Introduction: Differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is the most common endocrine malignancy. This malignancy generally has an excellent prognosis with more than 90% long term survival. Consequently, life quality improvement is the first priority especially in the young DTC survivors. In classic management of a new DTC patient, each therapeutic modality can significantly induce morbidities. In the...

Background Procalcitonin is known as one of the bacteremia and sepsis markers such as cytokines, interleukin and reactive proteins. This study was conducted to determine the procalcitonin levels in neonatal sepsis. Materials and Methods In a cross-sectional study, the serum procalcitonin levels in 50 term newborns with suspected sepsis was compared with 50 healthy newborns in Ghaem Hospital, Ma...

moslem pregnant women are inclined to fast during the month of ramadan. ketonuria and hypoglycemia are harmful in pregnancy. the aim of this study was to find out whether clinical symptoms and/ or calorie deficiency of fasting pregnant women before eftar (ending of the daily fast) can accurately predict ketonuria and hypoglycemia. in a descriptive study, 185 volunteer fasting pregnant women in ...

objective: obsessive-compulsive disorder at clinical levels has elevated symptoms that result in deteriorated psycho-social functions. this study was aimed to examine the effectiveness of cognitive analytic therapy on symptoms severity of obsessive-compulsive disorder. methods: this exploratory empirical study was a clinical trial that used quasi-experimental design to systemically investigate ...