errors in blood pressure (bp) measurement are common in the clinical practice. inaccurate measurements of bp may lead to misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatment of hypertension. the preferred method of bp measurement in the clinical setting is a scultation, using the first and the fi fth korotkoff sounds. however, the use of mercury sphygmomanometer is declining. automated oscillometric device...

results 111 female and 142 male were available from a total of 253 confirmed h1n1 cases. the minimum and maximum ages were 1.5 and 90 years, respectively. the most common symptoms were fever and cough. 144 cases had record of hospitalization, 100 cases were undergone outpatient treatment and nine cases have not recorded the treatment status. the most frequent underlying manifestation was hypert...

discussion splenic artery aneurysm is a very uncommon cause of page kidney and to our knowledge, it was the first case of its kind ever reported in the literature. introduction the page kidney is a rare phenomenon that refers to hypertension resulting from any external compression of a kidney by a hematoma, tumor, lymphocele, or urinoma. the activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone syste...

obstructive sleep apnea (osa) together with metabolic disorders is common in severely obese patients. weight reduction is considered as a treatment modality in these cases while few of them can succeed in considerable weight loss. here, we present a severely obese man with body mass index of 54 suffered from osa, type 2 diabetes, hypothyroidism, and hypertension. he intentionally lost 80 kilogr...

Background: Vitamin D (Vit D) is linked to various conditions including musculoskeletal, metabolic and   cardiopulmonary diseases. However, it is not clear whether correction of vit D deficiency exerts any beneficial effect in patients with pulmonary hypertension. Methods: This study was a prospective uncontrolled longitudinal study. Patients with pulmonary hypertension and vit D d...

background: vitamin d (vit d) is linked to various conditions including musculoskeletal, metabolic and   cardiopulmonary diseases. however, it is not clear whether correction of vit d deficiency exerts any beneficial effect in patients with pulmonary hypertension. methods: this study was a prospective uncontrolled longitudinal study. patients with pulmonary hypertension and vit d deficiency wer...