Background: To determine the role of drugs in fatal overdose, analyses were done on samples obtained from autopsy examination and death and crime scene investigations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of toxicology analyses of postmortem biological and non-biological samples belonging to a subject in determining the forensic cause of death. Methods: Toxicological analysi...

the quality of life (qol) has been de.ned as ‘‘a person’s sense of well-being that stems from satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the areas of life that are important to him/her’’.  age was also signi.cantly associated with several functional limitations such as illness, and physical restrictions. the concept of ‘‘resilience’’ refers to successful adaptation that unfolds within a context of si...

the aim of this study was to estimate the incidence of retinopathy of permaturity (rop) and to evaluate possible neonatal risk factors for rop. the main study was a cross-sectional study including 150 high-risk neonates born at teaching hospitals of tehran universities referring to to farabi eye hospital. the chossing critertia were birth weight less than 2500 g or gestational age younger than ...

purpose: this study evaluated the effect of donor and eye bank characteristics on graft rating and clinical outcomes after penetrating keratoplasty (pk) in keratoconus-affected patients. methods: a total of 252 consecutive keratoconic eyes that underwent pk were reviewed in this retrospective interventional case series. donor data included age and sex, cause of death, death-to-preservation time...

schizophrenia is one of the most severe psychiatric disorders and 25% of the patients need long term hospitalization. they have somatic illness that may be ignored and lead to death. considering the lack of information regarding the causes of death in schizophrenic patients, the aim of this study was to determine the main causes of death in the long term hospitalized schizophrenic patients in s...

Background: Perinatal mortality rate is an important indicator of community health status. This study aimed to evaluate perinatal mortality and its determinants in Mobini Hospital of Sabzevar, Iran. Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was performed within a two-year (2011-2012) period at Mobini Hospital of Sabzevar. Our study population included all the cases of stillbirth and liv...