chronic cough is a common problem in patients visiting physicians and its prevalence in different populations range from 3 to 40%. postnasal drip, asthma and gastroesophageal reflux are the known cause of chronic cough. although diagnosis of asthma is usually made by clinical signs and spirometeric results, methacholine challenge test is a good diagnostic test in patients who show normal physic...

among patients with chronic unrelieved pain, war veterans of eight years long iraq - iran war deserve especial attention. they not only suffer from severe intractable pain but also should bear some intangible consequences of unrelieved pain and severe disability. this perspective study reviews the outcome of implantation of intrathecal opioid pumps in these patients. ten war veterans (mean age ...

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) is associated with a chronic inflammatory response in airways and lung parenchyma that results in significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. cigarette smoking considered as an important risk factor plays a role in pathogenesis of disease. pneumocystis jirovecii is an atypical opportunistic fungus that causes pneumonia in immunosuppressed host, al...

conclusions about one-third of the patients referring to the pain clinic had subacute pain. the patients with chronic pain were older and more obese, had a higher prevalence of addiction, had more cases of knee pain, and reported more instances of obscure and persistent pain than those with subacute pain. objectives the aim of the present study was to assess and compare the sociodemographic cha...

aim : in the current study, we aimed at identifying independent laboratory parameter to predict liver damage. background : although liver biopsy is frequently recommended in assessing disease severity and selecting antiviral treatment candidates, it has several limitations. patients and methods : a total of 527 patients with untreated chronic hepatitis b virus infection were selected. a percuta...

â  â  hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) is a major worldwide public health concern. despite recent advances, there has been little success in improving the survival of hcc patients. due to advances in diagnostic modalities and the increasing incidence of chronic viral hepatitis and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld), both of which are well known risk factors of hcc, the prevalence of hcc is ...

patients and methods we conducted an observational prospective study in adults proposed to various types of surgery using the brief pain inventory short form preoperatively (t0), one day after surgery, and three months later (t3). if the patient had pain at t3 and other causes of pain were excluded, they were considered to have ppp, and the mcgill pain questionnaire short form was applied. qol ...

the present report discusses disseminated fusariosis in a 15 year old boy with chronic granulomatous disease (cgd). he was admitted to the hazrat rasool acram hospital in november 1995, with a chronic wound in the right ankle and buttock area. antibacterial therapy was started, but there was no response. the patient was still febrile. chest x-ray revealed parahilar lesions in both lungs. tissue...

background: hepatic steatosis is commonly observed in patients with chronic hepatitis c (chc). many studies indicate a relationship between steatosis and fibrosis progression. the aim of this study was to analyze the prevalence of hepatic steatosis and related factors in iranian chc patients.   methods: one hundred and fifteen consecutive patients with chc were enrolled which were treatment-naï...