conclusions the highest frequency of fc was seen in younger than 20-month-old children. except for the lower incidence of positive history of prematurity and higher prevalence of gastroenteritis, results of the present study are relatively similar to other studies. patients and methods in this cross-sectional study, the patients with diagnosis of febrile seizure were the target population. we o...

background: many factors influence the prognosis of patients with (chf), among these; more attention has been focused on the role of left bundle branch block (lbbb).  the present study was performed to find out the prevalence of chf in lbbb patients. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 246 were diagnosed consecutive patients with lbbb pattern in ecg during july 2004 until october 2006 at im...

background hospital readmission places a high burden on both health care systems and patients. most readmissions are thought to be related to the quality of the health care system. objectives the aim of this study was to examine the causes and rates of early readmission in emergency department in a tehran hospital. patients and methods a cross-sectional investigation was performed to study read...

introduction: patient-nurse relationship has been recognized as the key factor in nursing practice. considering the importance of professional relationship in nursing discipline, and especially empathy and its professional role, the need to address this phenomenon in nursing education in iran is profoundly felt. objective: the present study was conducted with the aim to compare level of empathy...

memory impairment is one of the main features of post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd),there are multiple studies in memory impairment and cognitive function such as memory in a variety of explicit memory, implicit, procedural, active, declarative, revermid ,working, visual, false and autobiographical. the methodology of systematic review were, meta-analyzes and controlled studies of sites med ...

introduction: helicobacter pylori (h. pylori) is suggested to play a role in dyspepsia. the aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of h. pylori, in dyspeptic patients. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on 850 patients with dyspepsia in iran (2006-2007). the patients were selected using convenience sampling method. data was collected using rome iii criteria questionnaire....

background : lack of insight in patients with bipolar i disorder has been associated with poor course and clinical outcome and compromised therapeutic compliance. therefore, it is important to evaluate insight and use more specialized scales such as mood disorder insight scale (mdis) in these patients. our objective in this study was to assess validity and reliability of persian version of mdis...