Introduction: The World Health Organization in March 2020 announced a pandemic of COVID-19 disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. It is one seven species known to be pathogenic humans this group viruses. incubation period virus 2-14 days, usually about 5 days. uses ACE2 receptor enter host's mucosa and cause an active infection. Symptomatic infection may complicated reversible or irreversible ...

purpose: to determine any possible correlation between delayed ocular complications with late-onset complications of mustard gas poisoning in other systems including skin, respiratory tract, and immunohematologic system. methods: the study was conducted on 40 chemical war victims in khorasan province, iran. ophthalmologic and dermatologic examinations and spirometry were performed for all patie...

background: type 2 diabetic mellitus patients are amongst the most susceptible groups to vascular abnormalities, which predominantly lead to myocardial disease. the hypercoagulable state has been widely studied by researchers as being the major suspicious mechanism facilitating the consecutive chain of molecular events leading to these complications. however, there is no consensus on the defini...

during fixation of a femoral neck fracture in a 23-year-old male patient with cannulated screws, a broken guide wire fragment inadvertently advanced through the hip joint and protruded into the pelvis. a second surgical approach was needed to remove the broken fragment from the pelvis. awareness of such a potentially devastating complication will make surgeons more cautious during implementatio...

background: amniotic fluid is an indicator of placental function on the fetal development. the amniotic fluid index is the most commonly used method of measuring amniotic fluid. objective: the purpose of this study was to compare the pregnancy outcomes of a borderline versus normal afi. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out on a total of 235 pregnant women referred t...

background: the most common drug abuse among athletes is anabolic steroids which lead to the development of cardiovascular diseases and sudden death. thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate cardiovascular outcomes of anabolic consumption in body building athletes. materials and methods: totally, 267 male athletes at the range of 20-45 years old with the regular consumption of anabolic stero...

conclusions the data indicated that co-administration of grape seed extract and exercise training had more significant effects than exercise training or grape seed extract alone; this may constitute a convenient and inexpensive therapeutic approach to diabetic vascular complications. results the endothelium dependent vasorelaxation to acetylcholine was reduced significantly in diabetic animals;...

Luteotrophic activity of the young conceptus was investigated on the basis of the maintenance ofpregnancy produced artificially by means of egg transfer to the uteri of adult `cycling' rats treated with progesterone for 5 to 11 days. Pregnancy rate varied according to the duration ofprogesterone treatment; the longer the treatment, the higher the rate of success. Luteotrophic activity of the co...

The Angio-Seal arterial closure device consists of several bioabsorbable components and is used for hemostasis of arterial puncture sites. We report 3 cases of hemorrhagic and ischemic complications related to Angio-Seal use. Two cases were treated successfully by surgical removal of the device. In the third case surgical removal of the device failed and additional intervention was necessary. T...

BACKGROUND BCG vaccination which is administered to prevent tuberculosis is sometimes associated with serious complications. This study aimed to determine the incidence of complications of BCG vaccination in Babol. METHODS All infants who received BCG vaccination between 2011-2013 in health centers of Babol entered the study. Data regarding complications of vaccine were extracted according to...