The long-term prognostic value of ambulatory blood pressure recordings in essential hypertension is poorly documented. A European Multicenter study has been set up to evaluate office versus ambulatory (OVA) recordings during a follow-up period of 5 years in a minimum of 2000 patients. The end-point of the study is the question of whether ambulatory blood pressure measurements are better correla...

BACKGROUND Low childhood socioeconomic position (cSEP) is associated with poorer adult health, even after adult socioeconomic position (aSEP) is adjusted for. However, whether cSEP and aSEP combine additively or non-additively in predicting adult health is less well studied. Some evidence suggests that the combination of low cSEP and low aSEP is associated with worse health than would be predic...

Background & aim: Studies have shown that puerperal sepsis is a major cause of maternal morbidity and the second cause of maternal mortality in the developing world. This study aimed to determine the incidence and management of puerperal sepsis among the women of reproductive age (i.e., 15-49 years) attending to two hospitals in Nandi County, Kenya. Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional st...

introduction: refractory status epilepticus is a life-threatening disease in children wherein seizure movements don't response to first line anti convulsion drugs. this study reviewed risk factors, management and early outcome of children with refractory status epilepticus. methods: patients with refractory status epilepticus admitted in tabriz children's hospital between 2003 and 200...

background and aims: according to different reports about the demographic characteristics of patients with acute myocardial infarction in iran, this study performed to determine the average age of morbidity and mortality from ami and its changes over time. methods: a hospital-based retrospective cohort study (historical) including all patients with acute myocardial infarction admitted to hospit...

background: elderly patients (>75 years) have constituted the fastest growing portion of the coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) patient population over the last two decades. of the goals that surgical care for the elderly pursues, cure may be an unfeasible one; nevertheless, palliation and comfort warrant sufficient importance. the present study sought to examine the postoperative course an...