Patients' wants versus patients' interests.

غلظت سرمی مس، روی و نسبت روی/مس در تشخیص پیش آگهی سرطان پستان

Serum copper, zinc and the cu/zn ratio were measured in 55 patients with breast disease (20 with benign breast disease and 35 patients with breast cancer) and 30 healthy subjects. The mean serum copper levels were higher in breast cancer than in benign breast diseases (127.5 µg/dl versus 92.4 µg/dl) (P<0.0005) and controls (127.5 µg/dl versus 75.6 µg/dl) (P<0.0005). Patients with advanced breas...

Human Menopausal Gonadotropin versus Recombinant FSH in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Patients Undergoing In Vitro Fertilization

Prevalence of stress Hyperglycemia among patients attending to the neonatal and pediatric Emergency wards of Shiraz university of medical sciences

  The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and clinical characteristics associated with stress Hyperglycemia among patients attending to the neonatal and pediatric Emergency wards. Patients who require d blood sampling for evaluated of an acute illness from August 1995 to July 1996 to the Namazi hospital of Shiraz medical university were enrolled prospectively for Hyperglycemia ( ...

Standardized patients versus simulated patients in medical education: are they the same or different

In order to equip medical students with all the necessary skills in dealing with patients to provide optimal treatment, the need for the use of real patients in educational settings has become prominent. But all the required skills cannot be practiced on real patients due to patients’ safety and well-being. Thus, the use of standardized patients (SPs) or simulated patients (SiPs) as a substitut...

اثر فعالیت ورزش کوتاه مدت بر سطح آدیپونکتین و حساسیت انسولین در بیماران دیابتی نوع 2: یک گزارش کوتاه

  Background and Objective: The accumulating evidence indicates that systemic inflammation is related with obesity and type II diabetes. In the present study, serum adiponectin and insulin sensitivity responses to a short-time exercise test were investigated in type II diabetic patients.   Materials and Methods: In this semi-experimental study, fasting level of serum adiponectin, glucose, insul...