Background: Most drug overdoses are due to suicidal attempts. This study was designed to analyze the risks and risk factors of poisoned patients with repeated suicidal attempt in Iran. Methods: This case-control study was conducted at Loghman Hakim Hospital, Tehran, Iran, during April to May 2008. Eighty-seven patients who were admitted due to drug overdose with loss of consciousness were enrol...

This retrospective study is performed on 423 cases of skull farcture who refered to "Loghman-e­Hakim" hospital during a 493 days period (October 1994-March 1995): The fracture types were linear in 85% Depressed in 7%, Basilar in 8% of cases. 71.2% of all cases were male and 28.8% were femal. 72.6% of fracture occured in pediatric age group "Less than 15 years old" and 27.4% in adult group. The ...

Angioimmunoblastic Lymphadenopathy (AIL) is an uncommon disorder which begins  with constitutional symptoms. The majority of the patients .has generalized l?7111ph­ adenopathy, , hepatosplenomegaly and about 40% show cutaneous manifestations such as maculopapular eruption, purpura, urticaria or erythroderma. Histhopatho­Iogy of lymphnodes has a characteristic picture. The etiology of AIL is unk...

Background: Anogenital wart is a common sexually transmitted disease affecting both genders. The aim of this study was to evaluate human papilloma virus types of anogenital warts with Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). Method: 65 formalin fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissue blocks of the anogenital warts obtained from the pathology lab of Loghman Hakim hospital were included in this study. Resu...

A 77-year-old Iranian man was visited at the Dermatology Department of Loghman-e Hakim Hospital affiliated with Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences on June 2012 with bilateral, symmetric, raised, violaceous and painless plaques on the nose (both ala nasi), from one year ago. The lesions were small at first and then grew gradually larger in size. Systemic symptoms such as fever, weigh...

In order to critique literary works (comparative literature), the in question are usually criticized from two different cultures, so according this type of method, created same culture can be examined together. He found their commonalities and differences achieved good results. Although Attar Sanai have played an important role determining intellectual policy drawing Rumi's mystical model, abil...

introduction: iran is a young-populated country. loss of consciousness (loc) due to poisoning is a major cause of patients' referrals to emergency departments. it has good prognosis if it is appropriately diagnosed and treated. this study was done to determine the causes of loc in patients hospitalized in poisoning icu of loghman-hakim poison hospital (lhph) from september 23, 2004 to marc...

i found one article on the website of ijmtfm, which had studied the consequences of aspiration of gastric contents in acute poisoning patients (1). it was informative. unfortunately, there are some errors in that article, which i would like to bring to your kind attention.