the growing number of immunocompromised individuals has increased the incidence of infections caused by candida species during the recent decades. typing of c. albicans on the basis of dna sequences at multiple loci has greatly advanced our knowledge about the epidemiology and phylogeny of candidiasis. the aim of this study was to evaluate the diversity, and genetic relationships among c. albic...

background: intravenous catheterization is a routine technique in medical centers which can cause diverse problems such as thrombophlebitis. objective: this study aimed to resolve replacement scheduling and proper cannula diameter and position issues for intravenous catheters. methods: in this 2015 experimental cohort study, 232 hospitalized patients receiving medication intravenously were asse...

background: previous studies have indicated that ramadan fasting has beneficial effects on cardiovascular risk factors, specially blood pressure and heart rate. in the present study, the effect of ramadan fasting on 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure and heart rate has been investigated. materials and methods: this prospective observational study was conducted on two groups of individuals. six p...

invasive gastric mucormycosis is a rare and fatal disease. we report a rare case with longstanding sle who presented with fever. autopsy showed multiple small shallow-based ulcers in the antrum. histologic examination showed invasive mucormycosis. this is a rare case of invasive gastric mucormycosis localized exelusively in the stomach.

background: pragmatics is appropriate use of language across a variety of social contexts  that  provides accurate interpretation   of   intentions.   the   occurrence    of   the right hemisphere lesions can interfere with pragmatic abilities, and particularly with the processing of nonliteral speech acts. methods: since the objective of this study was to assess different  aspects of pragmatic...

physicians’ knowledge of therapy and counseling stands among the most important issues in the viewpoints of clients who refer to psychiatric centers. transsexual patients are very important in this regard. the goal of this research is to study their attitude toward doctors’ empathy. a group of transsexual patients who referred to the tehran institute of psychiatry, iran, answered the jefferson ...

type 1 diabetes mellitus is frequently associated with autoimmune thyroid disease (atd).genetic susceptibility for autoantibody formation in association with atd and type 1 diabetes mellitus has been described with varying frequencies, but there is still debate about its prevailing situation in iran.  we have therefore investigated the prevalence of anti-thyroid peroxidase (anti-tpo) and anti t...

generally icu patients are in critical status and need long stay in icu. pulmonary rehabilitation program (prp) is considered as an important tool to improve outcome and shorten the length of stay in icu. the aim of this study was to investigate whether prp can affect outcome and duration of hospitalization in icu patients. this study was performed in medical icu of labafi nejad hospital, tehra...

background: the study of economics is important in iranian stroke patients, because it is one of the costly diseases that could be linked to disability, mortality, and morbidity. the aim of this preliminary study was to investigate total treatment costs of hospitalized patients with stroke. methods: a cross‑sectional study of 24 patients conducted to isfahan neurosciences research centre was ca...

during a six year period (1969-1974), 29,233 records of the hospital admissions were carefully reviewed from the standpoint of age, sex incidence, precipitating factors, method of treatment and results in diabetes and diabetic coma patients in the isfahan university medical school’s hospitals. two hundred and fifty cases of diabetic patients were found (0.8% of the total), from which 25 (8%) we...