abstract background and purpose: customer quality (cq) refers to knowledge, attitude, and skills of service-user in treatment process and this study aims to assess it in delivered care to patients with inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) in tabriz city, iran, 2012. materials and methods: this is a cross-sectional investigation in which the target population includes 94 patients with ibd, who had m...

background: inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (imt) is a tumor composed of myofibroblasts and a mixed inflammatory infiltrate that rarely undergoes malignant transformation. the most common sites of involvement include the lung, liver and orbit, but it has been reported to occur in nearly every site of the body, including oral cavity and soft tissue. although common in other sites, such a tumo...

background: platelet mps are produced automatically during platelet storage. their size is about 0.1 – 1 µm and have ability for sub- endothelium adhering, strengthen of platelet aggregation and also platelet pre- coagulation. in fact, the release of membrane particles helps to signal to the neighbor cells or to seclude target cells from apoptosis. the purpose of this study is to determine the ...

abstract background and purpose: paederus associated dermatitis has always been considered as a health problem in the northern of iran. since until now, the traditional method and some corticosteroids have been used in the treatment of paederus dermatitis (pd) and no comprehensive studies have been carried out on the new method of treatment. therefore, this study was aimed to compare the anti-i...

objective: to compare the efficacy of ceftriaxone plus ofloxacin or azithromycin for cases of pelvic inflammatory disease (pid). materials and methods:   this clinical terial was performed on 180 women with pid from march 2005 to march 2007 in parastarane-shahed hospital. patients with pid were randomly divided to receive injection of ceftriaxone 250 mg plus ofloxacin 200 mg per day or azithrom...

curcumin is a hydrophobic polyphenol and major bioactive component of turmeric with known anti-inflammatory, neurogenesis, antioxidant, and anti-carcinogenic effect. curcumin antagonizes many steps in the inflammatory cascade, including inhibition of nf-κb (nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated b cells), activator protein-1 transcription and inos (induced nitric oxide synthases...

objective(s) celecoxib acts through both cox-2-dependent and -independent pathways. according to the paradoxical effect of no on the inflammatory and nociceptive signal processing, the present study designed to evaluate the probable contribution of no in the analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties of celecoxib. materials and methods different intensities of inflammatory pain were induced by ...

in the present study, the usage pattern of anti-inflammatory drugs-steroidal and non-steroidal- in patients referred to 13 aban pharmacy in sari was evaluated. the results show a high rate of anti-inflammatory drug prescriptions, mainly by general practitioners with ibuprofen, diclofenac and mefenamic acid being the most widely used nsaids and prednisolone, dexamethasone and betamethasone being...

inflammatory bowel diseases are a general term for a group of chronic inflammatory diseases with unknown etiology that involve gastrointestinal system. the diagnosis of these diseases is possible with rule out of other diseases because there are not special diagnostic tests for them. nevertheless, clinical feature of these diseases are very specific and in most cases definite diagnosis are poss...

background : it has been suggested that inflammatory state due to obesity can lead to alteration in iron metabolism. women in reproductive age are at higher risk of iron deficiency. in this study, we aimed to evaluate inflammatory status and iron markers in young overweight and obese women. subjects and methods: in this study, 120 young and healthy women with a bmi ≥ 25 kg/m2 were enrolled. bio...