RESUMO Os primeiros casos de COVID-19 foram diagnosticados na China, evoluindo rapidamente com uma disseminação a nível mundial, transformando-se em pandemia. Uma porcentagem desses pacientes desenvolve forma grave da doença e evolui Síndrome do Desconforto Respiratório, necessitando suporte Unidades Terapia Intensiva. A Hipertensão Intra-abdominal Compartimental Abdominal são caracterizadas pe...

cancer of the stomach carries poor prognosis. surgery is the best treatment for gastric cancer. prediction of survival depends on the stage at the time of presentation. fluoroscopy, sonography, and computerized tomography are used for advanced gastric cancers staging, but they are not accurate enough to grade advanced gastric cancers. laparoscopic findings of lesions under direct vision, are ma...

background anxiety in patients scheduled for surgery is a major and high incidence problem that can result in complications during the surgical procedure and the post-surgery period. the purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of music and holy quran recitation on patient anxiety and certain physiological variables before abdominal surgeries. materials & methods the present study ...

a case of soft tissue defect of dorsal hand due to crush injury in a 37-year-old female is reported here. the reconstructive surgery was performed for the hand soft-tissue defect. among different flaps used in the surgery, the regional flap such as radial forearm flap can be done. but usually it is not accepted by patient because of cosmetic appearance. therefore, random pattern abdominal flap ...

background: ghrelin is a hormone related to food intake in rodents and humans, mainly produced in stomach. this study aimed to determine the effect of irradiation on ghrelin concentration in the gastric mucosa of rats. materials and methods : twenty-five rats were exposed to 15 gy of whole-abdominal irradiation. gastric tissue samples were obtained 1, 3, 7, 30, and 90 days after irradiation. fi...

pneumonia is considered as the main cause of abdominal pain in children whereas it presents mostly by respiratory symptoms in adults. here we present a 71-year-old iranian female who complained specifically of abdominal pain on admission to our emergency department. we had found nothing as an etiology in our first evaluations. after several hours chest pain was added to the symptoms and the fol...

lead poisoning has several clinical manifestations so the diagnosis may be troublesome. these manifestations consist of anemia, neurologic abnormalities, liver and biliary tract problems and abdominal pain. not only opium addiction, but also lead toxicity can cause biliary tract problems.when both etiologies occur at the same time, the diagnosis is difficult. a 46 year old opium addicted man wi...

abstract autoimmune pancreatitis (aip) is a rare disorder that may be present as common bile duct stricture. the patient was a seventy-year-old man with presentations as recurrent abdominal pain and jaundice, elevated billirobin (bil) and elevated alkaline phosphatase (alkp) in association with the presence of hetrogenesity of the pancreatic head and dilated intra and extra hepatic bile ducts i...

background and aim: the aim of this study was to investigate the epidemiological features of colorectal cancer in imam reza hospital in kermanshah, iran, in a five-year period. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study included all the patients (n=167) admitted to imam reza hospital in kermanshah over a five-year period, diagnosed with colorectal cancer through performing colonoscopy an...

background: metabolic syndrome (msx) is associated with several health problems. workers are an important part of any organization. objective: to determine the prevalence of msx and related variables among office workers. methods: this cross-sectional study evaluated 1488 office workers in qom province, central iran, by using a multi-stage cluster sampling. diagnosis of msx was based on blood h...