more than 45,000 of 100,000 exposed patients are suffering from late effects of sulfur mustard (sm) after almost 20 years post-exposure. respiratory complications of sm exacerbate over time and are the greatest cause of long-term disability in exposed patients. a triad of cough, expectoration and dyspnea has been found to be the main symptoms among patients. even those who had not developed acu...

introduction:  in patients who underwent surgery to repair tetralogy of fallot, right ventricular dilation from pulmonary regurgitation may be result in right ventricular failure, arrhythmias and cardiac arrest. hence, pulmonary valve replacement may be necessary to reduce right ventricular volume overload. the aim of present study was to assess the effects of pulmonary valve replacement on rig...

background: human body posture influences on his/her physiological functions. the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of forward shoulder correction on pulmonary function of elementary female students. methods: subjects of this quasi-experimental research were two groups (n=20) of students with normal posture (np) and forward shoulder posture(fsp)  which is divided randomly into...