Introduction: Iran is a young-populated country. Loss of consciousness (LOC) due to poisoning is a major cause of patients' referrals to emergency departments. It has good prognosis if it is appropriately diagnosed and treated. This study was done to determine the causes of LOC in patients hospitalized in poisoning ICU of Loghman-Hakim Poison Hospital (LHPH) from September 23, 2004 to March 20...

objective: early maladaptive schemas (emss) or fundamental beliefs that underpin stable and trait-like psychological disorders are chronic and relapsing. in, active schemas in dysthymic patients with major depression have been compared with healthy individuals.the purpose of this study was to compare early maladaptive schemas (young, 2003, 1990) in dysthymic patients with major depression and h...

a clinical study was made on epileptic patients in the diagnostic department of the tehran school of dentistry. the results showed that not all of the epileptic patients who are under control with phenytoin develop hyperplasia, and those who do not care about their oral health and hygiene will be afflicted by hyperplasia of gum. on the basis of patients, records gingival hyperplasia in most pat...

Background: Traditionally some people employ Ocimum basilicum (Shaspram) to relieve the symptoms of dyspepsia. We therefore studied the effects of oral extract of this medicinal plant on functional dyspepsia. Methods: In a double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial, the effect of a four-week treatment of Shaspram was evaluated on functional dyspepsia. Two hundred cases from all patients ref...

OBJECTIVE The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is increasing rapidly in the young population. The clinical characteristics and risk factors for young type 2 diabetes patients with atherosclerosis are not fully explicated. The aim of the present study was to investigate various clinical and biochemical characteristics of young type 2 diabetic patients with atherosclerosis. DESIGN AND METHODS This...