background: the intensive care unit (icu) is one of the most stressful places for families thus; admission of a patient in this unit will influence other members of family and their functions. according to continuous presence of researcher in this ward, observing the stresses and concerning of the patients’ families and considering the valuable role of the experiences of the family in planning ...

congenital cutis laxa is an exceptional condition. no large scale pedigree has been reported from iran. we report a family with 106 members with two members affected with cutis laxa. our cases were two patients (male and female) with pre- and postnatal growth retardation, cutis laxa, characteristic facies and other manifestations which proved that they were affected with cutis laxa. their famil...

the main concern with respect to discharge of patients from hospital after 131-i therapy is contamination of their surroundings and exposure of people who are in close contact with them. in this study, we evaluated absorbed dose received by homemates of these patients within one week of discharge from hospital. this study was based on 100 patients (23 patients with thyroid cancer together with ...