background: intimate partner violence (ipv) and risky sexual behaviors are serious and overlapping public health problems that disproportionately affect drug-involved women. despite the fact that drug-using women experience extensive ipv, to date, no studies have investigated the association of ipv and risky sexual behaviors among drug-using women in iran. methods : drug-using women (n =120) we...

The use of intravenous Diamox with variable doses of Pilocarpine was investigated in the treatment of primary closed-angle glaucoma. It was concluded that one drop of Pilocarpine 3 to 4 hrs after intravenous Diamox is the only parasympathomimetic drug necessary to terminated an acute attack.

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Objectives The objective is to present a pregnancy complication associated with intravenous drug use, namely, that of red blood cell alloimmunization and hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn. Methods An observational case series is presented including women with red blood cell alloimmunization most likely secondary to intravenous drug abuse Results Five pregnancies were identified that we...

We report three cases of tricuspid valve infective endocarditis associated with intravenous nyoape use. Nyoape is a variable drug combination of an antiretroviral (efavirenz or ritonavir), heroin, metamphetamines and cannabis. Its use is becoming increasingly common among poor communities in South Africa. All our patients were young HIV-positive men from disadvantaged backgrounds. They all pres...

how to cite this article: fallah r, ferdosian f, shajari a. non-parenteral medications for procedural sedation in children- a narrative review article. iran j child neurol. summer 2015;9(3):1-8. abstract procedural sedation may be needed in many diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in children. to make pediatric procedural sedation as safe as possible, protocols should be developed by institut...

â  â  background hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection is responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality worldwide. the hcv genotype has a geographic distribution and an important role in clinical and histological outcomes. this study determined hcv genotypes and their related risk factors among patients from khuzestan province, southwest iran. methods in a cross-sectional study, 223 patients...