background and aims: the study investigated mortality rates of children in west area of isfahan province in 2006-2012. methods: this cross- sectional study performed in a seven- years period by using information received from isfahan health center on neonatal mortality rate, infant mortality rate,under 5 years mortality rate in the west of isfahan province. results: the results showed that the ...

background: infant mortality is one of the main indexes in the assessment of a society's access to the primary health care ser­vices. many factors are involved in this regard. the present study aimed at determining the structural association be­tween socio-economic variables and the rate of infant mortality rate. methods: the required data and information were collected from the multiple indica...

background: acute mesenteric ischemia (ami) is a catastrophic disorder of gastrointestinal tract with high mortality. due to recognition in advanced stages and late treatment of patients, the disease is still a highly fatal one. this study was conducted to determine the characteristics of the disease in the region. â  methods: in a retrospective study, all patients’ records of public and priv...

objective: to investigate the effects of intracranial pressure (icp) monitoring on mortality rate and functional outcome of patients with severe traumatic brain injury (tbi). methods: this was historical cohort study being performed in nemazee hospital of shiraz during a 4-year period (from 2006 to 2010) including those patients with severe tbi who had undergone care based on icp monitoring (ca...

a number of epidemiologic studies have reported a positive relationship between heart rate, cardiovascular disease and mortality. to examine the correlation between heart rate and mortality after acute myocardial infarction (ami), 2147 patients hospitalized in coronary care units in isfahan were investigated in a cross-sectional study. their heart rate was measured according to an electrocardio...

conclusions human development index is one of the best indicators and predictors to perceive healthcare inequities. worldwide improvement of these indicators, especially the education level, might promote infant life expectancy and decrease infant mortality. background infant mortality rate (per 1000 live births) is a vital index to monitor the standard of health and social inequality which is ...

background: as one of the main criteria of health outcomes, maternal mortality indicates the socioeconomic development level of countries. the present study aimed at identifying and analyzing the effective factors on maternal mortality in eastern mediterranean region (emr) of the world health organization (who).   methods: analytical model was developed based on the literature review. panel dat...

under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if current age-specific mortality rates be continued. under-5 mortality, a millennium development goal indicator, is a leading indicator of child health and overall development. this indicator measures child survival. it also, reflects the social, economic and environmental conditions i...