BACKGROUND Due to their specific nature, such as high incidence, high intensity and direct involvement of all members of society, traffic injuries are of particular importance. Through a mega data, this study investigated the epidemiological aspects and depict current situation of road traffic injuries in Iran. METHODS Using legal medicine and traffic police data, deaths from road traffic inj...

PURPOSE Unsafe behaviors are an important cause of accidents in adolescent age groups. This study was designed to examine the behaviors of adolescent pedestrians in southern Iran. METHODS This is a descriptive analytical cross-sectional study. The study population consisted of high school students in Shiraz, capital city of Fars Province, Iran. Five hundred and sixteen students were selected ...

Background: Transfusion-transmi!ed infec"ons (TTIs) con"nue to be a problem in many parts of the world and mul"-transfused pa"ents are at a par"cularly increased risk for TTIs. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of Hepa""s C, Hepa""s B, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infec"ons among mul"-transfused pa"ents in Khuzestan Province. Materials and Methods: A cross-sec"onal...

BACKGROUND Republic of Azerbaijan is considered as an area with high prevalence of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. Uncontrolled travelling of Azerbaijanis people to Iran is the issue that needs to be considered as an important issue. METHODS This study was conducted on 32 patients with tuberculosis from Baku-Nakhchivan and 48 patients from Iran during 2012 to 2014. Colonies of Mycobacteriu...

The prevalence of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) is set to stabilize in Western Europe and North America, as opposed to its increasing trend in developing countries in Asia. The epidemiology of IBDs in areas where the incidence and prevalence are relatively low provides an opportunity for researchers to determine the unknown aspects of them. In this review article, the PubMed and MEDLINE da...

this study is aimed at comparing life expectancy, resilience and differentiation between adolescents of single-child and multi-child families living in khorramabad, iran. this is a causal-comparative study and the statistical population consisted of all the male and female adolescent students in the middle and high schools of khorramabad in the academic year 2015-2016. the sample included 150 s...

background: to compare a flexible, multi-dose gnrh antagonist protocol with a long gnrh .agonist protocol in poor respo materials and methods: a randomized clinical trial of 70 poor responder patients (35 patients in gnrh antagonist protocol and 35 patients in long gnrh agonist protocol) was performed at royan institute, tehran, iran. both groups were given a fixed dose of human menopausal gona...

1. Dept. of Nephrology, Firoozgar Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2. Dept. of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy-International Campus, FCRDC, Firoozgar Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3. Dept. of Nephrology, Firoozgar Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 4. Dept. of Radiology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical...

A Decade of Sports and Exercise Medicine Specialty Program in Iran, Achievements and Challenges Ramin Kordi, and Navid Moghadam Sports Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran Vice President of the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Tehran, IR Iran Department of Sports Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran Corresponding auth...

Background: Bacteremia is the status, which detected via a positive blood culture test with no contamination. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicates that direct medical procedures total costs are significantly high. Antibiotic resistance can play major role in costs, related to long duration of treatment. Objectives: The aim this study was investigate rate profiles antimicro...