the ingested nitrates sourced from tap water, food, chemicals and pharmaceuticals areconverted to nitrites in the body surfaces by bacteria and then, the nitrite ions can lead thestructural changing in hemoglobin. in the present work, aggregation of the purified hemoglobinin adult (hba) and in fetus or newborn (hbf) in the presence of nitrite ions were studied.hemoglobin aggregation was perform...

hemoglobin values in 9550 mothers delivered in the ob. & gyn. dept. of amin medical center were studied. hemoglobin levels of less than 11gr/100ml which is usually considered to be to the lower limit of normal for pregnancy were found in 2410 patient (25.3%) this rate has been recorded to be 19-30 percent in the u.s.a., 36 percent in western venezuela, 57.4 percent in india and about 80 percent...

conclusions according to the results, hearing impairment in high frequency sounds was more common in the diabetics than the healthy individuals. also, the severity of hearing loss in patients with diabetes was associated with the levels of creatinine (diabetic nephropathy). the hypothesis of the relationship between diabetes and hearing loss through nephropathy should be more examined in future...

background: various studies have come to contradictory results regarding the relationship between maternal hemoglobin (hb) level and adverse pregnancy outcomes. the present study aimed to investigate the birth outcomes among pregnant women who had normal hemoglobin levels in the first trimester of their pregnancy. patients and methods: in this prospective study, 108 healthy pregnant women with ...

background: blood hemoglobin can be damaged by toxins such as lead. thus, this study was carried out to assess its blood hemoglobin concentration in the staff of kermanshah oil refinery that had been exposed to lead components. methods: in this study, 150 workers at kermanshah oil refinery were selected as the case group and 70 workers of textile industry factory were chosen as the control grou...

conclusions the levels of hemoglobin can be used to predict preeclampsia and monitoring the pregnant women and its regular measure in 3 trimesters help us to identify women at risk for preeclampsia. background preeclampsia is one of the most serious complications during pregnancy with important effects on health of mother and fetus that causes maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. this st...

a simple, rapid new technique is described for the electrophoresis of hemo­globin when screening large human populations. the method uses a drop of finger tip's blood dried on a thick filter paper as the specimen. the simplicity of the sampling, tagging, transportation and electrophoresis, provides a reliable procedure for surveys of large population. in our hand 200 specimens were screened dur...

objectives: anemia is prevalent in heart failures and is an independent risk factor for adverse clinical outcomes in patients with chf. the aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of anemia in elderly with systolic heart failure hospitalized in alborz hospital of karaj in 2009. methods & materials: this is a descriptive retrospective study that reviewed 154 medical records of e...