background : approach to the small intestine has been difficult even with newer methods. double-balloon enteroscopy (dbe) has been created for diagnostic and therapeutic interventions in diseases of the small intestine. small intestinal diseases have different etiologies in each country. the dbe has been introduced in recent years in iran. our aim was to study the indications and results of dbe...

inflammatory bowel diseases are one of the important reasons of the referral to gi practitioners in our country and ulcerative colitis is the more frequent type of these disease in iran. in this study 200 cases of ulcerative colitis, which has been referred to imam khomeini hospital during that last 5 year, were studied. data was collected using the patient's records and face to face inter...

objectives the current study aimed to estimate the prevalence of ihd in the families of children with kd. patients and methods sixty-one children with kawasaki disease were admitted from december 21, 2004 to january 21, 2008to mofid children hospital (from one month to thirteen-year old) and 50 patients entered the study. subjects were divided into the severe (24subjects) and non-severe (26 sub...

during a period of four years between june, is, 1988 to june, is, 1992 one hundred and fourteen patients with congestive heart failure (chf) were admitted to the pediatric department of taleghani general hospital. during the above period, 192 patients with heart disease were hospitalized at this department and chf was the cause of admission in 59.4% of them. congenital heart disease (cho) was t...

In 2010, the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Justice entered into an agreement with a nonprofit known as Social Finance to prevent reoffending by juvenile offenders released from prison in Peterborough, England. What made this contract unique is that the government payments to Social Finance were not based on delivery of services but instead on the level of government cost aversion from reduced re...

During the last century, a number of epidemics have swept across the world causing similar mortality peaks in diverse human populations. In particular, the effects ofthe influenza epidemic of 1918 can be seen in urban and rural human aggregates s parated by continents and thousands ofmiles. This paper examines mortality periodicity, due to diverse population structures, ecology, and exposure to...

Two computer systems are currently available for editing continuous, economic data: Statistics Canada's General Edit and Imputation System (GEIS) and the Census Bureau's Structured Programs for Economic Editing and Referrals (SPEER). GEIS, the more general of the two systems, uses linear inequality edits and provides several imputation options. SPEER uses ratio edits which are a special case of...

the peak age of onset of inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) is simultaneous with the peak reproductive years. patients have many concerns about the impact of ibd on fertility and pregnancy outcomes. the most important reason for voluntary childlessness is the fear of side effects from medications for ibd. decision making for medical therapy is a complex equation. it is important to summarize avai...

inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) is the term used for a group of diseases with yet unknown etiology, prevalence of which is increasing almost everywhere in the world. the disease was almost non-existent four decades ago in the east, including the middle-east, while now a days it is seen more and more. in addition to the increasing prevalence, our knowledge about its pathogenesis, clinical cours...