abstractintroduction: athough a controversial issue, the metabolic syndrome (ms) is known to by be related to certain genetic and lifestyle factors such as hypertension. the object of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of ms and its association to hypertension among diabetic patients with and without hypertension, in the fatemeh zahra hospital in najafabad, iran. materials and methods: th...

Neonatal hypertension is a rare and complex condition, with an incidence rate of 0.2% to 3%. It can be resulted by several risk factors such as renal diseases, use of several drugs, neurologic, cardiac, respiratory and endocrine causes. Gestational age, birth weight and conceptual age are the most important risk factors. Renal diseases can be found in about 25% to 50% of hypertension at neonata...

background a large amount of money is allocated to hypertension in terms of remedial and care costs, but fighting against this disease begins with education. objectives this study has been conducted with the aim of comparing the effect of two methods: face-to-face education and distance education (via short message service [sms]) on amount of following remedial diet in patients suffering from h...

background: information regarding the frequency and severity of eye involvement in diabetic patients and its risk factors can be useful for prevention and treatment. this study aimed to determine the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy and its associated risk factors in diabetic patients who referred to teaching hospitals in babol, mazandaran.  methods: in this study a total of 1562 patients wit...

conclusions we observed acceptable results regarding both efficacy and safety with 62.5 mg of bosentan, twice daily in this group of patients. further clinical trials investigating pah with lower dosages of bosentan may be warranted. results no adverse drug reaction was observed during the follow-up. clinical worsening occurred in six (14%) patients, at least one year after treatment, two of th...

Effectiveness of antihypertensive agents is assessed not only by systemic blood pressure levels, but by multiple parameters that reflect specific organ functions. Among antihypertensive agents, those which inhibit angiotensin actions show particular efficacy in ameliorating end organ damage. This efficacy likely reflects the central role that angiotensin has in regulating renal function by its ...