background the prognostic value of blood culture testing in the diagnosis of bacteremia is limited by contamination. objectives in this multicenter study, the aim was to evaluate the contamination rates of blood cultures as well as the parameters that affect the culture results. materials and methods sample collection practices and culture data obtained from 16 university/research hospitals wer...

objective : this study aims to describe the blood pressure profile of newborns of preeclampsia mothers in vali-e-asr hospital during 2003-2004. materials and methods : in this cross-sectional descriptive analytical study 200 mothers and their newborns were studied. blood pressure of all newborns was checked by oscillometric method on the first day after birth and recorded in a questionnaire alo...

background:proximal femoral shaft fractures are commonly associated with marked blood loss which can lead topostoperative acute anemia and some other complications.tranexamic acid (ta) is an antifibrinolytic medication that reduces intra-and postoperative blood loss and transfusionrequirements during some elective surgeries (1-3).the aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of intravenous tr...

introduction: iron deficiency anemia is an important limiting factor for the number of donations in regular donors. limited data is available on the iron status in iranian donors. this study was conduced to evaluate the prevalence of iron deficiency and its related factors in blood donors at shiraz blood transfusion centre in 2005. methods: this descriptive study was done on all blood donors wh...

cord blood hematopoietic stem cells are widely used as an alternative source for hematopoietic stem cells transplant. increasing rate of patients who need hematopoietic stem cells transplant and many advantages of cord blood in comparison to bone marrow hematopoietic stem cells, have promoted banking of cord blood units. cord blood banking requires accurate steps in donor selection, cord blood ...

background some of the dental procedures can cause bleeding. bleeding control can be difficult in some patients because of systemic disease or chronic anticoagulant therapy, so they may be at increased risk for bleeding occurrences or even death following invasive dental procedures. this study was schemed to measure the knowledge of general dentists in shiraz city regarding coagulation tests pe...

background: the differentiation between acute and latent forms of the toxoplasma gondii ( t. gondii ) infection is still considered as a complicated issue. this study was aimed to elucidate the status of infection in the blood donors and the probable importance of blood transfusion in the transmission of the infection through detecting both immunological and genetic markers of acute and latent ...

background: red blood cell and other blood products play a crucial role in management of different disease processes, but in spite of implementation of crucial steps to improve the process of request for blood and blood consumption, there is still not enough information available regarding the proper practice in many medical centres. we aimed to evaluate the status of blood product requests and...