Background and Purpose. Trauma is the leading cause of death for youth in developing countries. Given the prevalence of head trauma (HT) in society and its complication and burden, the epidemiologic study of head trauma is necessary and is the main aim of this study. Materials and Methods. This retrospective population-based survey describes the epidemiology of head injury in a defined populati...

Background and aims: many countries use different strategies for example downsizing in order to optimal use of resources and reduce costs. Therefore, this study was implemented to evaluate of different downsizing methods in public hospitals of Tabriz and Ardabil cities. Methods: This study was a descriptive study that was conducted in 2015 and 2016 in order to identify of downsizing methods in ...

introduction the ardabil plain aquifer, with area about 900 km2, has high concentration amounts of nitrate in some parts. nowadays, nitrate pollution in groundwater due to the widespread application of fertilizers and increasing of drinking water demand, has encountered consumers with problem. the adverse health effects of high nitrate levels in drinking water have been well documented. in the ...

Evaluation of Professional Ethics and Its Facilitating Factors in Ardabil Khalkhal Nurses 2020

BACKGROUND Upper gastrointestinal cancer is the most common cancer in Ardabil Province, North-West of Iran, accounting for more than 50% of all cancer deaths in this area. We conducted this study to determine the present survival rate of patients with esophageal and gastric cancers before launching interventional studies. METHODS A prospective follow-up study of 420 biopsy-proven patients (12...

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. (Corresponding author) MD, FACMT, Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. [email protected] 2. MD, Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Ardabil Universit...

AIM To define the sub site distribution of upper gastrointestinal cancers in three provinces of Iran. METHODS The study was carried out in three provinces in Iran: Ardabil, Golestan, and Tehran. In Arbabil and Golestan, the data was collected from the sole referral center for gastrointestinal cancers and the local cancer registry. For Tehran province, data from two major private hospitals wer...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Ardabil Province, in northwestern Iran, has the highest rate of gastric (predominantly cardia) adenocarcinoma in Iran. This study aimed to investigate the feasibility of endoscopic screening and to look for associated Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric precancerous lesions. METHODS One thousand one hundred and five adult volunteers, residents of Ardabil and Meshkinshahr...