Introduction: Pain is one of the most common problems in patients undergoing joint replacement. Except for medicinal treatments for pain relief, non-pharmacological methods of pain control, such as Benson's relaxation, cause more compromise with pain and reduce pain, fear and anxiety, and can tolerate it for the patient. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of Benson relaxation met...

Effects of replacement of irradiated and non-irradiated pea powder with fish meal as an alternative protein source in Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) diet were investigated on growth parameters and thyroid hormones (T3 and T4) levels. For this purpose, 245 rainbow trouts with an average 60 ±4 g weight of were randomly divided into seven treatments. Dietary treatments included 20, 30 and 40%...

Introduction: Dental amalgam is regarded as a popular restorative material. The purpose of this study is to investigate the reasons of replacing amalgam restorations in patients referring to Babol dental school within 2013-2014. Methods: In this analytic-descriptive study, age, sex, type of occlusion DMF, existence of parafunction, as well as type of tooth, restoration class and reason of amal...

Background & Objective: Anxiety is the most common issue in the candidates of surgical heart valve replacement. The length of hospital stay in these patients is economically and organizationally important as a predictor of their recovery from acute physical conditions. The present study aimed to assess the effects of a designed discharge plan on anxiety and length of hospital stay in patients u...

The purpose of this study was to survey the effect of dietary fish oil replacement with different levels of soybean lecithin on growth performance and digestive enzymes activity of Persian sturgeon. Three hundred and sixty fish with average weight of 85 ± 0.09 g were treated with 6 experimental diets and three replicates, containing 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 percent soybean lecithin for 10 weeks. Ba...

ABSTRACT Nervous system is high resistent, but is vulnerable and sensitive. Nervous system in cardiac surgery may be distracted due to hypoxia or embolism. The cardiac surgery developed in the last decades, and its complications require the necessary imformation for prophylaxia and treatment. This crosssectional prospective study has been done in in cardiac surgery section on about 500 patien...