background although iranian women increasingly attend hospitals for childbirth, no information is available on programs and practices related to infection control in labor and delivery units. conclusions the results of this study revealed a need for development of appropriate policies and protocols for infection control practices in labor and delivery units and also midwives training on clean d...

Sepsis is associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome, which has a significant impact on the prognosis of patients. Several studies have shown that microbiota plays role in sepsisinduced but relationship between and syndrome not fully understood. We conducted case-control single-center study 19 sepsis-induced patients 36 sepsis-noninduced to investigate clinical features expression. The...

Sepsis is an organ dysfunction caused by uncontrolled inflammatory response from the host to infection. main cause of morbidity and mortality in intensive care units (ICU) worldwide. One first organs suffer injuries resulting sepsis brain. The central nervous system (CNS) particularly vulnerable damage, mediated oxidative processes, which can sepsis-associated encephalopathy (SAE), being report...

Background & Objective: Neonatal sepsis is one of the leading causes of mortality in neonatology wards. The aim of this study was to assess sepsis pathogens and antibacterial resistance patterns in a teaching hospital during seven years in Tehran, Iran. Methods: In this retrospective study, all neonates suspected to seps...

a survey was .carried out to determine the incidence of sepsis after surgical operation. a total of 133 cases were studied. 33 percent of elean wounds w~reqffected by some. post operative sepsis and yielded pathogenic bacteria on culture. staphylococcus aureus was the most common pathogen but pseudomonas and e. coli were also common. cultures were taken from the staff, the environment and objec...

Sepsis is a serious disease with high mortality and has been hot research topic in medical recent years. With the continuous reporting of in-depth on pathological mechanisms sepsis, various compounds have developed to prevent treat sepsis. Natural small-molecule play vital roles prevention treatment sepsis; for example, such as resveratrol, emodin, salidroside, ginsenoside, others can modulate ...

Objective: Sepsis and severe sepsis (sepsis accompanied by acute organ dysfunction) are leading causes of death worldwide. In this study, our aim was to investigate utility of biomarkers commonly used in diagnosis of sepsis in discriminating these two entities. Methods: Two-hundred and three patients involved were divided into 2 subgroups as sepsis and severe sepsis according to Surviving Sepsi...

Background: Sepsis related-multiple organ dysfunction is associated with ileum injury. We aimed to determine the causes of ileal injury in two models of microbial sepsis resulted from infection with Aeromonas hydrophila or its endotoxin. We also evaluated the protective effect of phytic acid. Methods: Thin sections of ileum from 60 Swiss male mice in control, bacteria-infected or lipopolysaccha...