Introduction: The objective of this study is to determine the major causes of early death in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).  Methods: The following databases including PubMed, EMBASE, Science Direct and Google Scholar were searched for following terms: “acute lymphoblastic leukemia”, “early mortality”, “early death “ and “death in induction phase “. Inclusion criteria were all studies abo...

aim : the aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the current reported efficacy and the mortality rate of sems treatment in uncontrolled bleeding patients.   background : esophageal variceal bleeding (evb) represents a life threatening pathology. despite the adequate pharmacologic and endoscopic treatment, continuous or recurrent bleeding, named as uncontrolled bleeding, occurs in 10-20% ...

upper gastrointestinal bleeding (ugib) is defi ned as bleeding that results from lesions located above the ligament of treitz and is a common cause for emergency hospital admissions in patients with gastrointestinal disorders. ugib also increases the risk of morbidity and mortality in patients already hospitalized for other reasons. according to epidemiological surveys of acute ugib in iran, pe...

BACKGROUND Striking an adequate balance between bleeding risks and prevention of stent thrombosis can be challenging in the setting of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug eluting stents (DES) in acute myocardial infarction (MI). This is more pronounced in patients treated with both low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) and dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT). Prasugrel, a second gener...