background today, despite the efforts of the medical community and healthcare staff along with the advancements in medical technology, patients’ dissatisfaction and complaints have been increased. the present study aimed at making a survey on the patients’ complaints in a large training hospital affiliated to mashhad university of medical sciences (mums).   methods this descriptive, cross-secti...

Lung cancer commonly occurs in individuals who are 60 years of age or older. Lung cancer in patients younger than 40 years of age is rare and is often advanced when discovered. However, the biological features of lung cancer in young adults have not yet been fully elucidated. This study was conducted to determine the role of p53 expression and neoangiogenesis in lung adenocarcinomas of young pa...

conclusions in professional youth soccer injury rates are reasonably low. muscle injuries are the most common type of injuries while groin and thigh the most common locations. artificial turf pitches don’t seem to contribute to injury incidence in young football players. results a total of 107 injuries (35 from the op and 72 from the yp) were recorded during an exposure time of 83.760 hours (in...

the child feeding practices in health and during diarrhea were studied in 531 households in rural areas of sirjan, iran. although most mothers did not believe in food avoidances and recommendation for children some of them had belief in these regard. inappropriate child food practices in diarrhea were common among many mothers. inappropriate child food practices in diarrhea were common among ma...

OBJECTIVE This is a retrospective study to compare the clinicopathological features between young and elderly women with breast cancer. METHODS Totally 181 young and 186 elderly breast cancer patients were analyzed and compared in respects of the histological subtype, tumor number and size, tumor location, histological grading, UICC-pTNM pathological staging, and lymph node metastasis status....

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCCs) from young (/=60 years) patients have differential expression levels of GSTP1, FANCA, FANCC, FANCD2, and FANCG. DESIGN Quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemical analysis were used to assess gene and protein expression, respectively. SETTING Thi...

during the period of 1984-1995, nine young patients were admitted to shiraz university hospitals with a chief complaint of abdominal mass, weight loss and chronic diarrhea. clinically, these cases were diagnosed as intestinal tuberculosis or lymphoma. laparotomy revealed a huge mass involving the upper small intestine. histologic sections showed diffuse infiltration of the intestinal wall with ...

background there is evidence in support of low bone density in young patients with disorders of phenylalanine metabolism; however, little is known about muscle and fat mass in these patients, especially in those with mild hyperphenylalaninemia (mhpa). objectives we aimed to evaluate body composition of children and adolescents with early-diagnosed disorders of phenylalanine metabolism. patients...

We examined, in age subsets, 2643 patients with acute myocardial infarction. Clinical features and 1 year morbidity and mortality were compared in 203 young patients (less than 45 years), 1671 patients 46 to 70 years old, and 769 elderly patients (greater than 70 years). Ninety-two percent of young patients were men, and a family history of premature coronary artery disease was more common in y...

Background: Rotavirus is a major cause of acute diarrhea in children worldwide. It is an important cause of death among young children in developing countries. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of rotavirus infection in children less than five years old hospitalized for gastroenteritis in Jahrom. Methods: One hundred and two stool samples were collected from children less tha...