background: antibiotics prescribed in the presumptuous treatment of infections may be ineffective if causative pathogens acquire resistance to prescribed antibiotics. in the absence of patient follow ups for treatment outcome assessments, healthcare providers may be unaware of the effectiveness of antibiotic treatments they provide. in the empiric treatment of infections particularly, such situ...

abstract   background: parosteal osteosarcoma is rare low-grade malignancy which arises on the surface of the metaphysis of long bones it has a low propensity to metastasize. different surgical treatment options including marginal resection, wide resection and amputation were recommended for the tumor. the purpose of the study was to assess the results of different surgical treatment of the les...

background: intracerebral hemorrhage (ich) is a stroke type which resulted in disability. memantine have been supposed to have the effect on the functional status in patients with ich. objectives: comparing the effect of memantine with placebo on the clinical outcome of ich. materials and methods: this double-blind clinical trial was conducted in an academic hospital in northern iran on patien...

mandibular incisor extraction in carefully selected cases as an alternative option to four bicuspid extraction or non extraction treatment has been advocated. the purpose of this study was to determine the degree of improvement in occlusion in patients with bolton discrepancy treated by one lower incisor extraction using peer assessment rating index (par indexes).pre and post treatment dental c...

isolated bilateral internal iliac artery (iia) aneurysm is a rare and potentially lethal disease. endovascular repair of this disorder is a matter of debate. a symptomatic 68-year-old male presented with severe pelvic pains. computed tomography revealed a leaking 46-mm aneurysm in the right iia, a 27-mm aneurysm in the left iia, and ectatic changes at a diameter of 31 mm in the right common ili...

the clinical and economic importance of heart failure is widely recognized.   the incidence of heart failure is on the increase, particularly with the aging of the population around the world.   it is time for a paradigm shift in heart failure management. alternative non-pharmacological strategies to remodel the failing ventricle will shape a major portion of heart failure therapy in the decade...

evidence acquisition an electronic search of available literature published was conducted in all peer-reviewed journal indexed in pubmed, scopus and google scholar. the literature search was done among articles related treatment of hepatitis c with daas in different patient groups with mass screening of the patients and cost benefit of new treatments as main key words. results there are major s...

central venous catheter (cvc) insertion is a practical way to assess patients hemodynamic specially in cardiovascular surgery but this relatively simple junior level procedure is not risk free and its common reported complications include; pneumothorax, hydrothorax, hemothorax, local hematoma, cardiac tamponade, vascular injury, thrombosis, embolism, and catheter disruption. here in this articl...

background/objective: the aim of the present preliminary study was to assess the demographic, clinical, paraclinical, microbiological, echocardiographic, and therapeutic profile as well as in-hospital outcome of patients with infective endocarditis at a referral center for various infectious diseases in iran.methods: required demographic, clinical, plausible complications and paraclinical data ...