the high occurrence of upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders (uemsds) in iranian ironwork industries indicates a need to assess the risk factors of the disorders at such workplaces. in order to prevent such disorders, the occupational repetitive actions (ocra) carried out to obtain an integrated assessment of the various risk factors, classify different jobs and suggest ergonomic designing ...

cerebral vein thrombosis (cvt) is an infrequent condition with a large variety of causes that can lead to serious disabilities. however, in 20% to 35% of cases, no cause is found. in this study we evaluated the hereditary (p & c proteins, antithrombin, mutation of prothrombin g20210a and factor v leiden), other risk factors (hyperhomocycteinemia, factor viii, acl-ab, apl-ab, and ocp) and clinic...

background: there were about of 124 to 283 million cases of malaria with 367,000 to 755,000 deaths annually. this study aimed to assess the prevalence of malaria cases and associated risk factors among attendants at chichu and wonago health centers, south ethiopia. methods: in this health institution based cross sectional study, 324 subjects, attendants from outpatient department who came for a...

abstract background and purpose: gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm) is the most common metabolic disorder in pregnancy. it was known one of the complications of this period. the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between some risk factors with gdm in pregnant women in zahedan, iran. materials and methods: in a descriptive-analytical study, 70 pregnant women with gdm and 140 ...

introduction: diabetes mellitus (dm) is one of the most common chronic diseases in the world and the most challenging health problems of the twenty first century. this disease is common in yazd and has a high prevalence in the province. due to not available analytic study, the aim of this study was to determine the risk factors of type 2 diabetes among the adult yazd population, iran. materials...

conclusions in this study, sick sinus syndrome and pacemaker mode followed by syncope were independently associated with increased mortality. results survival data were available for 1030 (80%) patients (median age = 71 years [5th to 95th percentile range: 26 - 86 years]) and follow-up was completed for 84.28% of them. according to the results, 56% of the patients had received dual-chamber syst...

conclusions there is a risk for constipation after abdominal surgery. postoperative practices are effective on the risk of constipation. objectives to determine constipation risk before the surgery, bowel elimination during postoperative period, and the factors affecting bowel elimination. patients and methods this is a cross-sectional study. it was conducted in a general surgery ward of a univ...

results after controlling for gender and educational level, we observed statistically significant differences in the modified means between the patients who considered the behavioral risk factors and those who considered the physiological risk factors (p = 0.012, md = 5.03) and between the patients who regarded the behavioral risk factors and those who regarded the psychological risk factors (p...

conclusions the results showed that the prevalence of pediculosis among the glogah county primary school students was less than the average percentages observed in other students inside and outside of iran. results based on a total of 300 pupils, 17 of them (5.7%) were infested with pediculus capitis. the prevalence rate was 6.8% in the boys and 4.8% in the girls, while the rate of infestation ...

introdouction: recent studies have reported the connection between increased risk of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes with the presence of chronic periodontitis. the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between chronic periodontitis and triglyceride, high- and low-density lipoprotein (hdl and ldl), and glucose levels. materials and methods: a total of 102 individuals particip...