background visceral leishmaniasis(vl) is a spreading potentially fatal zoonosis in iran mimicking many other diseases in infancy which differs from vl in some other regions in terms of it’s clinical characteristics and response to therapy; earlier and better management is quite effective for life saving. patients and methods all cases with final diagnosis of vl,2months to 12 years who were disc...

life-long red blood transfusion remains the main treatment for severe thalassemia. the development of hemolytic alloantibodies and erythrocyte autoantibodies complicated transfusion therapy in thalassemia patients. the frequency causes and prevention of this phenomenon among 80 transfused thalassemia patients were evaluated in ali asghar children's hospital during 1998-2004 in a cross-sectional...

background: acute poisoning has been reported to be the most common reason for hospitalization in iran. this study was designed to delineate the toxic agents responsible for acute poisonings in iran by reviewing poisoning cases treated at four major referral hospitals for treatment of poisoning across the country. methods: this was a descriptive retrospective study on poisoned patients treated ...

Z. G. Hu,1 A. B. Weerasekara,1 N. Dietz,1 A. G. U. Perera,1,* M. Strassburg,1,2 M. H. Kane,2,3 A. Asghar,2 and I. T. Ferguson2,3 1Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA 2School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA 3School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of ...

Background Acinetobacter baumannii is an important human pathogen which has recently gained increased attention due to the occurrence of drug-resistant nosocomial infections in patients suffering from immune system disorders, and those in hospital intensive care units. The aim of this research was to identify and isolate A. baumannii strains resistant to colistin, determine antibiotic resistanc...

the routine intake of surfactant as a part of hmd (hyaline membrane disease) treatment had significant effect on the prognosis of premature neonates. but since in our country this drug is not widely and routinely used, and there are not records about its use, we decided to make good on this shortcoming through a retrospective study. during 1 year, 54 neonates with hmd were admitted in ali-asgha...

Background: Acute poisoning has been reported to be the most common reason for hospitalization in Iran. This study was designed to delineate the toxic agents responsible for acute poisonings in Iran by reviewing poisoning cases treated at four major referral hospitals for treatment of poisoning across the country. Methods: This was a descriptive retrospective study on poisoned patients treated...

Background: Sleep is a transient altered level of consciousness, relative suspension of sensory perceptions and inactivation of voluntary muscles during rest.It has important role in the quality of life. Some chronic diseases such as Diabetes mellitus type 1(T1D)are accompanied with sleep disturbances which may lead to poor glycemic control.Our study was conducted to investigate sleep disorders...