a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Division, Department of Biology, University of Isfahan, Iran b Biomimetic Materials and Tissue Engineering Laboratories, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA c Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Sofia, Bulgaria d Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, Serbia e Depart...

*Corresponding author: Prof. Hamid Nasri, Department of Nephrology, Division of Nephropathology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. Email: [email protected] Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: It is well known that hyperuricemia is an independent risk factor for renal progression in IgA nephropathy, however it is unclear the effect of al...

By increasing the number of cardiovascular procedures, iodinated contrast media (ICM) is one of the most common agents used for diagnostic and prognostic and also therapeutic cardiac interventions. Contrast induced nephropathy (CIN) is one of the most leading causes of hospital-acquired renal insufficiency (1). Following cardiovascular invasive procedures, CIN occurs in about 3.1 to 31% of pati...

INTRODUCTION Electronic medical record system (EMRS) is a valuable system for safe access to the patient's data and increases health care quality. Manpower is one of the requirements for EMRS, among which manager is the most important person in any hospital. Taking into account manager's positive attitude and good commitments, EMRS will be implemented successfully. As such, we decided to assess...

1Assistant Professor, Department of Water Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran E-mail: [email protected], Af. Member of ASCE 2Research assistant, Nanjing hydraulic research institute, Geotechnical Engineering Department, Nanjing, P.R. China E-mail: [email protected] 3Assistant Professor, Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Khorasgan Is...

*Corresponding author: Prof. Hamid Nasri, Department of Nephrology, Division of Nephropathology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. E-mail: [email protected] Le tte r t o Ed ito r Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: Erythropoietin is a promising renoprotective drug to prevent or attenuate tubular damage induced by gentamicin or other nep...

1PhD Student, Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, IR Iran 2Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, IR Iran 3Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, IR Iran 4Associate Professor, Anaesthetics, Chroni...

background: most managers and employees' manner and actions are influenced by the ethical values and they are rooted in ethics. in the current situation, violating some ethical criteria has currently brought anxiety among the governmental and non- governmental sectors. then, the efficient managers are worried mostly about how to provide appropriate opportunities for the human being to observe t...