Teenage pregnancy and motherhood have implications for several different aspects of primary health care. First, the provision of health education and contraceptive services is obviously relevant to the prevention of unplanned teenage pregnancy. Secondly, appropriate obstetric care should be provided for teenagers, who are at high risk of developing complications in pregnancy and childbirth. Thi...

Please cite this paper as: Motavaf M, Safari S, Alavian SM. Understanding of Molecular Pain Medicine: Genetic Basis of Variation in Pain Sensation and Analgesia Response. Anesth Pain. 2013;2(3):104-6. DOI: 10.5812/aapm.8583 Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: Pharmacogenomics approaches offer the field of pain medicine the opportunity to gain new insights into the...

Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: Much has been published on the epidemiology and clinicopathological characteristics of IgM nephropathy, but there is little information on the etiology,pathogenesis and specific therapy of the disease. Controversy still shrouds the definition and nosologic status of the disease. Well-coordinated and concerted international effor...

Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: Glomerular collapse is one of the morphological patterns of response of kidney parenchyma to a variety of noxious agents. As such, it is commonly observed on renal biopsies showing a variety of diseases. It is important to report this lesion in the context of underlying major pathology so as not to confuse it with idiopathic col...

DoI: 10.5812/numonthly.3060 Copyright c 2012 Kowsar Corp. All rights reserved. Please cite this paper as: Canaud B, lertdumrongluk P. Ultrapure Dialysis Fluid: A New Standard for Contemporary hemodialysis. Nephro-Urol Mon. 2012; 4(3): 519-23. DoI: 10.5812/numonthly. 3060 Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: Ultrapure dialysis fluid is a major step forward in improv...

Please cite this paper as: Hajiesmaeili MR, Safari S. Pain Management in the Intensive Care Unit: Do We Need Special Protocols? Anesth Pain. 2012;1(4):237-8. DOI: 10.5812/AAPM.4523 Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: Because of the inability of patients in intensive care unit, controlling of pain is commonly missed by physicians and nurses, in this editorial we di...

Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: This letter to editor may help researcher for knowing the reasons of the better quality of life in HD patients with viral hepatitis. Copyright © 2013, Kowsar Corp.; Published by Kowsar Corp. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, dis...

Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: Altemeier procedure can be safely performed for young males without risk of sexual dysfunction. Copyright © 2013, Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal; Licensee Kowsar Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which pe...

Please cite this paper as: Karayiannis P, Serum Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Levels and Their Utility as a Predictor of Sustained Virological Response After Antiviral Treatment. Hepat Mon.2012;12(7):420-2. DOI: 10.5812/hepatmon.6201 Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: Treatment of chronic hepatitis B with antiviral agents averts the development of cirrhosis and hep...

*Corresponding author: Department of Clinical Toxicology and Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. E-mail: [email protected] Le tte r t o Ed ito r Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: Kidneys are particularly susceptible to toxic injury because they receive 20-25% of cardiac output yet make up less than 1% of total bo...