background trauma constitutes a major public health problem in our country and contributes significantly to unacceptably high morbidity and mortality. objectives this study aimed to evaluate the epidemiology of trauma in dead patients referred to shahid rajaee trauma hospital, shiraz, iran. patients and methods in a cross-sectional study, all patients with trauma admitted to our center were enr...

conclusions there was no meaningful relationship between the mortality rate of patients with mi who were either opium-dependent or non-opium-dependent. the number of re-hospitalizations due to heart problems was meaningfully higher in the opium-dependent patients; hence, educating people and training them on the destructive effects of opium, specifically in patients with heart conditions is hig...

in a survey of the population of behbahan city, carried out in years 1990-91, the mean age was approximated up to 15.2 and 17.5 in the villages and the city, respectively. furthermore, about 27.4% and 27.9% of the corresponding populations were under 5 years of age. the birth rate in the urban and rural areas was about 31.2 and 33.3 per thousand live births. mortality rate related to the immatu...

objective: microbiological infection plays vital role in determining the outcome as well as cost and duration of the hospital stay for patients admitted in icu setup. therefore regular surveillance of important pathogens and its related factors are mandatory. the objective of this study was to find out the organisms causes infection in patients admitted in different trauma-surgery, medical and ...

aim and background: the estimation systems of mortality based on severity of disease are increasingly popularin the last 20 years, especially in the field of medical care. the purpose of this study is to evaluate the prognosis ofhospitalized icu patients according to apache 2 scoring system in educational hospitals in ilam city during 2013.methods and materials: in order to perform this prospec...

conclusions applying this information can be useful to policy makers and managers for planning and implementing special interventions to prevent and limit future accidental deaths. background traffic accidents are the main cause of deaths in developing countries. fatalities due to traffic accidents are assessed through a three-year time series forecast. objectives the aim of this study is to us...

conclusions according to the results obtained, the largest numbers of deaths and illnesses were due to the high average pm10 concentration or an increase in the number of days of exposure to this pollutant. background particulate matters have harmful effects on human health and can intensify mortality and disease. objectives the purpose of this study was to evaluate the health impacts of partic...

the increased risk of hemolytic reactions and erythrocyte recovery delay in abo incompatible hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (hsct) is well established. effects of abo incompatibility on transplantation outcomes is evaluated in this study. we prospectively followed 501 patients undergoing allogeneic stem cell transplantation according to abo compatibility groups of minor, major and bidi...

dental pulp stem cells (dpscs) can be found within the cell rich zone of dental pulp. these stem cells, under specific stimuli, differentiate into many cell types which have wide therapeutic applications.   the dental stem cells are derived from both deciduous and permanent teeth. the viable dental stem cells are very simple to collect, without any mortality and morbidity. dental pulp stem cell...