introduction: there are various studies looking at the effects of formocresol (fc) and mineral trioxide aggregate (mta) on pulpotomy of primary molars. this is a systematic review of literature comparing the success rates of mta and fc in pulpotomy of primary molars. materials and methods: the study list was obtained using pubmed, embase, scopus, science citation index, iran medex, google schol...

background: metabolic syndrome (mets) is the major risk factor for development of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases in different populations. the aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of mets among iranian population. methods: thirty-four cross-sectional studies were analyzed with a sample of 83227 people. national and international english electronic databases (pubmed, goo...

background: the burden of obesity and diet-related chronic diseases is increasing in iran, and prevention and treatment strategies are needed to address this problem. the aim of this study was to determine the outcome, cost, safety and cost-consequence of non-invasive weight loss interventions in iran.   methods: we performed a systematic review to compare non-invasive interventions (cryolipoly...

review studies are those researches in which the population under study consists of original articles in a defined field of human knowledge. the aim of the present review article is to overview such review studies and to determine the advantages and disadvantages of each study within the health domain. at the end of 2012 the pub med search engine was searched using “ systematic reviews ” and “ ...

background & aim: a meta-analysis refers to the statistical synthesis of results from a series of studies and has been used to estimate pooled prevalence of human diseases. in this study, we review some statistical issues regarding the meta-analysis of the prevalence of human diseases such as statistical software and programs, transformations of prevalence rate, assessment of heterogeneity, and...

introduction: the number of systematic reviews and meta-analyses published in iran has increased significantly in recent years. writing these articles based on internationally accepted guidelines is one of the most important factors effective on their structural quality. this study aimed to assess the abstract of iranian systematic reviews and meta-analyses indexed in scopus. methods: this stud...

background: esophageal cancer is often diagnosed in the last stages where the chance of patient’s survival is very low. the aim of this systematic review was presentation of valid estimation of survival in patients with esophageal cancer in different regions of iran. methods: a systematic review was carried out based on the reliable domestic medical databases including: sid, magiran, irandoc an...

data extraction primary outcomes were incidence, prevalence, or odds ratio of having osteoporosis, defined as bone mineral density t-score < -2.5 sd. results of 353 articles, 344 articles were excluded, 9 underwent full-length review and data were extracted from 7 studies consisting of 113,558 patients. finally, 3 extracted studies were included in the meta-analysis of osteoporosis. among cohor...