Abstract BACKGROUND Gliomas are the most common primary brain tumor in adults US with an annual age-adjusted incidence rate (AAA-IR) of 4.67 to 5.73 per 100,000 persons. There several sources carcinogenic contaminants northeast Alabama and western Georgia Coosa River serving as region’s water source. We aimed examine glioma, well characteristics overall survival, compared rest state. METHODS Th...

background: the induction of cancer appears to be the most important effect of low-dose ionizing radiation to occur in an exposed population. in developing countries 94% of human radiation is from natural sources. in iran some high altitude regions such as, chaharmahal & bakhtiari has high levels of the natural background radiation (higher than the worldwide average). therefore, investigation o...

Background Decreased renal urate excretion is the predominant driver of attracting gout, an auto-inflammatory disease secondary to hyperuricemia. Therefore there interest in effective lowering therapies with a uricosuric mode action. Objectives The objective this study was analyses efficacy and safety treatment i.e., benzbromarone real-life clinical setting. Methods data from gout patients coll...

Abstract Background Emerging literature has demonstrated a positive impact of emergency department (ED)-focused antimicrobial stewardship initiatives on antibiotic prescribing. To date, the majority interventions focus urinary tract infections (UTI) and few evaluate electronic medical record (EMR) integration. Methods This retrospective, quasi-experimental study was conducted at five EDs within...

Abstract Background The percentage of all respiratory diagnoses prescribed an antibiotic is outpatient stewardship metric and was introduced as a HEDIS measure in 2022. Given stable case mix, this not affected by differences coding practices between clinicians or health systems since are considered together. onset the COVID-19 pandemic high number viral illness episodes where antibiotics recomm...

Abstract Aims Minimally symptomatic diverticular stricture poses diagnostic and management dilemma for the Colorectal Surgeon. Long term outcome, risk of missing a cancer complications are not well documented in literature. This study aims at assessment outcomes patients with minimally who were treated conservatively. Methods Retrospective chart review all confirmed on endoscopy imaging scans h...

Standard disease classification and defining human phenotypes are incomplete imprecise because biological mechanisms underpinning diseases not yet captured even with different coding systems methods. Such methods arbitrary (e.g., hypertension), based on a location or organ tumors), have been used since physicians originally described certain Alzheimer’s diseases) over century ago, which cause c...

background :reduction of neonatal mortality rate can improve health and newborn status of the society. this study was done to evaluate the prevalence and patternof causes for neonatal mortality in gorgan, north of iran. methods: this descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out on all birth in the maternity dezyani hospital in gorgan, north of iran during 1 september 2008 -31 march 2011 ....

purpose: to determine the prevalence and causes of blindness and low vision in yazd provice in 2008. methods: a population-based cross-sectional study was performed on inhabitants of in yazd province in 2008. using multistage cluster sampling, sample size was calculated based on the distribution of the total population of yazd province derived from national census and estimated rates of blindne...