purpose: to evaluate the prevalence, natural course, and final visual acuity in patients with stages iii or iv of diffuse lamellar keratitis (dlk) following laser in situ keratomileusis  (lasik). methods: in this descriptive study, records of all the patients who underwent lasik surgery in two private excimer laser clinics were reviewed. according to linebarger- lindstrom-hardten classification...

52 β- thalassemia major patients were studied. their ages ranged from two to 20 years. the group consisted of 22 girls and 30 boys. candida intracellular killing and nbt (nitroblue tetrazolium) tests were performed on the peripheral blood neutrophils of these patients. average results of the intracellular killing test was within normal range for the patients, but showed an appreciable decrease ...

conclusions: the patients' waiting times and the number of patients waiting to receive services in both shifts could be reduced by using multitasking persons and reallocating them to the time-consuming stage of filling prescriptions, using queuing theory and simulation techniques. background: hospital pharmacy is responsible for controlling and monitoring the medication use process and ensures ...

the main concern with respect to discharge of patients from hospital after 131-i therapy is contamination of their surroundings and exposure of people who are in close contact with them. in this study, we evaluated absorbed dose received by homemates of these patients within one week of discharge from hospital. this study was based on 100 patients (23 patients with thyroid cancer together with ...

background: recent researches have known long term infections such as periodontal disease to be related with the process of atherosclerosis. periodontitis causes peripheral inflammation and immune cell stimulation which leads to an increase in c - reactive protein (crp) and iga ab and there is a definite relation between cardiovascular disease, crp increase and periodontitis. the aim of this st...

The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between Body Mass Index (BMI) and the outcomes of isolated CABG (Coronary Artery Bypass Graft) performed in Shahid Madani Hospital of Khorramabad, Iran. Data was retrospectively collected from the medical records retrieved from the hospital records office. All patients who had undergone isolated CABG under cardiopulmonary bypass in the Cardi...

Background: Self-efficacy of medication use and pharmaceutical knowledge are important factors for medical treatment completion. Aim: This study aimed to determine the effect of self-administration of medication program on pharmaceutical knowledge and satisfaction of patients with cardiovascular diseases. Methods: This randomized cl...