background: measuring the 24-hour urine protein ≥300 mg is the standard threshold value for diagnosis of preeclampsia. objective: this study was intended to determine if a patient’s 4-hour urine protein correlate with the 24-hour value for diagnosis of preeclampsia. materials and methods: this was a cross sectional study performed on 84 women with suspected preeclampsia due to positive urinary ...

hypertension in newborn infants, particularly those requiring intensive care, is becoming increasingly recognized, with prevalence of 0.2-3%. recent studies have established normative tables for blood pressure (bp) in both term and pre-term infants based on the gestational age, postnatal age, gender, weight and height, identifying the neonates at increased risk for early-onset cardiovascular di...

Background: Ischemic Heart Disease has been increasing in the Middle East and North Africa. Hypertension is an important modifiable risk factor of IHD and play an important role in the epidemic of IHD. Hypertension is responsible for about 45% of IHD mortality and affects more than one billion people around the world. Objective: This study aims to quantify the population attributable fraction...

high blood pressure control (hbpc) is a common goal of who and the world hypertension league (whl). the two important strategies in hbpc are identifying cardiovascular (cvd) risk factors and planning to modify controllable factors. this study was accomplished to determine the cvd risk factors in high blood pressure (hbp) patients of the rural population, residing in the babol region, north of i...

abstract background: hypertension with serious cardiovascular, cerebral, renal complications is an important factor of mortality in the world. recognizing its symptoms together with its associated signs can be effective in preventing complications of hypertension. for this reason, researchers began the study aiming at surveying initial symptoms of hypertension. methods: this study was descripti...

paragangliomas are extra-adrenal counterparts of pheochromocytomas and are found at various anatomical sites such as the retroperitoneum, mediastinum, jugular foramen and carotid bifurcation, the latter two fonns being coined as chemodectomas. the vertebral column, especially the llullbar zone, is one of the rarest sites to be involved by paragangliomas. these lesions may have secretory functio...

introduction pulmonary hypertension is common among patients with hyperthyroidism, and graves’ disease constitutes the most common cause of thyrotoxicosis. case presentation we report the case of a female patient admitted to the cardiology department with shortness of breath and pretibial myxedema. the diagnostic work-up revealed combined pre- and post-capillary pulmonary hypertension due to gr...

conclusions it seems that severe pah aggravates the rv function more severely. results significant tricuspid regurgitation was more prevalent in the pah group than in the ps group (61% vs. 18.5%; p < 0.001). the abnormalities in the rv myocardial performance index, rv areas, and rv fractional area change were significantly more robust in the pah group (all ps < 0.05) despite the higher net rv s...

background: today physicians and other health-related service providers are trying to provide information and training through cyberspace to their patients. the aim of the present study was to determine the quality of the persian websites related to hypertension. methods: to identify persian hypertension related websites in a descriptive cross-sectional study, we started our search in cyberspac...

background: a recent study at the maroua provincial hospital revealed that hypertension in pregnancy was the first cause of maternal death, representing 17.5% of the 63 maternal deaths recorded between 2003 and 2005. knowing little about the causes, this study was to identify the possible risk factors for hypertensive disorders in pregnancy. methods: this case-control study was-done at the maro...