from 1986 to 1996, 1020 renal transplants were performed at our center. the purposes of this study were. 1) to evaluate the patient and graft survival rates and 2) to see if some donors and recipient characteristics such as age, sex and relationship had any effects on graft survivals. 571 transplants were from living related donors (lrd) and 446 from living unrelated donors (lud). 65.9% of reci...

we describe a 61-year-old man who developed a mild gastrointestinal discomforts including diarrhea associated with feces containing many larvae similar to rhabditiform larvae of strongyloides stercoralis diagnosed finally as diploscapter coro­nata, a free-living nematode. this case is unusual infection in human and there are a few reports of this worm as a real pa­rasite. microscopically, diplo...

introduction: multiple sclerosis (ms) is one of the most common disabling diseases in young adults. common manifestations include fatigue, bladder and bowel disorders, pain, mobility problems, and cognitive impairment. these symptoms seriously affect the activity of daily living (adl) of people with ms. the purpose of this study to investigate relationship between disability severity and adl in...

background fear of falling (fof) is highly common in people with parkinson disease (pd). fear of frequent falling arises from risk factors in pd. objectives one of the most common tools used to measure fof in patients with pd is the survey of activities and fear of falling in the elderly (saffe), but no studies have been conducted on its reliability and validity in iran. the current study attem...

introduction: one of the most popular methods for evaluating old people’s health condition is to assess their functional practice. the aim of this study was to assess the status of daily living activities among the older people of maku, iran. methods: the present cross-sectional study was accomplished among 216 older people in maku via simple random sampling. participant’s subjective and demogr...

objectives: the purpose of this study is to describe the experiences of adults with acquired blindness while performing the daily activities of normal life and to investigated the role of environmental factors in this process. methods: a qualitative phenomenological method has been designed for this study. a sample of 22 adults with acquired blindness who were blind for more than 5 years of lif...

advances in nephrology and pediatric urology have increased the number of children who survive renal disease and become candidates for renal transplantation. ten years of experience in pediatric renal transplantation are reviewed to determine the rates of patient morbidity and graft survival. of the 450 renal transplantations performed in imam reza hospital (1989- 1999), fifty-one were done on ...

conclusions many factors, such as gender, age, education, type of trauma, and location of injured organ, may predict adl following limb trauma. background traumatic injuries in the elderly often lead to permanent disabilities and long-term treatments that can adversely influence their activities of daily of living (adl). the effect on adl is an important outcome in elderly trauma. objectives th...

background activities of daily living (adl) are an important indicator of health and independence in the elderly. it provides useful information for proper planning in the field of elderly care. trauma in the elderly population is frequent and negatively affects the independence in adl. objectives the purpose of the present study was to evaluate elderly independence in activities of daily livin...

conclusions increasing dependency in adl is accompanied by increasing dependency in iadl. in the past, the duty of health care providers was saving the life of veterans due to injuries while at present, because these injuries occurred in young and healthy individuals, the need for increased function is being highlighted. background the iran-iraq imposed war lasted eight years and was one of the...