Babak Mostafazadeh
Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
[ 1 ] - Evaluation of Prothrombin Time in Acute Acetaminophen Overdose treated by N-acetylcysteine
Background: Acetaminophen (N-Acetyl-p aminophenol; APAP) is one of the most common types of analgesics. It is also the most common xneobitic reported to poison centers. This study investigates if therapeutic doses of NAC can falsely increase coagulation tests, prothrombin time (PT) and bleeding time (BT). Methods: Thirty-six APAP poisoned patients whose acetaminophen serum concentration were...
[ 2 ] - Comment on the Newly Developed Consciousness Assessment Scale; AVPU Plus
I read with interest a recent paper in your journal, in which three consciousness assessment scales were compared in poisoned patients and finally a new scale "AVPU plus" was proposed (1). The study was very interesting with a worthy objective. I would like to admire the authors for exploring how the Alert/Verbal/Painful/Unresponsive (AVPU) responsive scale corresponds with the Glasgow Coma Sca...
[ 3 ] - Neurologic Complications of Methanol Poisoning: A Clinicoepidemiological Report from Poisoning Treatment Centers in Tehran, Iran
Background: In this study we sought to investigate clinical findings (with a focus on neurologic effects) and also to analyze outcomes of a series of patients with methanol poisoning admitted to two poisoning treatment centers in Tehran, Iran. Methods: In this prospective cross-sectional study, methanol-poisoned patients admitted to departments of forensic medicine and toxicology of Loghman Hak...
[ 4 ] - An Epidemiologic Study on Methyl Alcohol Poisoning in Tehran, Iran
Background: In Iran, methyl alcohol poisoning rarely occurs accidentally and usually occurs through abuse of contaminated ethanol. However, with proper and timely treatment complications and mortality of methanol poisoning can be prevented. In this study, the epidemiological profile of methanol poisoning in the Iranian society was investigated. Methods: In this prospective cross-sectional study...
[ 5 ] - Risks and Risk Factors of Repeated Suicidal Attempt: Study on Unconscious Poisoned Patients
Background: Most drug overdoses are due to suicidal attempts. This study was designed to analyze the risks and risk factors of poisoned patients with repeated suicidal attempt in Iran. Methods: This case-control study was conducted at Loghman Hakim Hospital, Tehran, Iran, during April to May 2008. Eighty-seven patients who were admitted due to drug overdose with loss of consciousness were enrol...
[ 6 ] - The study of brain death in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province in Iran from 2003 to 2013
Background and aims: There are different causes for brain death including head trauma, cerebrovascular accidents and intracranial space-occupying lesions. The present study was aimed to determine the causes of brain death in Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiari province due to high turnover of trauma in this area during 2003 to 2013...
[ 8 ] - Use of Phlebotomy for management of paraquat toxicity: A pilot study
Bachground: Paraquat (PQ) intoxication manifests with pulmonary edema and fibrosis, heart failure, hepatic failure, and sometimes convulsions. In severe cases, the patients may die within the early hours. At best conditions, the conventional therapeutic methods can only save less than 50% of the victims of intentional PQ intoxication. The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome of new t...
[ 9 ] - بررسی مقایسه ای میزان اختلال استرس پس از ضربه و ارزیابی نشانه های بیماریهای حاد تنفسی در میان گروه های آتشنشانان وخبر نگاران گزارشگرمستقر در محل حادثه در ظرف زمان و مکان بروز سانحه آتش سوزی ساختمان بلند مرتبه تجاری پلاسکو: ایران- تهران 1396
Background: Psychological responses and physical injuries can occur in stressful workplace environments for rescue workers or rescue teams. They included firefighters from various stations in Tehran and the journalists covering the news of the incident in catastrophic Tehran. They were continuous activity in the aftermath of the terrible firefight in the old and high-rise buildings of Trad c...
[ 10 ] - بررسی نقش عوامل موثر در اقدام به خودکشی مجدد
Abstract Backgraound: Repeated suicidal attempts are common in patients with drug and chemical poisoning. This study was conducted at poisoning referral hospitals in Tehran to determine the role of different factors in repeated suicide attempts with drug and chemical agents. Methods: In this case-control study, 19 subjects with a history of previous suicidal attempts, (cases) and 54 indivi...
[ 11 ] - مطالعه توصیفی گواهی‌های فوت و جواز دفن از نظر معیارهای سازمان بهداشت جهانی و وزارت بهداشت درمان و آموزش پزشکی: گزارش کوتاه
Background: The death certificate is a document consisting of the deceased individual’s basic information and identification which is filled out, registered and signed by a doctor. the World health organization’s policies in their health planning, provide a suitable database with knowledge of the required elements for planners and other authorized information demanders. During a multi-year coop...