background: closantel is a veterinary drug used as anthelmintic for ruminants while it is contraindicated for humans. this report describes a rare case of blindness, increased liver enzymes and coagulopathy following closantel poisoning. case report: a 5-year-old girl was presented with acute blindness following closantel poisoning. she was given mistakenly a dose of 500 mg/day (25mg/kg/day) fo...

introduction campylobacter jejuni is a slender, motile, non-spore-forming, helical-shaped, gram-negative bacterium. it is one of the most common causes of human gastroenteritis in the world. the aim of this study was to present a patient with acute lymphocytic leukemia (all), who was infected with campylobacter jejuni. conclusions c. jejuni should be considered in the differential diagnosis as ...

conclusions this study demonstrated improved analgesic effects after using intravenous patient controlled analgesia with ketamine on postoperative pain in opium abusers. patients and methods after institutional review board approval for ethical considerations, a randomized double-blinded placebo controlled clinical trial was conducted. a total of 140 male patients aged 18-65 years, undergoing o...

introduction: headache is the most common neurologic symptom among referees to the emergency department (ed), while the best treatment has not yet been found. therefore, in the present study pain relief effects of metoclopramide and acetaminophen were compared in patients suffered acute primary headache. methods: this study was a double-blind randomized clinical trial performed in imam khomeini...

intra-abdominal hernias are rare conditions usually secondary to congenital defects, with pericecal hernias accounting for a minority of them. they can be difficult to diagnose due to non-specific presentations but may lead to strangulation and thus require early management. we herein report a rare case of pericecal hernia with gangrenous appendicitis in an 88 year-old lady presenting with feat...

acute coronary syndrome is the leading cause of mortality worldwide. for prompt diagnosis and management of this disease, several biomarkers have been utilized. recently microrna which are suggestive of tissue damage and some are cardiospecific are paid special attention and might help in dearly diagnosis of this disease and furthermore help in preventing the resultant mortality. in this review...

conclusions intravenous paracetamol appears to provide better analgesia than intravenous morphine in acute limb trauma. further larger studies are required. objectives this study was conducted to compare intravenous paracetamol and intravenous morphine sulfate for acute pain reduction in patients with limb trauma. patients and methods in a randomized double-blinded clinical trial, all patients ...

acute paraplegia is a rare but catastrophic complication of surgeries performed on aorta and corrective operations of vertebral column. trauma to spinal cord after spinal anesthesia and ischemia of spinal cord also may lead to acute paraplegia. acute paraplegia as a complication of general anesthesia in surgeries performed on sites other than aorta and vertebral column is very rare. here we pre...

background: pediatric patients on chemotherapy are vulnerable to invasive fungal infection especially candida spices. resistance to antifungal agents has increased in candida spp., especially in non-albicans species. this study aims to assess the susceptibility of candida spp. strains isolated from children with acute leukemia less than 18 years. materials and methods: this prospective cross-se...

aim : the aim of this study is to determine the prevalence and genotype of human caliciviruses among children suffering from acute gastroenteritis referred to masih daneshvari hospital. background : human caliciviruses have been recognized as the major viral cause of acute gastroenteritis in all age groups worldwide. studies revealed that the noroviruses and sapoviruses could be divided into fi...