objective: to determine the patterns,complications and casualties of road traffic accidents in north west of iran during 2013 new year holidays. m e t h od s : one hundred and eighty one patients with trauma-related vehicle crashes were investigated in a cross sectional-descriptive study. we only included those road traffic accidents which were recorded during the 2013 iranian new year holidays...

In this study, we report one case of a three-year-old boy infected with Mycoplasma pneumonia (MP) and presenting concomitant multiple organ damage of the heart, kidney, lung and liver, among others, together with a brief review for the diagnosis and treatment of MP infection with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS).

background: renal complication of leptospirosis is common and its clinical manifestations vary from urinary sediment changes to acute renal failure. the aim of this study was to determine the final outcome of renal involvement in leptospirosis. methods: this longitudinal prospective study included all serologically confirmed cases of leptospirosis with evidence of renal failure. all patients we...

hydrocarbons are ubiquitous in daily life and include plant and animal fats, alcohols, solvents, natural gas, petroleum derivates. majority of intoxication reports of hydrocarbons are due to inhalation or ingestion, but there is few reports about intravenous injection of gasoline. we report a 58 year-old man who injected gasoline intravenously for suicide. he developed soft tissue necrosis of f...

Background: This study aims to analyze the changes and significance of organ function indices in patients with severe Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia for prediction major damages guiding treatment schemes. 
 Methods: 63 COVID-19 were selected as group 73 mild syndromes group. SAS9.4 software was used statistical analysis data. Results: Levels ALT, AST, cTnI, Cr, PT, APTT D-DI...

BACKGROUND The assessment of target organ damage is important in the evaluation of a hypertensive patient as it provides information on the severity of the hypertension and the cardiovascular risk assessment. The aim of our study was to determine the usefulness of the chest radiograph in the assessment of target organ damage in hypertensive patients. METHODS Unselected patients attending an a...

Severe malaria is characterised by cerebral oedema, acute lung injury (ALI) and multiple organ dysfunctions, however, the mechanisms of lung and distal organ damage need to be better clarified. Ninety-six C57BL/6 mice were injected intraperitoneally with 5×10(6)Plasmodium berghei ANKA-infected erythrocytes or saline. At day 1, Plasmodium berghei infected mice presented greater number of areas w...