OBJECTIVES To find out the family structure and functionality of the family of the adolescent and their relationships with social support, consumption of drugs and alcohol, and psychic discomfort. DESIGN Cross-sectional descriptive study. SETTING AND POPULATION Pupils in obligatory secondary education in one rural and one urban area. MATERIAL AND METHODS Self-administered questionnaire in...

Despite the life-long implications of social and communication dysfunction after pediatric traumatic brain injury, there is a poor understanding of these deficits in terms of their developmental trajectory and underlying mechanisms. In a well-characterized murine model of pediatric brain injury, we recently demonstrated that pronounced deficits in social interactions emerge across maturation to...

this is a case of severely stunned left ventricle which occurred after a non-st elevation myocardial infarction in a 76-year-old woman who was a known case of three-vessel disease. her symptoms and cardiac function responded well to revascularization.

background: exercise and rehabilitation are important methods for decreasing the risk factors of coronary artery disease (cad). we aimed to evaluate the effect of the cardiac rehabilitation (cr) exercise program on the cardiac structure and physiology in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (pci). methods: in this randomized controlled study, 146 patients with cad were divided...

background: sexual dysfunction is the most common disorder in women. according to the who , s exual education programs are considered as a need. therefore , this study was designed to investigate the effect of educational program on sexual function in women with sexual dysfunction . methods: this randomized trial, was conducted in 2013 on 90 married women by convenient sampling in qazvin, centr...

this study was conducted to monitor the rate of inpatient mortality and its associated factors following open reconstruction of abdominal aortic aneurysm (aaa) in a tertiary hospital in tehran, iran. this retrospective study was a chart review of 112 patients undergoing open in­frarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery in one of the main tertiary hospitals in tehran, iran. baseline data (demog...

background: preeclampsia complicates up to 3% of pregnancies in developing countries. endothelial dysfunction plays an important role in pathogenesis of preeclampsia. in this study, we aim to evaluate the effect of low?dose aspirin on endothelial dysfunction in preeclamptic patients. materials and methods: in this triple?blind randomized clinical trial, enrolled patients were divided randomly i...

Using longitudinal, community-based data from the MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging, the authors examined determinants of changes in social support receipt among 439 married older adults. In general, social support increased over time, especially for those with many preexisting social ties, but those experiencing more psychological distress and cognitive dysfunction reported more negative e...

results the mean age was 45.6 ± 13.1 (24 to 74 ) years. twenty-two were normal responders [considered as non-organic causes (37.3% of all patients)], 27 were classified as venous leakage, eight had arterial insufficiency and two were mixed type. maximum psv occurred before the fifth minute in 47 patients (92.2%). eight patients completed all phases of erection in the first 5 minutes. we defined...

conclusions urodynamic studies in children should be performed in preferred voiding position for each kid considering the culture and voiding habits. unfamiliar voiding position may turn the uroflowmetry to a stressful experience for child that make him uncooperative and cause misleading results. results comparison of uroflowmetric indexes between different genders and voiding positions showed ...