the management of road traffic accident and the care of casualties  has undergone many changes in recent years. to provide an uniform and systematic approach the ems, firefighters, red cross, red crescent and other rescuers must be updated to reduce entrapment times, and mortality rates, over better organisation and a methodical approach. the rescuers should not attempt to administer medical fi...

spinal cord injury (sci) is a devastating condition, with sudden loss of sensory, motor, and autonomic function distal to the level of trauma. the primary mechanical trauma causes necrosis, edema, hemorrhage, and vasospasm. a cascade of secondary pathophysiological mechanisms is induced, including ischemia, apoptosis, fluid and electrolyte disturbances, excitotoxicity, lipid peroxidation, produ...

objective: this study investigated the effectiveness of mindfulness-based group therapy (mbgt) compared to the usual opioid dependence treatment (tau).thirty outpatients meeting the dsm-iv-tr criteria for opioid dependence from iranian national center for addiction studies (incas) were randomly assigned into experimental (mindfulness-based group therapy) and control groups (the usual treatment)...

background: thrombolytic therapy is the only approved treatment for acute cerebral ischemia. the hemorrhagic transformation is the greatest complication of this treatment, which may occur after recanalization of occluded artery. the aim of this study was to determine factors associated with clinical improvement and worsening in patients with acute ischemic stroke treated with intravenous thromb...

ôrganophosphorus pesticides have been used in some cases for suicidal attempts. such poison can affect plasma cholinesterase activity. the case was a 47-year-old man hospitalized due to suicide attempt with swallowing agricultural poison. the patient, diagnosed with major depressive disorder (mdd), underwent treatment with electroconvulsive therapy (ëçt). ât the first ëçt session, the patient d...

aim : the aim of study was to determine the preliminary result of treatment with pegasys in iranian chronic hepatitis b patients (with genotype d) referred to tehran hepatitis center (thc). background : the genotype of hbv and ethnicity of the patients can affect the response rate to pegasys. patients and methods : during 2006-2008, 12 patients with naïve chronic hepatitis b (genotype d) that r...

in order to achieve a long-lasting effect, one of the main goals in root canal treatment is to eliminate the endodontic bacteria. conventional chemomechanical debridement is considered as the basic treatment in root canal therapy, but adjunctive techniques such as antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (apdt) can also be helpful. the aim of this study was to evaluate reports in the scientific liter...

conclusions our findings introduced a novel therapeutic effect of diet therapy on circulating mirnas in obese patients with t2dm. mir-33b is an important therapeutic target in the treatment and prevention of t2dm and its complications. results the circulating levels of mir-29a and mir-33b in the diabetic women were higher (0.40-fold) and lower (1.43-fold), respectively, than normal levels. diet...

background: the use of thrombolytic agents in the treatment of hemodynamically stable patients with acute submassive pulmonary embolism (pte) remains controversial. we, therefore, conducted this study to compare the effect of thrombolytic plus anticoagulation versus anticoagulation alone on early death and adverse outcome following submassive pte. methods: w e conducted a study of patients with...