical therapy. in this study autologous platelet rich plasma and platelet rich fibrin glue were used as a minimally invasive approach for vesicovaginal fistula closure. materials and methods: data including age, parity, iciq-ui (international consultation on incontinence questionnaire-urinary incontinence), iciq-qol (international co...