Torsion of the gallbladder is a relatively rare surgical disease which mimics acute cholecystitis' symptoms that usually would not be respondable to medical therapies. The torsion would mostly be diagnosed intra-operatively. Cholecystectomy is the treatment of choice. In general in our centre, General Surgery department, Imam Reza hospital ,Mashhad, Iran, since 1986 over 14000 cholecystectomies...

The prevalence of nosocomial infections in critical care units is high. Nosocomial infections are of serious hospital problems. In addition, they are impose heavy costs on hospitals, causing increased hospitalization time, increased morbidity and mortality. In this study, we aimed to determine the epidemiological status of nosocomial infections in hospital ICU Imam Reza, Urmia, Iran. This study...

INTRODUCTION The improvement of technology has increased noise levels in hospital Wards to higher than international standard levels (35-45 dB). Higher noise levels than the maximum level result in patient's instability and dissatisfaction. Moreover, it will have serious negative effects on the staff's health and the quality of their services. The purpose of this survey is to analyze the level ...

Aims: Low back pain is considered as a common problem that affects most adults at least once in their lives. Almost 90% of people experience during lifetime. The total cost treating chronic low the United States estimated more than $ 100 billion annually. Hence, present study aimed to investigate effect lumbar spine surgery on multifidus fat infiltration patients referred Imam Reza Hospital 202...

BACKGROUND Enterococci are important pathogens in nosocomial infections. Various types of antibiotics, such as aminoglycosides, are used for treatment of these infections. Enterococci can acquire resistant traits, which can lead to therapeutic problems with aminoglycosides. OBJECTIVES This study was designed to identify the prevalence of, and to compare, the aac(6')-aph(2") and aph(3)-IIIa ge...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The main cause of serious nosocomial infections is a Gram-negative pathogen known as Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa). Carbapenems are widely used as an appropriate treatment for these infections, however resistance to these agents has been observed and is increasing. Metallo beta-lactamase (MBLs) enzyme is one of the main causes of resistance to carbapenem. In t...

Massoud Sokouti, Peyman Rezaei, Morteza Ghojazadeh, Mohsen Sokouti, Ramin Sadeghi, Saeid Pashazadeh, Saeid Eslami. Nuclear Medicine Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran; Department of Health Information Technology, School of Health Information Technology, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Liver & ...