larger than the size of a rupee, on his face, situated at the corner of the right ala nasi. His father, who accompanied him, had recently returned home with the boy from Teheran to visit his family. The boy had contracted the trouble in Teheran some four months previously. As they did not turn up next day I forgot all about this case. After three weeks the boy was again brought to me fof cough,...

From November 1979 to May 1982, I had the "honor" of serving time at Evin political prison, Teheran Iran. Evin is the historical prison which has set the pace of revolution in the country. At Evin it was discovered that increased regular intake of water improved the clinical picture of peptic ulcer disease. One of the main components of this picture was pain of varying severity, sometimes very ...

INTRODUCTION. Thorough prognostic and metabolic studies of methanol poisonings are scarce. Our aims were to evaluate the factors associated with sequelae and death from methanol poisoning, to develop a simple risk-assessment chart to evaluate factors associated with sequelae and death from methanol poisoning, and to compare the antidotes ethanol and fomepizole. PATIENTS AND METHODS. We present ...

BACKGROUND Individuals' experience of interacting with the healthcare system has significant impact on their overall health and well-being. To relate patients' experiences to a common set of standards, the World Health Organization (WHO) developed the concept of health system responsiveness. This study aimed to assess if the WHO responsiveness concept reflected the non-medical expectations of m...

BACKGROUND Hypertension (HTN) is a serious health problem that threatens one fourth of the adult population in some countries. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to assess the prevalence and outcome of undiagnosed hypertensive patients admitted to the emergency department. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted from March 2009 to March 2010 at Imam Hossein Medical and Educa...

Background: Socioeconomic status has been found to have a significant impact on the health as well as risk behaviors of adolescents across different contexts. This study was conducted to assess the effect of social relations adjusted by social class on physical and psychological well-being of adolescences in Teheran, Iran. Methods: This was a cross- sectional study and carried out on 1,742 adol...