INTRODUCTION Family physician is the increasing efforts to promote physician and other human resources in the health care systems. GOAL Investigate Human resources situation of the family physician program in six pilot cities in Khuzestan province in the southwest of Iran. METHODS A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted to examine the family physician program in 2011. In this stud...

Objective: To determine the hysteroscopic appearance of endometrial hyperplasia in women with subsequently confirmed diagnosis of endometrial hyperplasia. Methodology: This study was done in Aria Hospital in Ahwaz,Iran fromJanuary 21, 2003 to May 24th 2005. Fifty women underwent hysteroscopy with eye direct biopsy of the endometrium. Cause of hysteroscopy was Abnormal Uterine Bleeding (AUB) in ...

Objective: To determine whether unstable angina is co-related to seropositivity to chronic Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection. Methodology: It is a case control, descriptive study conducted at CCU in Razi Hospital in Ahwaz a city southwest Iran, from 2004 to 2005.We measured serum HPIgG levels of participants in CCU in a hospital. Blood samples were drawn during study period from 96 patients (m...

INTRODUCTION Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the most common head and neck malignancy. Smoking, alcohol consumption, viral infections, exposure, oral hygiene, and dietary, genetic, and occupational factors are the most important etiologic factors. The aim of this study was determining the incidence of etiologic factors in head and neck SCC. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a cross-sectional sur...

Objectives: Edentulous is the most common organ defects in the communities& shows the prevalence of this disability community's health. the World Health organization (WHO) recorded index periodically at intervals of a certain age as a determinant of oral health status has been recommended. the aim of this study was to radiographic evaluation of alveolar ridge height of maxillary and mandibular ...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to examine the influence of selected exercises on motor development in elementary school third grade girl students in Ahwaz City, Iran. METHODS The present study was semi-experimental, performed as field and using experimental and control groups. The statistical population included all third grade girl students of elementary schools of Ahvaz city (10,500 subj...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess the attitudes of medical students toward psychiatry and their intention to pursue psychiatry as a career; and to determine if they change after psychiatric attachment. It also examined the relationship between the students' characteristics and their attitudes in details. METHODS Pre and post-surveys using Likert-type scales were conducted versus 1...

Introduction: If the blood pressure of a pregnant woman is ≥140/90 mmHg at the clinic, but her ambulatory blood pressure is less <135/85 mmHg at daytime and <125/75 at night and her average ambulatory in 24 hours is <130/80 mmHg, her high blood pressure at clinic is considered white coat hypertension. Objectives: To evaluate the value of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in pregnant women. P...