BACKGROUND Routine screening for distress is internationally recommended as a necessary standard for good cancer care given its high prevalence and negative consequences on quality of life. This study attempts to support validation of Distress Thermometer (DT) in Shiraz, Iran and in the second step to investigate privilege/priority of DT over other referent criterion measures. MATERIAL AND ME...

Background: Acute obstruction of the colon continues to be a lethal disease with little improvement in the mortality rate over the past 50 years. So, this study was undertaken to define the causes of colon obstruction and their probable changes after years. Methods: From 1979 to 2004, all records of patients with definite diagnosis of intestinal obstruction at all hospitals affiliated to Shiraz...

M. H. Dehghani N. Bostani Physics Department and Biruni Observatory, College of Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz 71454, Iran Research Institute for Astrophysics and Astronomy of Maragha (RIAAM), Maragha, Iran Abstract We obtain two new classes of magnetic brane solutions in third order Lovelock gravity. The first class of solutions yields an (n + 1)-dimensional spacetime with a longitudinal ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the epidemiology and pattern of emergency operating room workload in Nemazee hospital affiliated with Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. METHODS All surgical emergency operations which were performed in Nemazee hospital, Shiraz, Iran were collected over twelve months (September 2007 to September 2008). The data obtained included indications, presenting...

Urban planning and management in economic, social, cultural, health and hygienic, and safety and security fields is one of the main concerns of officials and citizens in each country. Nowadays, the necessity of green lands in cities has become very important. Green lands refine the air and reduce air pollutants, strike ecological balance, and absorb piercing sickening sounds. Today, people are ...

Introduction: Since the beginning of COVID-19 epidemic in Iran, several electronic registration systems have been created to record data infected patients. This narrative review aimed investigate articles that described registry designed and implemented Iran. Methods: In this review, four databases [Medline (accessed from PubMed), Scopus, Science Direct, Web Science] were searched till June 22,...

The present study aimed to examine which portion of abstracts presented between 1999 to 2006 at Annual International Geographic Medicine Congress meetings in Shiraz, Iran, were published during 1999-2006, and to identify factors affecting publication rate of those abstracts. Two hundred fifty abstracts were reviewed and categorized according to the type of presentation, study design, sample siz...