introduction: coronary angiography and angioplasty procedures lead to significant radiation exposure of patients. in the current study, the average radiation dose to patients during angiography in the angiography department of shahid-madani hospital was determined. materials and methods: an image intensifier based angiography unit (philips bh 3000) was used for angiography procedures. the accur...

background rhinoplasty is one of the most common surgeries of the plastic surgery and as well as ear, throat and nose. intra-operative bleeding during surgery is one of the most important factors that may impair the surgeon’s job. providing a clean blood-free surgical filed makes the operation faster, easier and with a better quality. one way to achieve this goal is to induce hypotension. this ...

Background Today, despite the efforts of the medical community and healthcare staff along with the advancements in medical technology, patients’ dissatisfaction and complaints have been increased. The present study aimed at making a survey on the patients’ complaints in a large training hospital affiliated to Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (MUMS).   Methods This descriptive, cross-secti...

background: studies suggest that family caregivers of hemodialysis patients experience a high level of burden, which could lead to numerous physical and psychological problems. despite the need for adequate training and support, these caregivers are mostly neglected, and few studies have been performed in this regard. aim: to evaluate the effect of educational programs on the home care of hemod...

background: the family caregivers of patients undergoing hemodialysis have a major role in the care of patients at home. the study results indicate that these caregivers face with multiple problems regarding responsibilities and issues arising from the care and treatment of the patients.these issues decrease their quality of lives. however, these caregivers are mostly neglected andno studies ar...

this is a retrospective study on the records of patients with infarction admitted to c.c.u wards of imam khomeini hospital, amir-alam hospital & shariati hospital, during 7 months (1995-94). in total patients of 209 with average age of 59.5 years, there were 133 men with average age of 57.1 and 76 women with average age of 63.7 years. in this study, women with mi are older than men. from 209 pa...

results from a total of 319 patients, 78% (n = 249) were female and 22% (n = 70) were male, with the mean age of 83.6 years. seventeen percent of the patients suffered from heart failure, 23% from diabetes, and 19% from renal insufficiency. time to surgery averaged one day postinjury. average operative time skin-to-skin was 50 minutes. seventy-three percent of the patients could mobilize indepe...

background: hemophilia is the most frequent severe hereditary hemorrhagic disease due to deficiency of coagulation factors viii (hemophilia a) or ix (hemophilia b) in plasma. we aimed to identify patients with hemophilia in kermanshah, iran and assess the incidence of inhibitors in this population and its associated factors. methods: this study was conducted on patients with hemophilia a and b ...