Introduction: Obesity worldwide is considered as the single largest cause of chronic illness. The children thepresent generation are only people throughout history who die because problems with overweight beforetheir parents. Obese prone to fatty liver disease. Fatty one disorders thatis associated lipid accumulation in hepatocytes. aim this study was estimate prevalence fattyliver and obese Il...

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BACKGROUND Health-promoting behaviors can enhance physical and mental health among individuals with disability, particularly veterans. OBJECTIVES The current study aimed to examine both one-way direct and indirect effects of the factors of the Health Promotion Model (HPM) on health-promoting behaviors in chemical veterans from Ilam province in Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectiona...

Objectives. The current study was conducted to determine the relationship between the presences of significant multidrug resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) having intact mexR genes (nalC) to different antibiotics. Methods. In order to identify nalC, fifty strains of P. aeruginosa were obtained. All isolates were found in urinary tract infections. They were evaluated against di...

Isochronal late activation mapping (ILAM) is a functional substrate technique which detects deceleration zones (DZ) in those with scar-dependent VT. DZ have been shown to correlate the critical isthmus during re-entrant Personalised virtual heart arrhythmia ablation targeting (VAAT) aims non-invasively identify optimum targets through computational modelling. The association of VAAT predictions...

BACKGROUND Hearing loss is a common and considerable disability that harms educational performance of school children in developing countries like Iran. Lack of a simple and practical screening protocol often deters routine and systematic hearing screening at school entry. METHODS This study was to establish a practical screening model for hearing loss in school-aged children based on a commu...

Hemodialysis causes fundamental changes in blood pressure and quality of life in patients on hemodialysis. This study aimed to investigate the effect of continuous care model (CMM) on blood pressure and quality of life in patients on hemodialysis in the city of ilam. A randomized clinical trial study with control group was performed on 56 patients undergoing hemodialysis in the Shahid Mostafa h...

Aims & Objectives The aim of this study is to evaluate genetic relatedness, antibiotic resistance pattern, and virulence characteristics of different types of S. aureus isolated from air, surfaces, staff, and patients in a Public hospital in Ilam. Methods & Materials A total of 88 of 140 staphylococci identified as S. aureus by conventional and molecular methods were used in this study. Isola...

BACKGROUND Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) as one of the most important human parasitic disease is endemic in some parts of Iran. Several cases of VL have been reported recently in the Ilam Province. The current study aimed to assess the present status of human VL in the region. METHODS A random cluster sampling method was used to collect 456 serums samples from the children up to 12 years of age...