ELECTROCUTION RELATED MORTALITY IN VISAKHAPATNAM- A 15-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE ANALYTICAL STUDY

Tracheobronchial Foreign-Bodies in Children; A 7 Year Retrospective Study

Introduction: Foreign-body aspiration is still considered one of the most important diagnostic and therapeutic issues for physicians. Mortality rates and the prevalence of diseases caused by foreign bodies in the airway are higher in children because of the relatively narrow airway and immature protective mechanisms. The aim of this study was to study the pattern of foreign-body aspiration in t...

Lead Poisoning in Opium Abusers: A Five-year Retrospective Study

Background and purpose: Lead is a metal present in nature that does not play a role in physiological processes of the body. Today, the use of lead in many materials and industries causes environmental contamination. But, the prevalence is unclear among people and the concentration of lead in the blood has never been tested in general .This study was conducted to compare clinical observations an...

Substance-Related Mortality in Iran: A Retrospective Study of National Registered Data (2014-2018) Using Joinpoint Regression Analysis

Background and purpose: This study was carried out to analyze the trend of death due to substance abuse and related factors in Iran in order to design and implement preventive and therapeutic interventions for substance related deaths. Materials and methods: In this cross-sectional study, we investigated the data of 6810 deaths caused by drug abuse, registered in the "System of Registration an...

Predicting 15 year chronic bronchitis mortality in the Whitehall Study.

Fifteen year chronic bronchitis mortality was investigated among 17,717 male civil servants aged 40-64 years participating in the Whitehall Study. Associations were assessed between mortality and Medical Research Council standardised questions about chronic phlegm production and breathlessness, and a measure of lung function. Low FEV1 was the most powerful single predictor of mortality; control...

mortality from acute poisoning in urmia: a three- year retrospective study