BACKGROUND There have been many studies documenting adverse psychiatric consequences for people who have experienced childhood and adult sexual and physical abuse. These include posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, substance abuse, eating disorders and probably some personality disorders or trait abnormalities. Much less is known about the links between abuse and physical/psychos...

Four bacterial strains were isolated from independent clinical specimens in different countries and their genotypic and phenotypic characters support their classification in a novel species within the genus Mycobacterium. One strain was clearly responsible for a severe, post-traumatic wound infection in a healthy boy. The novel species, for which the name Mycobacterium monacense sp. nov. is pro...

Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) is a syndrome in which a cerebrospinal fluid leak occurs within the spinal axis, and may lead to a constellation of neurological symptoms. A postural or orthostatic headache is the most common of these symptoms1. Spontaneous intracranial hypotension was first recognized by Georg Schaltenbrand in the 1930s. Many terms have been used to describe the cond...

car accidents ending up with death have often existed in the country's roads, and children who witnessed the death of their family members are highly prone to psychological diseases including posttraumatic stress disorder. since this disorder may affect children's intellectual growth and mental performance as well as causing mental damages, contributing to the treatment of this disord...

background:  new discoveries about the pathophysiology changed the concept that all forms of osteoarthritis are alike; this lead to the delineation of different phenotypes such as age, trauma or obese related forms. we aim to compare soluble mediator profiles in primary knee and posttraumatic wrist osteoarthritis. based on the general faster progression rate of wrist osteoarthritis, we hypothes...

purpose: to investigate etiological factors of endophthalmitis in farabi eye hospital . methods: in a retrospective study, the clinical records of 223 patients admitted to the hospital with final diagnosis of endophthalmitis between march 2002 and march 2004 were reviewed. analyzed factors included: age, sex, clinical presentation, clinical course, microbiological data, treatment modality, visu...

posttraumatic stress disorder (ptsd) occurs following exposure to potentially traumatic experiences such as those regularly encountered by emergency service workers (police, ambulance and firemen/women) and servicemen/women. ptsd is associated with high rates of somatic comorbidities including metabolic syndrome contributing to an excess mortality rate due to preventable cardiovascular diseases...