background and aims: there are different causes for brain death including head trauma, cerebrovascular accidents and intracranial space-occupying lesions. the present study was aimed to determine the causes of brain death in chahar mahal and bakhtiari province due to high turnover of trauma in this area during 2003 to 2013. methods: this study was based on routine data and was conducted on all ...

background: alcohol withdrawal syndrome (aws) is one of the most serious complications associated with chronic alcoholism. sudden deaths are not uncommon in aws. in severe stages of aws, delirium tremens (dt) occurs, which is characterized with agitation, global confusion, disorientation, visual and auditory hallucinations in addition to autonomic hyperactivity. case report: a 30-year old man, ...

background: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a genetic disorder with a prevalence rate of 0.2% in the general population. it comes from mutations in sarcomeric proteins. cardiac myosin-binding protein c3 is one of the critical genes in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (hcm) and sudden cardiac death, accounting for about 20% of hcm-causing mutations. genetic testing is recommended in patients with hcm....

spontaneous coronary artery dissection (scad) is a rare and important cause of acute coronary syndrome and sudden cardiac death. various etiologies are thought to be responsible for this condition, among which underlying atherosclerosis seems to be the most common. scad is predominant in women and is usually diagnosed via coronary artery angiography. therapeutic interventions include medical th...

in the modern medical era sudden cardiac death and its causes among athletes have been described. finding appropriate preventive ways from this tragic event is so important in sports medicine. according to different trials and observations, there are numerous reasons and some preventive strategies. historically, sudden cardiac death among athletes had been described several hundred years ago by...

background: zinc has significant effects on structural and functional activities of many proteins and enzymes involved in biological activities, especially the regulation of immune-system. symptoms of zinc toxicity include nausea/vomiting, fever, cough, diarrhea, fatigue, neuropathy, and dehydration. further signs include growth retardation, altered iron function, anemia, copper deficiency, dec...

workers of operating rooms in hospitals are chronically in exposure to rather higher dose of chemicals, e.g. halothane and nitrous oxide, than general population. concern that exposure to waste anesthetic gases may cause mutagenic, carcinogenic, or teratogenic changes has provided the impetus for many recent studies. the goal of present work was to determine incidence of the fetal deaths and se...