purpose : to describe the survival characteristics and prognostic factors of patients with retinoblastoma in a referral center in iran methods : from medical records, we retrospectively analyzed the data of 139 consecutive children diagnosed in our hospital between 1991 and 2001 as having retinoblastoma. information on gender, laterality, age at diagnosis, presenting signs, tumor staging, treat...

purpose: to investigate the efficacy of topical cyclosporine a 2% in treating and preventing recurrent graft rejection episodes after penetrating keratoplasty (pkp) in patients with history of previous rejection episodes. methods: in this clinical trial, eligible pkp patients were randomly given topical cyclosporine a 2% or placebo in addition to a standard corticosteroid regimen for an episode...

In the present study effects of different levels of probiotic Pediococcus acidilactici, on growth performance and survival rate of Rutilus kuttum were investigated. Fingerlings Kutum with mean weight of 1±0.235 g were reared for 8 weeks in 500-l fiberglass tanks (15 fish per tank) with 4 diet treatments (with 3 replicates for each treatment). Treatments were included 1× 109 , 2:1×109 , 3× 109 C...

  To determine the best live food and to reevaluate the optimal weaning period for beluga fish (Huso huso) larvae, seven experimental diets: Daphina (DP), Chironomids (CH), Gammarid (G), Daphina + formulated diet (DPFD), Chironomids + formulated diet (CHFD), Gammarid + formulated diet (GFD ) and formulated diet (FD ) in triplicate groups were fed to 4662 sixteen-days-old larvae which were captu...

background: this study aimed to assess the incidence and survival rates of neonates weighing less than 2500g for duration of the first 28 days in an iranian community. methods: in this prospective longitudinal study, all neonates with birth weight less than 2500g were selected from the list of all neonates born in the only public-sector referral hospital, for a six months period. the weight of ...

conclusions cmm in yazd is a low-incidence skin tumor that shows a relatively fixed incidence between 1988 and 2008, higher incidences of cmm were found in sun-exposed areas (especially head and neck areas), with more incidence in men. skin cancers and cmm incidence in iran is lower than western countries, most probably due to geographical zone, genetic factors, skin type, society-related custo...

the effects of four corn hybrids, keynes540, keynes410, ksc260 and ksc400, were investigated on life table parameters of the beet armyworm in a growth chamber that was set at 25 ± 1 ºc, 65 ± 5% rh and 16:8 (l: d) photoperiod. the highest survivorship (lx) of adults were 0.77, 0.70, 0.62 and 0.58 on ksc260, keynes410, keynes540 and ksc400, respectively. the highest age-specific fecundity (mx) of...

conclusions the survival rate after in-hospital cpr was very low. the duration of cpr and the time of initiating cpr effects patients’ outcomes. these findings highlight the crucial role of an organized, skilled, well-established and timely cpr team. background despite several studies, there is no agreement on factors that affect survival after in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation (cpr). o...

background: esophageal cancer is one of the prevalent cancers in east azerbaijan province. the aims of this study are to estimate the survival rate of patients with esophageal cancer by treatment modalities and tumor location, as well as risk factors such as cigarette smoking, family history, age at diagnosis, and gender. materials and methods: in a cross-sectional study we evaluated 142 patien...