background diabetes is one of the most serious metabolic disorders to affect different organs in the body. patients with diabetes are hence at risk of developing other problems. urinary tract infections (uti) are one of the problems that occur more commonly in diabetic patients than in others. there are several risk factors that lead to the incidence of uti in diabetic patients. conclusions we ...

ankle sprains are among the most common injuries in athletes and military recruits. high bmi, previous history of ankle sprain, poor muscle strength, proprioceptive deficits, limitation in rom and balance are important risk factors for ankle sprain. recent studies have shown that external support such as brace and tape significantly reduces the risk of primary and recurrent ankle sprains in ath...

objective: to determine the epidemiology of acute childhood poisoning in shiraz, southern iran. methods: this was a prospective cross-sectional descriptive study, being performed in nemazee and dastgheib hospitals affiliated with shiraz university of medical sciences. the study included pediatric patients (<18 years) referred to our centers due to acute poisoning. demographic and etiological fa...

background road traffic injuries are among the leading causes of death in the world and iran. objectives the aim of this study was to assess the role of age, sex, education, and time of accident on human casualties and mortalities of road crashes in iran. materials and methods this study was based on data gathered by iranian police department from the records of road crashes from april 4, 2008 ...

background: it is introduced that unintentional childhood poisoning can be as result of child home environment and characteristics of parents. this study aimed at quantifying the adjusted population attributable risk percentage of risk factor of unintentional childhood poisoning.  materials and methods: the hospital based case- control included 140 consecutive poisoned children who admitted to ...

background women are seriously subjected to psychiatric diseases during pregnancy and depression is the most prevailing one among these diseases. there is a relation between the social support and depression in pregnancy whose predisposing factors are genetic, psychological, biological, environmental, and hormonal. objectives this study aimed to determine the frequency of depression symptoms, a...

introduction: trauma has been recognized as one of the leading causes of death in many countries for decades. reduction in mortality and morbidity rate of trauma cases is one of the most important attitudes in this field. evaluation of different risk factors have been considered as the main goal of some studies. the purpose of this study was determining potential risk factors of death in trauma...

objective: the results of the previous studies on the correlation between plasma levels of homocysteine (hcy) and ischemic stroke have been controversial. the aim of the present study is to investigate this correlation meticulously observing risk factors for the ischemic stroke as well as factors affecting the plasma levels of hcy. method: a case-control study was conducted between 2005-2006 wi...

background & aim: nowadays tuberculosis (tb) is one of the public health concerns in iran. the present study aimed to examine the clinical epidemiology and treatment findings of tuberculosis in babol, northern iran. methods & materials: this cross-sectional study was carried out on medical records of tuberculosis registry pertained to health center of babol, mazandaran province, iran. the inves...

objective: burden of diabetes is increasing worldwide. national statistics on prevalence of diabetes in afghanistan are insufficient. thus, this study identified the prevalence of diabetes and key risk factors in kabul, afghanistan. materials and methods: totally 1172 records were cleaned for analysis of whom 599 (51.1%) were females and 573 (48.9%) were males with a mean age of 38.6±12.2 years...