intestinal parasitic infections are still a healthy problem in many developing countries, although intestinal parasitic infection has reduced in recent years, it is still prevalent in many regions of iran. this study was carried out in order to determine fauna and prevalence of human intestinal parasites in patients referred to kashan reference laboratory in 2007-2011. totally 6348 persons (53%...

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Background: Ergonomic risk factors are among the critical for musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in office workers. Objectives: This study investigated MSD prevalence and ergonomic of staff workstations at Kashan University Medical Sciences (KAUMS), Kashan, Iran. Methods: cross-sectional was conducted 2021. The samples were workers KAUMS who had more than one year work experience worked with comp...

BACKGROUND Circulatory management is a critical issue in pre-hospital transportation phase of multiple trauma patients. However, the quality of this important care did not receive enough attention. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate the quality of pre-hospital circulatory management in patients with multiple trauma. PATIENTS AND METHODS This was a cross-sectional study cond...

The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and molecular characterization of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) genes (qnrA, qnrB, qnrS, aac(6')-Ib-cr, and qepA) among ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in Kashan, Iran. A total of 185 K. pneumoniae isolates were tested for quinolone resistance and ESBL-producing using the disk diffusion method and double disk...

AIM To investigate if there is an association between M235T polymorphism of angiotensinogen gene and myocardial infarction (MI) risk and perform a meta-analysis and an in silico approach. METHODS This case-control study included 340 participants (155 MI patients and 185 controls) examined at Kashan University of Medical Sciences (Kashan, Iran) between 2013 and 2015. Meta-analysis included 25 ...

INTRODUCTION Studies indicate that hypertension is prevalent in Iran, however, the reports are heterogeneous. The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence of hypertension and the rate of follow-up in a sample of population over 30 years old in Kashan city. METHODS A descriptive study was conducted on people screened for hypertension in the project of "monitoring the health of Iranian p...

Background: Improving quality of work life (QWL) is a comprehensive process and is essential to attracting and retaining employees, especially in health care. Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to determine quality of nursing work life and its related factors in intensive care units in Kashan city hospitals in 2014. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 157 critical...