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Leukocytosis as Prognostic Indicator of Major Injury

OBJECTIVE To test the diagnostic use of the triage white blood cell (WBC) count in differentiating major from minor injuries. METHODS We conducted a retrospective study of a prospectively collected database of trauma patients 13 years of age or older at a Level I trauma center from January 2005 through December 2008. We excluded all patients with obvious life-threatening injuries requiring im...

Which is effective: self-directed learning or tutor-directed learning on the level of nursing skills

Introduction. This is quasi experimental research in order to determine and compare the learning level of nursing skills ( in B.A students) with self-directed learning and tutor-directed learning pattern in Shaheed Beheshti Univeristy of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Nursing and Midwifery faculty, 1998-1999. Methods. First of all, a questionnaire composed of some demographic data such ...

Cholinesterase Level in Erythrocyte or Serum: Which is More Predictive of the Clinical Outcome in Patients with Acute Organophosphate Poisoning?

Background: Acute organophosphate poisoning (AOPP) is related to several clinical complications that may be fatal. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of demographic, clinical and laboratory findings on AOPP outcome. Methods: In this retrospective cross-sectional study, medical records of all patients with AOPP admitted to Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad, Iran, were reviewed from Jan...

Blood lead level in opium abuse. Which is more dangerous? Opium smoking or opium ingestion?

HOXD13 methylation status is a prognostic indicator in breast cancer.

Homeobox protein Hox-D13 is encoded by HOXD13 gene which is frequently methylated in cancer and has been recognized as a tumor suppressor in pancreatic cancer. In this study, we examined HOXD13 mRNA expression in 40 pairs of breast cancers and corresponding normal breast tissues. Bisulfite sequencing of HOXD13 promoter was performed in 6 pairs of breast tumors and corresponding normal breast ti...