DEAR EDITOR, We visited a 75‐year‐old G7L7 rural woman with a painful vulvar lesion highly suspicious for malignancy near the introitus measuring 5 cm × 3 cm × 2 cm. The lesion was oval shaped, erythematous, and purple colored with a soft consistency and started bleeding during examination. Inguinal lymphadenopathy was absent. The patient’s past medical history was unremarkable. Biopsy was plan...

BACKGROUND Improving the dietary intake among different groups and population is important for improving the health status. This study determines the nutrients and food group intake as well as dietary habits among female students in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. METHODS Two hundreds and eighty nine healthy female youths who were randomly selected among students of Isfahan University...

conclusions the study showed that elevator buttons could lead to transmission of pathogenic bacteria. it is necessary to clean and disinfect elevator buttons daily, especially in departments with high contamination potential such as laboratories, particularly in biological laboratories and pilot plant rooms. methods the study was a across sectional research. samples were taken from elevator but...

1Department of Nursing, University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 2Sina Trauma and Surgical Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 3Department of Health in Emergency and Disaster , School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 4Department of Nursing, Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan Branch, ...

introduction: nowadays, without utilization of information technology, it is impossible to have effective access to required information. inappropriate use of new technology for professional knowledge transmission leads to inadequacy of technology as well as cost wasting. therefore, it is necessary to enhance general understandings about information technology (it) abilities and also end-user n...

background: to achieve development goals in a country, having a research plan is necessary. need assessment in health is the first stage of research priority aiming improves health condition in a population. the objective of this study was to determine a list of research projects according to the health problems priority in ramadan province, iran. methods: to determine research priorities in th...

background: education is the most important task of a university and the mission of faculty members and improving of its quality lead to improve education quality. evaluation of teacher is one of the processes that are carried out to this quality improving. this study was conducted to compares the priorities of evaluation items from view of teachers and students of lorestan university of medica...

background: effective leadership is essential to passing through obstacles facing the health field. the current health care system in iran has major problems and gaps in the field of effective leadership. the aim of this study was to evaluate hospital managers’ leadership style through self-assessment and to determine the correlation between leadership styles with healthcare executives’ leaders...

*Corresponding author: Prof. Hamid Nasri, Department of Nephrology, Division of Nephropathology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. E-mail: [email protected] Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: Renal pathologists and nephrologists should be aware of the morphologic characteristics of APSnephropathy when they reviewbiopsies of lupus nephr...