Background: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a cardiovascular disease which is related to mortality and morbidity among the Indians predominantly in the older age group. But, recently CAD has been found more often in young population. Hence, our study aims to observe the outcomes based on various categories of high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels estimated during admission at the h...

1. department of surgery, isfahan university of medical science (iums), isfahan, iran                                                 corresponding author: seyed abbas tabatabaei, md. email: [email protected] received: 14 nov. 2014 accepted: 07 feb. 2015  iran j cancer prev. 2015; 2:89-93.     abstract background: considering the poor survival rate of patients with esophageal cancers, mai...

objectives: to determine the epidemiology of injuries of the motorcyclists in road traffic accidents (rtis) between 2008 and 2014 in east azarbayejan province of iran. methods: a cross-sectional study was performed in east azerbaijan province in imam reza hospital on motorcyclists subjected to injuries in rtis between 2008 and 2014. demographic characteristics (age, sex), duration of hospitaliz...

One of the common causes acute kidney injury (AKI) is drug nephrotoxicity. AKIs around 20-60% in hospitalised patients are caused by drug-induced nephrotoxicity, which also linked to higher morbidity and death both children adults. Antibiotics one most frequently prescribed classes worldwide and, leading contributors Nephrotoxicity has been related a wide range antimicrobial medications, althou...

Morbidity and mortality rates associated with acute hip fracture remain high. Over the past decade, management of has shifted to emphasize prompt surgical treatment, multimodal analgesia reduce opioid use, incorporation enhanced recovery pathways. Preoperative evaluation focuses on acutely correctable problems, understanding that delaying surgery may worsen outcome. Prophylaxis venous thromboem...

BACKGROUND The purpose of the present study was to determine the factors affecting morbidity and mortality in geriatric patients undergoing abdominal surgery. METHODS Ninety-two patients who had undergone acute abdominal surgery at >65 years of age were evaluated in terms of surgical indications, morbidity and mortality rates and the factors affecting morbidity and mortality. Forty-eight pati...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate how the rating of the severity of sickness - as performed by the physician, nurse and patient - is associated with hospitalisation and acute morbidity. METHODS Prospective observational study, performed in the emergency department of a tertiary hospital. Patients, physicians and nurses were interviewed separately after the first contact from 21 October through to 11 Nove...

The optimal fractionation schedule for radiotherapy of head and neck cancer has been controversial. The objective of this randomized trial was to test the efficacy of hyperfractionation vs. standard fractionation. Patients with squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck organs were randomly assigned to receive radiotherapy delivered with A) standard fractionation at 2 Gy/fraction/day, 5 days...