Background Proteinuria is a well-known indicator of renal dysfunction. In this study, we evaluated the frequency of proteinuria in a sample of healthy Iranian elementary school students using both dipsticks and urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) methods. Materials and Methods This cross-sectional study was performed on 478 school students aged 7-9 years who were selected by multistage r...

Information plays a vital role in effective management of any system. With the Health Management Information System (HMIS), specific information may be provided to support the decision makers at various levels of the health system to assist evidence-based decision making. It is almost three decades (from 1984) that Iranian Ministry of Health (MoH) has used HMIS in its pharmaceutical sector as a...

The Iranian government has announced the development of its uninhabited Persian Gulf islands in order to secure their territory against claims by neighboring States. On hearing Teheran’s decision develop these we decided prepare and donate a pilot project, showing what new traditional city future might look like if Tonb-e-Kochak, smallest islands, were be developed. We hope above all stimulate ...

Commercially manufactured New York City (NYC) medium and modified Thayer-Martin (MTM) medium were compared for their ability to isolate Neisseria gonorrhoeae from clinical specimens. Twenty-seven public health laboratories throughout California evaluated 4,802 specimens collected from patients attending either sexually transmitted disease or family planning clinics. Total of 726 and 737 N. gono...

the purpose of this paper is to improve supply chain relationships in iranian small and medium-sized enterprises (smes) in automotive parts industry. for this reason, an importance-performance analysis (ipa) has been employed to categorized supply chain relationships metrics. also, the questionnaire method is used for gathering information. the paper identified thirteen supply chain relationshi...

BACKGROUND The Hajj Ceremony, the largest annual gathering in the world, is the most important life event for any Muslim. This study was designed to evaluate the incidence of stroke among Iranian pilgrims during the Hajj ceremony. METHODS We ascertained all cases of stroke occurring in a population of 92,974 Iranian pilgrims between November 27, 2007 and January 12, 2008. Incidence and risk f...

BACKGROUND Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is used as a measure to valuate healthcare interventions and guide policy making. The EuroQol EQ-5D is a widely used generic preference-based instrument to measure Health-related quality of life. OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to develop a value set of the EQ-5D health states for an Iranian population. PATIENTS AND METHODS This s...

BACKGROUND Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have become the main causes of morbidity and mortality even in rural areas of many developing countries, including Iran. In view of this increased risk, Fasa Cohort Study (FACS) has been established to assess the risk factors for NCDs with the ultimate goal of providing optimal risk calculators for Iranian population and finding grounds for interventi...