DEAR EDITOR, We visited a 75‐year‐old G7L7 rural woman with a painful vulvar lesion highly suspicious for malignancy near the introitus measuring 5 cm × 3 cm × 2 cm. The lesion was oval shaped, erythematous, and purple colored with a soft consistency and started bleeding during examination. Inguinal lymphadenopathy was absent. The patient’s past medical history was unremarkable. Biopsy was plan...

BACKGROUND Improving the dietary intake among different groups and population is important for improving the health status. This study determines the nutrients and food group intake as well as dietary habits among female students in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. METHODS Two hundreds and eighty nine healthy female youths who were randomly selected among students of Isfahan University...

conclusions the study showed that elevator buttons could lead to transmission of pathogenic bacteria. it is necessary to clean and disinfect elevator buttons daily, especially in departments with high contamination potential such as laboratories, particularly in biological laboratories and pilot plant rooms. methods the study was a across sectional research. samples were taken from elevator but...

Objectives. Readmission has a major role in the reduction of the quality of life and the increase in the years of lost life. The main objectives of this study were to answer to the following research questions. (a) What was the readmission rate? (b) What were the social, demographic, and clinical characteristics of patients admitted to the Psychiatric Emergency Service at Nour University Hospit...

Diabetic nephropathy refers to any deleterious effect on kidney structure and/or function due to diabetes mellitus. One of the most severe and common complications of diabetes is renal disease. The majority of patients with 18 years’ duration show the signs of diabetic renal involvement (1-3). About one third of patients with type 1 or 2 diabetes mellitus develop end stage renal disease which p...

*Corresponding author: Prof. Hamid Nasri, Department of Nephrology, Division of Nephropathology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. E-mail: [email protected] Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: Renal pathologists and nephrologists should be aware of the morphologic characteristics of APSnephropathy when they reviewbiopsies of lupus nephr...

assessment of salt and sodium in processed foods, iran 2011-2013 sajjadi f1 (bsc), maghroun m2 (bsc), sarhanghpor mr3 (msc, phd student), nouri f4 (msc), shriatifar m5 (msc), mohammadifard n4* (msc, phd student) 1 hypertension research center, cardiovascular research institute, isfahan university of medical sciences, isfahan, iran 2 cardiac rehabilitation research center, cardiovascular researc...

1. Research and Clinical Center for Infertility, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran 2. Dept. of Biology, Ashkezar Azad University, Yazd, Iran 3. Dept. of Molecular Genetics, Agriculture College, Khorasgan Azad University, Isfahan, Iran 4. Dept. of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services,...

55 Ranking Organizational Factors Influencing the Success of Information Systems using AHP: Case Study of Industries and Mines Organization of Isfahan Province Hassan Farsijani, Department of Management, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehrān, Iran Reza Sepahvand, Department of Management, Lorestan University, Khorramābād, Iran Mohsen Arefnejad, Department of Management, Lorestan University, Khorra...