background: symmetrical peripheral gangrene is usually associated with underlying medical problems and it is seldom seen in pregnancy. sepsis though common in a setting of delivery by unskilled midwife is rarely accompanied by symmetrical gangrene. case presentation: we report a case of symmetrical peripheral gangrene which occurred in the winter, triggered possibly by sepsis and a single dose ...

In oto-rhino-laryngology, cases of submandibuillar sialolithiasis are common. Submandibular sialoadentis with sialolith may cause severe complications such as deep neck abscess and sepsis. We introduce a rare case of a cervical fistula with abscess caused by submandibular sialolith. The patient had diabetes. We performed drainage of the left submandibular gland that included a Wharton duct ston...

The authors investigated the prevalence and the difference in the severity of systemic complications following intramedullary nailing of bilateral tibial and femoral shaft fractures. A retrospective chart analysis of 12 consecutive patients with bilateral tibial shaft fractures (TF) and 14 patients with bilateral femoral shaft fractures (FF) was performed. The incidences of bilateral tibial fra...

arabic and persian poems have numerous common points and poets of these two languages share the  same point in style, subject, structure and music of poetry. mahdi akhavan thaleth, famous iranian poet, and boland al-heidari, well-known iraqi poet,  are among poets who have many similarities in their works. as an example, there are some conceptual and verbal  similarities between qasedak and sae...

BACKGROUND We sought to determine the associations between baseline chronic medical conditions and future risk of sepsis. METHODS Longitudinal cohort study using the 30,239 community-dwelling participants of the REGARDS cohort. We determined associations between baseline chronic medical conditions and incident sepsis episodes, defined as hospitalization for an infection with the presence of i...

Background & Objective: Neonatal sepsis is one of the leading causes of mortality in neonatology wards. The aim of this study was to assess sepsis pathogens and antibacterial resistance patterns in a teaching hospital during seven years in Tehran, Iran. Methods: In this retrospective study, all neonates suspected to seps...

introduction: acute renal failure (arf) is a common problem in the neonatal intensive care unit (nicu). in most cases, arf is associated with other conditions such as sepsis, perinatal asphexia and prematurity that could result in mortality and morbidity. this study examines the prevalence, the course of illness, early prognosis and risk factors associated with development of arf in the neonata...