purpose : to investigate long-term ocular manifestations of ocular behcet’s disease (bd), and the causes for blindness methods : in august 2008, at shariati hospital of tehran (behcet unit) all files of the ocular bd patients from 1976 to 2008 who were legally blind (visual acuity=20/200 or less) at least in one eye at the last visit and had at least three years of follow-up were reviewed and t...

conclusions although older patients need more self-care and the quality of this self-care originates from their attitude toward cvd risk factors, their lack of awareness about the main risk factor of their condition is a major challenge for secondary prevention measures. in addition, younger patients’ significant emphasis on biological risk factors as uncorrectable factors can reduce their sens...

background and aim: more than 50% of road fatalities occur in the 15 to 44-years old which are the young and active group of the society. one of the effective ways to reduce road accidents is using safety belts. in this study the rate of seat belt use and its associated factors have been estimated in the 15 to 44-years old of kerman. materials and methods: this study was a cross-sectional descr...

background : the pathologies classified as urinary tract infections (uti) can have a deleterious effect on patients who have undergone a renal transplantation.  often recurrent utis will occur, leading to high morbidity, failure of the grafting process overall and even death.  the study presented here seeks to expand the knowledge of recurrent utis in the context of renal transplantation, what ...

Over the past 60 years, continuous improvement in the management of Hodgkin lymphoma has brought clinicians and patients to an era in which the large majority of patients are cured, regardless of disease presentation. This improvement in outcome has brought a new obligation to those who wish to optimally manage this previously lethal malignancy: an obligation to maintain very high cure rates wh...

Background/aim: Colistin is gaining popularity against multidrug-resistant bacteria. The primary concern with colistin is its nephrotoxicity (NT). The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence and risk factors for NT and to evaluate the risk factors for mortality in the toxicity group. Materials and methods: NT was defined according to the RIFLE criteria. Data of patients who did or did n...