we aimed to evaluate clinical, high resolution computed tomography (hrct) and pulmonary function test (pft) findings after 18-23 years of exposure in veterans of sulphur mustard (sm) exposure. we performed a cross-sectional study of 106 patients. inclusion criteria were 1: documented exposure to sm as confirmed by toxicological analysis of their urine and vesicular fluid after exposure 2: singl...

background the invention of central venous catheters (cvc) for hemodialysis (hd), brought about a fundamental change in the treatment of patients who needed hd, from the late 1970’s till the present time. nowadays the use of cvc is a common medical procedure. increasing use of these methods necessitates clarification of the exact nature of the effects, and potential complications for surgeons. ...

statement of the problem this study was designed to investigate the complications after surgical removal of mandibular third molars. patients and methods six hundreds and ninety eight lower third molars among 450 patients surgically extracted by general dentists from april 2005 to april 2006 were selected for this study. data were recorded by completing questionnaires regarding post surgical co...

celiac disease or gluten sensitivity may initially present as one or more neurological signs and/or symptoms. on the other hand, it may be associated with or complicated by neurological manifestations. neurological presentations are rare in children but as many as 36% of adult patients present with neurological changes. with severe malnutrition after progression of celiac disease, different vit...

purpose : to review current knowledge about ocular effects of sulfur mustard (sm) and the associated histopathologic findings and clinical manifestations methods : literature review of medical articles (human and animal studies) was accomplished using pubmed, scopus and isi databases. a total of 274 relevant articles in english were retrieved and reviewed thoroughly. results : eyes are the most...

a 33-year-old female-a known case of behcet's disease- was admitted to the hospital due to fever, dyspnea and hemoptysis. one week before admission, she had developed right leg swelling. the history suggested either deep vein thrombosis (dvt) and pulmonary emboli or pulmonary artery vasculitis. diagnostic tests were requested and the necessary treatment was started accordingly

double-j (dj) stents are the main tools used in urological practice for prevention and treatment of obstruction. stenting is also mandatory after complicated ureteroscopy or tul (transureteral lithotripsy). known complications are upper migration of dj stents into the kidney and lower migration to the bladder. in a man with an impacted right lower ureteral stone, a dj stent was placed because t...

the aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between body mass index (bmi) and the outcomes of isolated cabg (coronary artery bypass graft) performed in shahid madani hospital of khorramabad, iran. data was retrospectively collected from the medical records retrieved from the hospital records office. all patients who had undergone isolated cabg under cardiopulmonary bypass in the cardi...

چکیده در این پژوهش با استفاده از داده‎های حاصل از 107 نفر از اعضای تعاونی‎های تولید کشاورزی، درجه اهمیت تنگناهای پیش‎روی تعاونی‎های تولیدی با بهره‎گیری از معیار آنتروپی بررسی گردید. نتایج نشان می‎دهد که نبود برنامه‎ریزی جامع بلندمدت از سوی مدیران و اعضای تعاونی‎ها در زمینه اقدامات بازاریابی در زمان تولید محصولات و پس از تولید با وزن (1/0)، وجود عوامل واسطه‎ای و دلالان در هنگام فروش محصول از سوی...

abstract background: the transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (tram) flap remains the gold standard for postmastectomy reconstruction either immediate or delayed. however, transfer of tram flap can be associated with donor site morbidities and complications in flap. a successful reconstruction consists of careful patient selection, surgical technique and meticulous preoperative planning...