Exchange transfusion is the standard method for treatment of severe hyperbilirubinemia. Our goal was to determine the indications for exchange transfusion (ECT) and the rates of ECT-related adverse events. A retrospective descriptive investigation was performed in newborns that underwent ECT at 17 Shahrivar Pediatric Hospital, Rasht, Guilan province during the period April 2008 to April 2011. O...

heavy metal pollution by natural factors is a world-wide phenomenon. release of large quantities of heavy metals without handling proper processes that could decrease the concentration of such a material is a hassle that makes strains resistant to these heavy metals apart from entering into human food chain. in this research, wastewater of four firms in guilan province such as foolad, risandegi...

during a faunistic study of the family carabidae in guilan province in summer 2011, beetle specimens were collected directly or by using pitfall traps and light traps. a species of ground beetles was identified and later confirmed by dr. r. felix (berkel enschot, the netherlands) as parophonus dia (reitter). this species is recorded from iran for the first time.

introduction guilan is one of the provinces in north of iran, with population of 2,480,874 and a total area of ​​14,042 square kilometers. this study assesses the outdoor natural gamma dose rates in the air of 49 cities in guilan and calculates corresponding average annual effective dose. materials and methods a total of 260 different sample points measurements were carried out. the results inc...

length weight relationships of vimba vimba persa were studied. for this purpose 174 fish samples were collected by gill nets, beach seine and purse seine from march through june 2008 at two guilan fisheries catch stations of guilan located in anzali- kiyashahr regions. samples were immediately transferred to the laboratory of fish biology at university of guilan for further analyses. length, we...

in recent years, the groundwater resources in guilan province have played an important role in irrigating paddy fields. the goal of this study was to evaluate temporal and spatial variations of groundwater quality in a 4-year period using ordinal kriging. water samples for this study were collected from 130 wells across guilan province, in september and march from 2003 to 2006.  maps of ec and ...