Abstract. Appropriate spatial accessibility to healthcare facilities is an important component of the efficient delivery healthcare. This study aims measure in Isfahan Metropolitan Area, a rapidly growing megacity Iran. We used two methods population-weighted fuzzy analytic hierarchy process and two-step floating catchment area (2SFCA) urban facilities, including hospitals, pharmacies, clinics,...

BACKGROUND The Iran-Iraq war during the 1980-1988 has left many consequences on veterans and their families that persist long after the war ended. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of psychological problems and marital adjustment of Iranian veterans on their children's quality of life and happiness 24 years after the war ended. PATIENTS AND METHODS The sample was a...

Background and Objectives: Studies of the relationship between personal qualities and job consequences usually find poor and inconsistent correlations. It is suggested that the reason may lie in ignorance of some modifying factors mediating such relationship. The perceived control has attracted much attention as a candidate factor. This study aimed to examine the mediating role of the perceived...

*Corresponding author: Dr. Alaleh Gheissari, Isfahan Child Growth and Development Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. E-mail: [email protected] Ed ito ria l Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: Recently, the term renal angina (RA) has been described to straighten using biomarkers in at-risk patients who have a combination of...

This research contains data which were obtained during the analysis of treated patients with aspirin who were referred to Imam Hospital (Imam H) of Ahvaz, Iran; and the effect of this type of treatment (Helicobacter pylori eradicate (HPE)) on reducing the incidence of gastrointestinal complications. Studies have shown that taking aspirin in patients with Helicobacter pylori infection is associa...

We herein describe a 71-year-old woman with adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD) who developed fever, myalgia, and pancytopenia. The bone marrow aspiration and muscle biopsy revealed hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) and inflammatory myopathy with abundant macrophages (IMAM). Immunostained specimens were positive for expression of retinoic acid-inducible gene-I (RIG-I), which recognizes viral RNA in ...