INTRODUCTION Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in intensive care unit (ICU) patients despite use of prophylactic anticoagulant therapy. The aim of the present study was to determine the incidence of DVT among medical and surgical ICU patients. METHODS In this cross sectional study, patients older than 18 years who were hospitalized in the ICU of Imam Hosse...

PURPOSE To determine the effect of trabeculectomy on cataract formation or progression in patients with chronic glaucoma. METHODS This controlled clinical trial was performed on patients over 50 years of age with glaucoma who were referred to Imam Hossein Hospital, Tehran, Iran, from 2006 to 2007. Trabeculectomy was indicated only in one eye while the fellow eye had wellcontrolled intraocular...

The oral cavity is uncommon site for metastatic disease usually discovered secondary to malignancy. We encountered with a rare case in which metastasis to mandibular bone was the first clinical sign in the diagnosis of breast cancer without any radiographic findings. A 49-yr-old premenopausal woman, was referred to the Department of Medical Oncology of Imam Hossein Hospital, Shahid Beheshti Uni...

INTRODUCTION Nephronophthisis is of the most commonly inherited ciliopathies that leads to end-stage renal disease in children. The NPHP1 gene is the first identified gene responsible for nephronophthisis and related diseases. This study assessed mutations of the NPHP1 gene in 16 Iranian families with at least one member presenting features of nephronophthisis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty-sev...

Objectives: The aim of present study was examining the effectiveness of group metacognition treatment on Metacognition Beliefs in women with breast cancer. Method: in a quasiexperimental design, with pre-test and post-test and control group, 24 patients with a diagnosis of breast cancer, among patients who referred to the Division of Oncology and Radiotherapy of Imam Hossein hospital in Tehran,...

OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to evaluate the hematological effects of umbilical cord clamp timing and delivery type in term infants 48 hours after birth in Imam Hossein Hospital, Tehran, Iran. METHOD From Oct 2007 - March 2008, 100 mother-infant eligible pairs were selected and divided by cord clamp timing (< or =15 s and >15 s) for hematologic value determination between the two groups...

the direct voice of the poet hides from the beginning of the poem to its end, or the name that the poet speaks through which about himself detached from his or her substantiality, or he is just a historic character..., behind that the poet hides himself to interpret the situation that he wants or to criticize the vices of modern age through it, or to speak of it for some of his concerns and wor...

Hossein Sojoudi, Matthew R. Walsh, Karen K. Gleason,* and Gareth H. McKinley* Dr. Hossein Sojoudi, Prof. Karen K. Gleason Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States E-mail: [email protected] Dr. Hossein Sojoudi, Prof. Gareth H. McKinley Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technolog...

OBJECTIVE To study the response rate for common chemotherapy regimens, and the progression free survival analysis in ovarian cancer in Tehran. METHODS Ninety-eight women with confirmed ovarian cancer who had surgery, followed by chemotherapy at the 3 hospitals in (Fayazbakhsh, Shohadayee Tajrish, and Imam-Hossein), Tehran, Iran, between 1997 and 2003 were enrolled in this retrospective descri...