prevalence of various intestinal helminthiasis has been established among the population of 42 villages in gonbad kavus in the north-east of the caspian littoral during a longitudinal health survey undertaken in this area. stool examination by formaline ether technique been performed among 1240 randomly selected population. surprisingly and contrary to most other areas in iran; very low infecti...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the status and epidemiology of intestinal parasites in iran. the information was driven from an extensive health survey which was done by the ministry of health and medical education, deputy of research affairs in 1990-92. sampling fraction was 1 per 1000 of individuals aged between 2 and 69, the sampling method was cluster sampling and each cluster ...

intraluminal small bowel hematoma has been rarely reported in children, as a rare cause of small bowel obstruction. we present a case of an intraluminal ileal hematoma presenting as small bowel obstruction in a child. computed tomography (ct) indicated a large intraluminal hyperdense lesion in the distal ileum as the cause of small bowel obstruction. abdominal ultrasonography (us) showed an ech...

background: for a long time, intestinal parasite infections are among the major problems of public health in iran. our aim was epidemiological studies on the frequency of intestinal parasites in patients re­ferred to three hospitals in tehran during 2007-2008. methods : during 2007-2008, by simple random selection, 1000 stool samples were collected from mi­lad, hazrat-e-rasoul and shahid fahmid...

Uraemic patients frequently demonstrate tendencies towards life-threatening bleeding. Reduced platelet counts and their functional immaturity seem to be caused, among other things, by disorders in the system of marrow megakaryocytes. The aim of the study was a histomorphometric evaluation of marrow megakaryocytes in the course of experimental uraemia in rats. Uraemia was induced by means of rig...

The interfacial strength of secondary osteons from the diaphysis of the Thoroughbred equine third metacarpal was evaluated using the fiber pushout test. The pushout was performed on 300-500 microm sections of 4x4x15 mm bone blocks machined from four anatomic regions of the cortex. Pushout strength was evaluated from proximal to distal location within the diaphysis on four osteon types classifie...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Smooth muscle fiber has fundamental importance in erection. Alterations in its function or quantity may be associated with erectile dysfunction. The study objective was to assess the proportion of penile smooth muscle fiber in patients with severe erectile dysfunction. DESIGN AND SETTING Clinical study, in the Sexual Dysfunction Group, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (...

Intestinal obstruction may be duo to various mechanical or functional reasons. Worms, especially Ascaris worms are one of the mechanical reasons of intestinal obstruction. Obstruction due to Taenia saginata is a rare phenomenon. Here we report a case of intestinal obstruction due to Taenia saginata infection in a 30 year-old male patient undergoing laparatomy with the diagnosis of intestinal ob...

background small bowel obstruction is one of the most common surgical emergencies and main causes of hospital admissions. diatrizoate meglumine gastrografin, a hyperosmolar water-soluble contrast agent, has been used to triage patients with small bowel obstruction for an operative or a non-operative management. it can also have a therapeutic effect by increasing the pressure gradient across obs...

background in spite of promotion of people’s hygiene in the recent years, parasitic infection problems are present in many parts of the world especially in tropical and subtropical areas. water is one of the major sources for acquiring parasitic infections, especially protozoan parasites. objectives this study was conducted to evaluate the present parasitic agents in river, tap water and filtra...