OBJECTIVES Uncorrected hypernatremia in organ donors has been associated with poor graft or patient survival during liver transplants. However, recent studies have found no association between the donor serum sodium and transplant outcome. This study sought to show the negative effect donor hypernatremia has on initial liver allograft function. This is the first study to investigate internation...

Shiraz Faculty of Medicine was officially inaugurated in 1952. Indeed, it replaced the former "Medical Auxiliary Training School" (Amouzeshgah-e Alee Behdari Shiraz) that was founded in 1946. The school was intended to run a four-year course, the so-called Behdar training. The graduates of the Medical Auxiliary Training School were allowed to work only in small areas with population of less tha...

Mirza Ali Mofazzal Jahromi, Seyed Younes Hosseini, Mahmood Bozorgmehr, Kazem Baesi, Kayhan Azadmanesh, Zuhair Mohammad Hassan, Seyed Mohammad Moazzeni* Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran Gastroenterohepatology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Nanobiotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Inst...

A. Karimi, F. Golbabaei, M. Neghab, M. R. Mehrnia, K. Mohammad, M. R. Pourmand, and A. Nikpey Occupational Health Department, Faculty of Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Occupational Health Department, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Occupational Health Department, School of Public Health and Nutrition, Shiraz University of...

Medical imaging has a remarkable role in the practice of clinical medicine. This study intends to evaluate the knowledge of indications of five common medical imaging modalities and estimation of the imposed cost of their non-indicated requests among medical students who attend Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. We conducted across-sectional survey using a self-administered qu...

BACKGROUND Elimination of suicide attempts is impossible, but they can be reduced dramatically by an organized planning. The present study aimed to survey the suicide trends in Fars province (Iran), during 2004-2009 to better understand the prevalence and status of suicide. METHODS This survey was a cross-sectional study. The demographic data were collected from the civil status registry betw...

Abstract In order to evaluate crop water stress index (CWSI) and canopy temperature of wheat cultivars under terminal drought stress, a field experiment was conducted at the Agricultural Research Station of Shiraz University, Shiraz, during 2009 growing season. Five wheat cultivars including Shiraz, Bahar, Pishtaz, Sistan and Yavaros and four levels of water regime including well watering [Irr...

introduction: a career development consists of jobs that a person passes in order to reach a professional goal. career development management results in job satisfaction, professional commitment and higher effectiveness. the purpose of this study was to determine different dimensions of career development among the staff of shiraz university of medical sciences.   methods: this study was a cros...

Shiraz (Islamic Republic of Iran): Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC) organized the Second International Conference of Chief Editors of Research Journals at the ISC Campus here on December 1st and 2nd 2014. It was attended by Chief Editors and representatives from Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, and Malaysia besides Iran. After the welcome address by Dr. M.R. Falahati from the Regional ...