background: the data and determinants of mortality due to stroke in myocardial infarction (mi) patients are unknown. this study was conducted to evaluate the differences in risk factors for hospital mortality among mi patients with and without stroke history.materials and methods: this study was a retrospective, cohort study; 20,750 new patients with mi from april, 2012 to march, 2013 were foll...

introduction all nations are striving for development. economic development is one of the main parts of development process, but not all of it. populations health is one of the main factors of economic development, and child’s mortality is one of the main factors of population health status. the aim of this study is investigating the role of socioeconomic disparties in under 5 mortality in east...

introduction: traumatic brain injuries (tbi) are one of the most important causes of death in patients under the age of 25 years and is responsible for one third of total deaths caused by trauma. therefore, knowing its epidemiologic pattern in different populations seems vital. therefore, this study aims to examine the epidemiologic pattern of tbi in emergency department. methods: in this cross...

conclusions ultimately, we can conclude that the hemoglobin level at the time of admission and before delivery, the type of disease, gestational age, and transfusion could be effective factors of patient mortality. results the mean maternal age was 27.60 ± 6.37 years. the hemoglobin level at hospital admission was 8.9 ± 1.61 g/dl for the survivors and 7.73 ± 1.19 g/dl for the deceased patients ...

background: this paper offers mortality risk rankings for iranian mortality data. it extends methods to include mixed co­horts, tests changes in mortality risks, compares measures of risk and discusses public policy implications. methods: the methodology used in risk measures takes current practice and extends it to include variations in population dy­nam­ics. the specification is presented and...

coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) surgery is being performed increasingly in iran. so far, no large-scale report has described characteristics and risk factor profile and in-hospital mortality of patients undergoing this procedure in iran. we conducted this study to address these topics in order to help clarify iran's current state of cabg and to provide assistance in planning combat again...

abstract nowadays, coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) is considered to be one of the most common surgical procedures. this procedure has been the main topic in many clinical research studies, which have assessed the effect of the procedure on patients’ outcomes. like other surgical procedures, this procedure is also accompanied by a number of unwanted complications, including those of the r...

background crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever (cchf) was a rare disease in iran before 1999. during the last 15 years, it has been reported from different provinces of iran, mostly from southeastern iran. objectives this study aimed to evaluate the factors associated with poor outcome in children and adolescents with cchf. patients and methods we studied all files of children (age < 19 years old) ...

background: due to complex causal framework of neonatal mortality, improvement of this health indicator is quite gradual and it's decreasing trend is not as great as other health indicators such as infant and under 5 mortality rates.this study was conducted to evaluate neonatal mortality risk factors based on nested case-control design. methods:  the study population was 6900 neonates who were ...