OBJECTIVE Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH), caused by the rupture of intracranial aneurysms, is a devastating event with high rates of morbidity and mortality. Aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (aSAH) plays a critical role in the potential loss of life as its sufferers are usually of a young age. We aimed to investigate the incidence of aSAH along with the patients' characteristics over five co...

Primary hydatid disease of the spleen is rarely reported. We describe the first report of primary hydatid disease of the spleen which was diagnosed by ultrasonography-guided fine needle aspiration (FNA). A 25-year-old female from Fars province, Iran, presented with left flank pain one week prior to admission. Abdominal ultrasonography showed a large cystic lesion, 8 cm in diameter at the spleni...

PURPOSE To determine the prevalence of various types of conjunctival lesions, at a tertiary ophthalmic center in Fars Province, South of Iran. METHODS Histopathologic slides and medical records of conjunctival lesions submitted to the pathology department of Khalili Hospital, Shiraz, Iran were reviewed from April, 2009 to July, 2013. The histopathologic diagnoses were categorized into benign,...

The Spanish Flu was one of the disasters in history Iran, especially Southern which led to death a significant number people Iran. It started on October 29, 1917, and lasted till 1920 – disaster that we can claim changed history. In First World War battlefields southern Iran 1918, there nothing left until end I when battle between Iranian warriors (especially Dashtestan Tangestan Bushehr, Arabs...

BACKGROUND Under nutrition is a health problem in developing countries and the main aim of this study was determine of the nutritional status and some sociodemographic factors among rural under-5-year children in the North of Iran in 2013. METHODS This was a descriptive, cross-sectional study, which carried out on 2530 children (637 = Fars-native, 1002 = Turkman and 891 = Sistani) from 21 vil...

BACKGROUND Giardia duodenalis is one of the most common human intestinal protozoan parasites worldwide and is endemic throughout the world with a vast range of mammalian hosts. The present study aimed to identify the prevalence of G. duodenalis isolates and determine the most common of its assemblages in the patients referring to health centers and hospitals in Fars province, Iran that will be ...

In the present study, water samples from 3 stations of Kor river, Iran were analyzed for seasonal fluctuation of physico-chemical parameters, i.e. air and water temperature, dissolved oxygen, BOD, COD, total nitrogen, total hardness, pH, alkalinity, acidity, total dissolved solid and water current. Effect of physico-chemical parameters on surface water density of rotifers was also studied. Duri...

PURPOSE A prevalence survey was performed to estimate the magnitude and predictors for needlestick injury (NSI) in nurses of Fars province hospitals. METHODS Questionnaires were distributed in 52 hospitals to a stratified random sample of 2,118 (46.3%) nurses between April and September 2005 to collect self-reported NSI in the past 12- months. RESULTS Of the 1,555 nurses who returned a comp...