objective: the study focuses on psychosocial variables related to suicide ideation in young soldiers. method: 1329 soldiers were randomly selected from the infantry forces in different regions. all the soldiers were requested to complete the beck scale for suicide ideation (bssi) as well as general health questionnaire (ghq-28). data were analyzed using correlation tests. results: the results r...

background: anemia in pregnancy is associated with increased rates of maternal and perinatal mortality. objective: to study the prevalence and risk factors of women with anemia during pregnancy in kerman iran. materials and methods: a retrospective cross-sectional study was performed based on 2213 pregnancies delivered during the years 2005-2007 in kerman iran. women with hemoglobinopathies suc...

background: lung diseases are one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality after renal transplantation. the aim of the study is to define the risk factors for infectious and noninfectious pulmonary complications in kidney transplant patients. materials and methods:we prospectively studied 267 patients after renal transplantation. the kidney recipients were followed-up for the development ...

aortic dissection occurs when a tear develops in the wall of the aorta, which is rare in the young population. this fatal disorder is hard to diagnose, especially in young patients. we present the case of aortic dissection in a 15-year-old boy referred to the emergency department of yazd university of medical sciences in november 2015. the patient presented to our department with sudden acute c...

background: poisoning with paraquat (pq) is highly fatal. in this study; demographic and clinical characteristics of  a series of patients with acute pq poisoning treated at two university hospitals in shiraz, iran are presented and predictive factors for mortality are analyzed. methods: this was an analytical cross-sectional study on consecutive pq poisoned patients admitted to shoushtari and ...

background: despite the positive outcomes reported with cardiac rehabilitation (cr), its impacts have been reported to be different from a region or country to another, which may be due to the different contents of rehabilitation programs. objectives: to investigate the effect of cr on cardiovascular risk factors. patients and methods: this is a retrospective cohort study on the data from imam ...