Background: Studies have shown that Iran has a high rate of opiate abuse and the most prevalently used is opium. This study was aimed to evaluate risk factors in patients with acute opium intoxication who referred to Loghman Hakim Hospital, Tehran, Iran, in 2011.Methods: A total number of 383 patients with acute opium overdose, who were referred to the Emergency Department of Loghman Hakim Hosp...

Background: Organophosphates are among the most common causes of poisoning worldwide—responsible for 3 million and 200000 deaths every year. Nearly 15% people who poisoned die. This cross-sectional toxicological/clinical study aimed to investigate prevalence influential factors in incidence delayed peripheral neuropathy intermediate syndrome acute with organophosphorus toxins. The was conducted...

A 33–year-old woman was visited at the dermatological clinic of Loghman-e-Hakim Hospital with multiple hypopigmented patches on her right arm, buttocks and flanks. Her lesions developed over the past year with no regression. Lesions were resistant to multiple antifungal therapies. Clinical examination revealed multiple circular or oval patches on the right arm, flank and sacral area. There was ...

There is limited research about head injury. In this existing data study, 2443 admission records of 28367 patients that confer to Loghman Medical Center from 1986-1991 were analyzed. Several factors including age, sex, type and cause of injury, mortality and morbidity were investigated. Overall, the most common age group were 20-40 years, but the most common age group in female patients were 3-...

conclusions adhd is a common co-morbidity among suicide attempters. hence, early diagnosis and treatment with consideration of adhd may reduce suicide attempt risk. results the results of our study showed that a history of psychiatric disorders and a family history of adhd and suicide were significantly higher (p > 0.01) in the case group than the control group. in addition, both children and a...

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. ...

SUMMARY Ten cases of cystic meningioma are reported and the literature is reviewed. The cyst formation with meningioma is rarely seen and are frequently associated with glial or metastatic tumor. The computerized tomography appearance of our cases also resembling glial and metastatic appearance of our cases also resembling glial and metastatic tumor. The incidence of microcystic and cystic cha...

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