introduction: rapid acute physiology score (raps) and rapid emergency medicine score (rems) are two physiologic models for measuring injury severity in emergency settings. the present study was designed to compare the two models in outcome prediction of trauma patients presenting to emergency department (ed). methods: in this prospective cross-sectional study, the two models of raps and rems we...

background: in this study, we aimed to investigate the ability of transvaginal doppler ultrasonography in predicting in vitro fertilization (ivf) outcome in women undergoing this procedure. materials and methods: in this prospective observational study, 65 infertile women underwent ivf procedure in isfahan, during 2013-2014, were studied. the pulsatility index (pi), resistive index (ri) and pea...

introduction: bronchiectasis is a common problem in children especially under 5 years. early diagnosis of disease and its causes could be useful in early treatment and preventing probable complications. this study aimed at evaluating the cystic fibrosis (cf) in patients with  bronchiectasis. methods: in a cross-sectional study, 374 children with bronchiectasis were studied. the diagnosis was ma...

background :impact of substance abuse on outcome of hospitalized patients with acute myocardial infarction (mi) is a frequent question. available studies show disagreements over its impact, thus we performed this study to find a clear answer.   methods : in a cross sectional study, 304 patients (include 152 consecutive opium dependents and equal number of independents) with acute mi admitted to...

background: intracerebral  hemorrhage (ich) is the  most fatal subtype  of stroke.  despite  limited effective therapy, there  is no  accepted clinical grading  scale to  predict  in- hospital  mortality,  especially  in developing  nations.  the purpose  of this study was to assess the  predictors  of in- hospital mortality among a sample of iranian patients  with spontaneous ich for use at th...

background: studies on the prognosis of st elevation myocardial infarction (stemi) versus non-st elevation myocardial infarction (non-stemi) have shown different results. the present study was designed to compare the early outcome and left ventricular systolic function of patients with st and non-st elevation myocardial infarction. methods: the patients' information was derived from 10,065 cons...

background the evidence saying that the rate of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (sirs) is high in patients with advanced cirrhosis and portal hypertension, this could have negative outcome on patients prognosis. methods this prospective study included 109 cirrhotic patients who were admitted to imam khomeini hospital, affiliated with orumieh university of medical sciences, during 2011-2...

purpose: to compare long-term results of excimer laser sub-epithelial keratectomy (lasek) and laser in situ keratomileusis (lasik) for low to moderate myopia. methods: in a comparative case series, visual outcomes in 415 lasik-treated eyes (212 patients) and 359 lasek-treated eyes (194 patients) with myopia ranging from -1.5 to -5 diopters (d) and astigmatism up to -2.75 d using a flying spot e...

a casual comparative study was made to determine the effect of pregnant women's working conditions on   pregnancy outcome (fetal death, gestational age and birth weight).   600 women, delivered or treated for spontaneous abortion in eleven hospitals of tehran, were interviewed, 200   were working women (the study group) and 400 housewives (the control group).   for collecting information a...