introduction: noise, as the most common pollutant in the industrial environment, can lead to hearing loss and negatively affect other organs such as the cardiovascular system. cigarette smoking is a popular habit among some workers, and can also have a negative effect on the cardiovascular system. this study aimed to investigate the effect of simultaneous exposure to noise and cigarette smoke o...

background all conditions that interfere with blood flow at any level within the portal system can lead to portal hypertension. for better management of this disorder, it is important to determine the underlying cause. in previ­ous studies, extra-hepatic disorders have been reported as the main cause of portal hypertension in children. in this study, we investigate the under­lying causes of por...

background hypertension is considered as a major health problem in our society. the association between educational level with hypertension and its control in the golestan province (northern iran) were the main objectives of this study.methods: this was a population-based cross-sectional study that enrolled 3497 subjects aged 15-65 years using stratified and cluster sampling. the interviewers r...

background: high maternal hemoglobin (hb) concentration was considered a risk factor for the developing of pregnancy hypertension. the purpose of this study was to determine whether high maternal hb concentration in first trimesters associated with pregnancy induced hypertension in iranian nulliparous women. methods: this study was carried out in teaching hospital in sari, iran. samples were ob...

objective: studies reported conflicting results’ regarding the status of depression and glycemic control in patients with type ii diabetes(t2dm), therefore, this study was performed to determine the relationship between depression and glycemic control in t2dm patients. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was performed on 150 t2dm patients referred to yazd diabetes research center,...

abstract objective: diabetes and hypertension are among the commonest diseases in developed countries, and the frequency of both diseases rises with age. by progression of diabetes the incidence of hypertension become higher than the age-matched general population. materials and methods: a cross-sectional study was carried out on 300 type 2 diabetic patients who were admitted to medical ward of...

esophagogastric varices are a frequent complication of portal hypertension. bleeding from ectopic varices of the ileum is not only life-threatening, but its accurate diagnosis is also difficult. we have presented the case of a 31-year-old man with massive hematochezia. he was a known case of non-cirrhotic portal hypertension since 15 years prior. conventional examination that included angiograp...

background the direct and indirect negative impacts of hypertension on mortality and morbidity and the deficiencies in physicians’ knowledge on its management prompted us to search for new methods of training this item. objectives in this study, 2 methods of teaching—planned lecture and cooperation—were compared in instructing hypertension to medical students. materials and methods this study w...

although primary chronic hypertension (htn) is increasingly common in adolescence, secondary forms of htn are more common among children. primary htn is associated with being overweight and/or a positive family history of htn. carotid intima-media thickness, a known risk factor for atherosclerosis is frequent in both adults and children with htn and other associated cardiovascular (cv) risk fac...