SUMMARY Otitis media with effusion is disease of children that accumulate steril fluid in the middle ear. Chronic form of disease called when the fluid remained for 12 weeks in the middle ear, that is, important cause of mild hearing loss in the school age and behavior disorder and difficult in the learning. In this study 71 patients that admitted and treated with surgical (Adenoidectomy a...

Background: Various environmental factors can induce or exaggerate hand eczema. Objective: Evaluation of patch test results in hand eczema patients. Patients and Methods: In this descriptive study 100 patients with hand eczema referred to Loghman Hakim and Booali Hospital in Tehran underwent patch testing with 23 allergens obtained from Hermal company. Results: 240 positive reactions observed i...

SUMMARY Since Farvardin 1366 to Esfand 1367 (March 1987 to March 1989) more than 60 psoriatic patients hospitalized in Loghman Hakim Medical Center were evaluated for age, sex, place of birth, morphology of psoriatic lesion, . duration of the disease, association with arthropathy, sensitivity to light, nail involvement, history ofinkction, emotional stress and family history, also scrum calciu...

Background and Aim: Every year, traumatic brain injuries lead to more than one million admissions emergency rooms 50,000 deaths, millions of disabilities worldwide, among all ages genders. This study aimed examine the effects selenium added oral nutritional therapy on mortality rate length hospital stay in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage admitted intensive care unit (ICU) for six months. ...

BACKGROUND Methanol poisoning is one of the most important poisoning due to drinking of illegal and non-standard alcoholic beverage in some countries. Relatively limited studies have been carried out to identify the prognostic factors in methanol poisoning. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a retrospective study on acute methanol-intoxicated patients, which were admitted on the Loghman Hakim...

background: snakebite is a serious public health problem in the world. the annual incidence of snakebites ranges from 4.5-9.1 in 100,000 population in iran. with regard to diversity of envenomation profiles in different geographical parts of iran, the aim of this study was to determine the demographical data, clinical and laboratory findings, and the outcome of the snakebite victims referred to...

Background: Most drug overdoses are due to suicidal attempts. This study was designed to analyze the risks and risk factors of poisoned patients with repeated suicidal attempt in Iran. Methods: This case-control study was conducted at Loghman Hakim Hospital, Tehran, Iran, during April to May 2008. Eighty-seven patients who were admitted due to drug overdose with loss of consciousness were enrol...

Background: Anogenital wart is a common sexually transmitted disease affecting both genders. The aim of this study was to evaluate human papilloma virus types of anogenital warts with Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). Method: 65 formalin fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissue blocks of the anogenital warts obtained from the pathology lab of Loghman Hakim hospital were included in this study. Resu...

A 77-year-old Iranian man was visited at the Dermatology Department of Loghman-e Hakim Hospital affiliated with Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences on June 2012 with bilateral, symmetric, raised, violaceous and painless plaques on the nose (both ala nasi), from one year ago. The lesions were small at first and then grew gradually larger in size. Systemic symptoms such as fever, weigh...

background: acute poisoning has been reported to be the most common reason for hospitalization in iran. this study was designed to delineate the toxic agents responsible for acute poisonings in iran by reviewing poisoning cases treated at four major referral hospitals for treatment of poisoning across the country. methods: this was a descriptive retrospective study on poisoned patients treated ...