Introduction: With the increase in the prevalence of gender dysphoria, and the increase in people'sdesire to sex reassignment strategies, the increasing  effects of these therapies on quality of life are mainly observed. Understanding these effects enable the treatment community to empowers, transgender people to improve their quality of life. Methods: This study is a narrative review study tha...

Background: Stress response to surgery and anesthesia includes wide range of hematological, immunological and endocrinological changes that partially were known. We designed this study to compare 2 methods of anesthesia, general anesthesia (GA) and spinal anesthesia (SA) at T10 level on serum cortisol and C_reactive protein (CRP) level and white blood cell (WBC) count and its differentation, as...

Background: Metformin has been suggested as anti-cancer in retrospective studies. We design a prospective controlled study about metformin efficacy in the window time between biopsy and definite surgery with changes of Ki-67 as the primary endpoint. Methods: The primary cohort had composed of 50 pathologically diagnosed invasive breast cancers, accrued in Medical Oncology Department of Iran ...

Background and Objective: Today, various non-pharmacological methods are used for pain relief after heart surgeries. This study aimed to assess the efficacy of reciting “Allah” word on patient's analgesic requirement after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery. Materials and Methods: This clinical trial was performed on 80 hospitalized patients in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Bushe...

Abstract Introduction: Cardiovascular illness is the common disease in developed countries. Among of these illnesses the coronary artery failure significantly counted as a high rate of heart disease in the world. The main treatment for this condition is replacing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) heart pump under surgical crew including skilled nurses. Objective: This study aimed to det...

Preoperative autologous blood donation is commonly used to reduce exposure to homologous blood transfusions among patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of autologous transfusion on patients' hematocryte value, intra and postoperative blood loss, hospitalization time, the development of infective complications and other factors. Materials ...

 Aims and background: Post operative nausea and vomiting is one of the most common complications after surgery. The newest drug for induction and maintenance of anesthesia is propofol. Its consumption due to the rapid onset, short duration of action, Anti-nausea and vomiting property and comfortable feeling after surgery is on the rise. Materials and Methods: In this clinical trial, 90 patients...