Background: Asphyxia is a perinatal accident with a high mortality rate, therapeutic hypothermia in both head or whole body was suggested as effective therapeutic methods. In this study, we compare these methods in neonates with asphyxia.Methods and Materials: 16 neonates with asphyxia in two hospitals including Alzahra(head hypothermia) and Taleghani hospital (total body hypothermia) went unde...

The fetal environment and circulatory patterns are very different from that of extrauterine life. fetus evolved to thrive grow in a relative hypoxemic adapted several mechanisms response changes oxygen concentration the blood ensure optimal delivery brain heart. However according estimates World Health Organization world 4 9 million newborns born annually state perinatal asphyxia. In economical...

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This study expands on previous research on the healthy immigrant effect (HIE) in Canada by considering the effects of both immigrant and visible minority status on self-rated health for males and females in mid-(45-64) and later life (65+). The findings reveal a strong HIE among new immigrant middle-aged men, particularly non-Whites. For older men of color the reality is strikingly different: t...

INTRODUCTION The Beacon Community Cooperative Agreement Program supports interventions, including care-delivery innovations, provider performance measurement and feedback initiatives, and tools for providers and consumers to enhance care. Using a learning health system framework, we examine the Beacon Communities' processes in building and strengthening health IT (HIT) infrastructures, specific...

Ischemic hepatitis is an infrequent entity, usually associated with low cardiac out put. We present a case of a 57 year-old man with chronic renal failure and cardiac tamponade who developed elevation of serum alanine transferase level of 5,054 U/L, aspartate transferase level of 8,747 U/L and lactate dehydrogenasa level of 15,220 U/L. The patient developed hepatic encephalopathy and hypoglycem...