in this study esophageal resection and radiotherapy methods were compared in relation to the patients suffering from esophageal cancer. three hundred and fifty-four patients with squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus who had been hospitalized in the cancer institute of the imam khomeini hospital, tehran, during 1981-1985 were followed up through march 21st, 1987. based on the findings, patients ...

Background: Human epidermal growth factor 2 (HER2) is known to be an important prognostic in breast cancer. Numerous studies have shown HER2+ cancers reduced overall survival and recovery time, as well the efficacy of anti-HER2 therapies along with chemotherapy improving disease outcomes. For this reason, it recommended that all patients cancer should evaluated for HER2 status. This study aimed...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to determine a diagnostic classification scheme using a decision tree based model. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was conducted as a retrospective case-control study in Imam Khomeini hospital in Tehran during 2001 to 2009. Data, including demographic and clinical-pathological characteristics, were uniformly collected from 624 females, 312 of them we...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Conductive hearing loss is common among children and adults. This study aims at comparing the results of conductive hearing loss in summer and autumn. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Puretone audiometry and tympanometry tests were done for all patients who referred to the Iranian-based audiology center of Imam Khomeini Hospital in Ahvaz. Data on the patients with conductive or ...

Septic arthritis is a fearful condition because of its mortality and the potentially late sequels on immature skeleton including limb shortening, osteomyelitis, destruction of joint surface, severe limitation of motion, and dislocation.This study was performed to reveal the final outcome of our patients and find out the possible risk factors of poor result. The case records of 243 children who ...

BACKGROUND Coronary artery calcium score (CACS) is a quantitative assessment of calcifications and an established predictor of cardiovascular events. OBJECTIVES In this study, we evaluated the diagnostic accuracy, negative predictive value (NPV), positive predictive value (PPV), specificity and sensitivity of CACS less than 100 in predicting significant coronary artery stenosis in patients wi...

Background and Aim This study aims to investigate the effect of nurses’ autonomy on quality patient care based Kramer Schmalenberg’s model Methods & Materials is a causal-comparative study. Participants were 101 nurses Imam Khomeini Hospital in Arak, Iran from intensive unit internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, gynecology, orthopedics, emergency departments. The data collection tools Mog...

abstract: this article studies saddam's proposal to negociate with the iranians after his allo ut invasim of iran and when a large part of iran's territories had been occupied by the iraq; a proposal which was rejected by the islamic republic leader, imam khomeini.

BACKGROUND Resistance to antimicrobial agents including aminoglycosides (AGs) is a great concern that is mainly related to inappropriate use. Since there were not adequate data regarding how rationally AGs are being prescribed in our critically ill patients, this study was conducted to determine the main issues in the area of appropriate use of this antibiotic class. METHODS One hundred patie...