spleen is an unusual location for hydatid cyst. here we report a case of primary splenic hydatid cyst in a 41-yr-old iranian woman from yasuj, southwest of iran. the patient had been admitted to shahid beheshti hospital because of abdominal pain. abdominal sonography revealed a hypoechoic lesion of 150 x 130 mm in the spleen, suggestive of hydatid cyst. splenectomy was performed for the patient...

BACKGROUND In addition to physical adaptation and psychosocial adjustment to chronic renal disease, hemodialysis (HD) patients must also adapt to dialysis therapy plan. OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of Roy's adaptation model-based patient education on adaptation of HD patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS This study is a semi-experimental research that was condu...

Introduction: Women are facing inequalities including health, thus their health deserves attention. Investigating people’s health status from their viewpoints is an important measure in terms of public health of society and an indicator to determine the efficiency of health system.  This study aimed at evaluating the self-assessed health of older women living in Shiraz and Yasuj. ...

the aim of this study is to assess some synoptic characteristics of heavy precipitations in southwestern parts of iran and evaluate the relationship between them with the madden-julian oscillation (mjo). research is conducted with regard to distribution of precipitation per month and identifying their steam sources. daily records of the november-april precipitation data in abadan, ahwaz, bandar...

conclusions high mdr isolates of e. coli were observed in this study. the significant association between class 1 integrons and resistance to ciprofloxacin, nalidixic acid, co-trimoxazole, amoxicillin, ceftazidime and tetracycline showed that class 1 integrons have an important role in resistance to these antibiotics in this region. results the highest rate of resistance was observed toward cep...