background: venoplasty and stenting is a minimally invasive therapy that can be used for patients with deep venous insufficiency in the lower extremities. this study aimed at investigating the effect of venoplasty and venous stenting in patients with chronic venous insufficiency in the lower limbs. methods : this prospective case-series study recruited patients with chronic deep venous insuffic...

background: non-cardiac chest pain (nccp) presents as a frequent diagnostic challenge, with patients tending to use a disproportionate level of health care resources. gastroesophageal reflux disease (gerd) is the most frequent cause of nccp. thus the typical symptoms of reflux like heartburn and regurgitation, when present as predominant symptoms are quite specific for diagnosing gerd patients ...

Abstract Introduction More than 50% of cancer survivors suffer from insomnia symptoms before, during or after treatments, which may eventually progress to an disorder if not addressed. The current study aims identify the demographic and clinical characteristics relate subthreshold categorized according Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), among heterogeneous sample with (ISI score >7). Methods...

Introduction: The term diarrheal diseases, a conventional expression and is neither an epidemiological subject nor a class of diseases, because diarrhea is a symptom of many diseases, however, it is defined as the passage of three or more loose or liquid stools per day. Materials and methods: This is a cross-sectional study in which the records of all patients with symptoms of diarrhea encou...

background: this study was designed to evaluate the correlation between subjective data obtained from a questionnaire and clinical examination among students in shiraz university of medical sciences. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional prospective study, the samples consisted of 200 subjects, with equal distribution between males and females. subjects’ ages ranged from 18 to 30 years...

this descriptive study was conducted to determine the prevalence of asthma and related symptoms among 6-7 and 13-14 year old school children in tehran as a part of international study of asthma and allergies in childhood (isaac) phase iii. the isaac written questionnaire was given to a total of 6127 students of 72 schools in urban area of tehran. simple random sampling was performed with a unif...