conclusions the prevalence of htn was lower in elderly community-living iranians than developed countries, yet, was still considerable. nocturia and hyperlipidemia were the most common health complaints in iranian elderly with htn. results hypertension was seen in 48.5% of individuals. awareness, treatment, and control of htn were seen in 40.7%, 82.5%, and 30% of individuals, respectively. elde...

background: training of pediatric residents is a dynamic process which should be changed as the nature and epidemiology of pediatric diseases change. in this study, we compared the training program of the pediatric residents with the disorders of the pediatric patients who had referred to pediatric offices. methods: the study was conducted in pediatric offices in shiraz, south of iran. the main...

the telecom services have been recognized the world-over as an important tool for socioeconomic development for a nation and hence telecom infrastructure is treated as a crucial factor to realize the socio-economic objectives in india. accordingly, the department of telecom has been formulating developmental policies for the accelerated growth of the telecommunication services.  bsnl is a wholl...

aim : in this study, the prevalence of c. difficile , from patients with gastrointestinal complaints and its association with other enteropathogen microbes were investigated. background : clostridium difficile is an important pathogen associated with outbreaks of pseudomembranous colitis and other intestinal disorders, such as diarrhea. patients and methods : enterotoxin and cytotoxin (toxin a ...

aim and background: there are no questionnaires to assess the psychosomatic complaints of university students in iran. the purpose of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of takata and sakata's psychosomatic complaints scale among iranian university students. methods and materials: in this study, multistage cluster sampling was used to select 291 individuals from all male and f...

a Sección de Neumología Pediátrica y Fibrosis Quística, Hospital Universitario Vall dH́ebron, Barcelona, Spain b Sección de Neumología Pediátrica, Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, Spain c Departamento de Pediatría, Facultad de Medicina y Odontología, UPV/EHU, San Sebastián, Spain d Sección de Neumología Pediátrica, Consorci Hospitalari Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Barcelona, S...