Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory progressive disease which in the absence of appropriate treatment can lead to joint destruction and disability. Prognosis of RA may be predicted based on the presence of some clinical and laboratory evidences.New criteria for classification of RA provides opportunity for earlier treatment. Initiation of treatment particularly by combination of DMARDs...

BACKGROUND Patients with a history of asthma-related hospitalizations are at high risk of readmission and generally consume a large amount of health-care resources. It is not clear if the secondary care provided by specialists after an episode of asthma-related hospitalization is associated with better outcomes compared with the primary care provided by general practitioners. METHODS Using po...

INTRODUCTION Outcome measures of breast reconstruction have used panel assessment of photographs. This provides limited information to the assessor as these images are static.. The aim of this study was to assess whether the use of digital video was a valid assessment tool and to compare its use against photography. METHODS 35 patients post-reconstruction underwent photography, digital video ...

purpose: to evaluate the outcomes of surgery for cicatricial ectropion in labbafinejad hospital, tehran, iran. methods: this existing data study was conducted on the hospital records of 84 patients who underwent eyelid surgery because of cicatricial ectropion. results: z-plasty was the most frequent method among 9 techniques. of 92 eyelids, 60 (65%) were completely corrected. the most frequent ...

purpose: to report the outcomes of surgical and non-surgical treatment for sixth nerve palsy and paresis in our center. methods: hospital records of 33 patients (35 eyes) with sixth nerve dysfunction who were referred to labbafinejad medical center from september 1996 to september 2006 and underwent surgical procedures or botulinum toxin injection were reviewed. results: patients were divided i...