poisoning remains a major cause of hospital admission into the emergency department and intensive care unit. proper diagnosis is the cornerstone for optimal management of poisoned patients. since the definitive analytical confirmation of the nature of the toxicant involved in the poisoning cannot be rapidly obtained in the majority of healthcare facilities, diagnosis relies on the medical histo...

klinefelter syndrome includes a group of chromosomal disorders with at least one  additional  x  chromosome  in  male  karyotype  (46,xy).  up  to  now, different dental manifestations such as taurodontism, congenital absence of permanent teeth, shovel incisors, occlusal anomalies and increased permanent tooth size have been reported. a case of klinefelter syndrome with very rare dental feature...

OBJECTIVE We aimed to evaluate the effect of anaesthesia with thiopental (4 mg kg(-1)), ketamine (1 mg kg(-1)) and ketamine-thiopental (1 mg kg(-1) and 4 mg kg(-1), respectively) combination during electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) on the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) and Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A) and haemodynamic variables in patients with resistant major depression. METH...

Several different applicators have been designed for treatment of skin cancers, such as scalp, hand, and legs using Ir-192 HDR brachytherapy sources (IR-HDRS), miniature electronic brachytherapy sources (eBT), and external electron beam radiation therapy (EEBRT). Although, all of these methodologies may deliver the desired radiation dose to the skin, but the dose to the underlying bone may beco...

BACKGROUND Several patients with unipolar depression present with prominent dysphoric mood. We aimed at examining the effectiveness of the combination of an SSRI with an anticonvulsant in such patients. METHODS Thirty-five newly admitted outpatients with substantial anger, irritability, aggressiveness or hostility who were diagnosed a DSM-IV unipolar depressive disorder were rated on the Hami...

Objective Depressive and anxiety symptoms could affect the quality of life and prognostic outcomes in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, but only a few studies focus on the interventions to manage or prevent these symptoms in CKD patients. Therefore, this study was conducted to compare the efficacy and acceptability of agomelatine versus paroxetine in treating depressive and anxiety symptom...

By RUSSEL M. BARAKAT AND ROGER P. EKINS F OR A PERIOD of about a decade, microbiological assay with Euglena gracilis1 and other microorganisms2 has been accepted as a standard method of vitamin B,2 determination in serum and other body fluids. However, this method is time-consuming, entails many sources of error and is not fully reliable. Other methods of assay3 require relatively large quantit...

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It has been argued that if increased entrepreneurial activity is the outcome objective, then self-efficacy provides a legitimate and robust construct that can be used to evaluate the impact of entrepreneurial education (Barakat, McIellan, & Winfield, 2010). This is because self-efficacy influences the motivation and ability to engage in specific activities (Bandura, 1977) and is a strong, neces...

BACKGROUND There are many antidepressant medications with different side-effects and efficacy profiles. OBJECTIVES In this study, we compared the efficacy of citalopram and venlafaxine in major depression, which has not yet been studied in Iran. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this double-blind, randomized controlled trial study, 39 patients aged 18-54 year old with major depressive disorder were r...