background: this research aimed to examine the methods of measuring the womb height and mother's abdomen circumference to estimate infant's weight at birth time. methods: in this cross-sectional descriptive-correlative research, 1070 mothers with term pregnancy (and their infants) who referred to isfahan maternities were assessed. questionnaire, demographic data form, patient's medical files an...

kikuchi-fujimoto disease (kfd) is a benign, self-limiting disease characterized by histiocytic necrotising lymphadenitis. though several viral agents or an autoimmune etiology has been proposed as causative, the exact cause remains unknown. it has a female predilection and most commonly seen among young asian people. patients usually present with a febrile illness and the presence of lymphadeno...

“For the abdominal surgeon it is a familiar experience to sit, ready scrubbed and gowned, in a corner of the quiet theatre, with the clock pointing midnight. ...In a few minutes the patient will be wheeled in and another emergency laparotomy will commence. This is the culmination of a process which began a few hours previously with the surgeon meeting with and examining the patient, reaching a ...