purpose: vision disorders are closely associated with poverty, particularly blindness. we determined the prevalence of low vision and blindness in different socioeconomic levels. our goal was determination of correlation between socioeconomic determinants and visual acuity in varamin city. methods: this community based study was done on 2737 people over the age of 50 years, living varamin city ...

low birth weight infants are at risk of many problems. therefore their outcome must evaluate in different ages especially in school age. in this study we determined prevalence of ophthalmic, hearing, speaking and school readiness problems in children who were born low birth weight and compared them with normal birth weight children. in a cross-sectional and retrospective study, all primary scho...

background: low molecular weight heparin (lmwh) is used for the treatment and prevention of coagulative disorders. few patients receiving therapeutic doses of lmwh develop major hemorrhage. currently there are few reports in the literature on acute overdose on adults.  in this study, clinical profile, treatment and outcome of 21 patients who acutely overdosed enoxaparin are described. methods: ...

conclusions: the increased survival of preterm infants was not associated with lower complications. there is now increasing evidence of sustained adverse outcomes into school age and adolescence, for preterm infants. results: cerebral palsy especially spastic diplegia, intellectual disability, visual (retinopathy of prematurity) and hearing impairments are the main neurodevelopmental disorders ...

background neonatology has evolved with respect to the needs of premature infants for special care. one of the major problems in premature infants is that their lungs are not developed adequately to fulfill newborns’ needs. there is a broad spectrum of strategies for management of respiratory problems in premature infants. in this study, we aimed to determine the best strategies against respira...

conclusions based on the path analysis model, working condition and socioeconomic status directly and indirectly influence birth weight. thus, as well as attention to treatment and health care (biological aspect), special attention must also be paid to mothers’ socioeconomic factors. results the final path model fitted well (cfi =1, rmsea=0.00) and showed that among direct paths, working condit...

background: the exposure of cell lines to low-dose irradiation leads to changes at molecular level, which may induce adaptive response. we examined radio-adaptive doses effect on human colorectal adenocarcinoma cell line (ht29) and human fetal fibroblasts (mrc5) cell line followed by hyper and hypo fractionation regimes, with main purpose to decrease cell viability in ht29, and at the same time...

background and objective: in this study due to increasing importance of producing low fat meat products such as low calorie hamburger and in order to developing new and safe product with low fat and saturated fatty acid content and high unsaturated fatty acid, the effect of reducing animal fat content and adding combination of healthier oil, olive oil and canola oil that were used as a substitu...

background the caudal approach to the epidural space has been used for decades to treat low back pain caused by lumbosacral root compression. the use of fluoroscopy during epidural steroid injection is the preferred method for placing the needle more accurately in the sacral hiatus, but it carries the risk of radiation hazard. objectives the aim of the study was to assess the anatomical structu...