Was the key dependent variable operationalized via standardized scale 100.0% or other appropriately established method? Were the conclusions justified by the data/findings? 100.0% Was (were) the sampled population(s) appropriate to the study aims/hypotheses (e.g., patient groups justified, presence or absence of nonpatient comparison group appropriate to study aims)? 90.0% Were the inclusion an...

abdominal mass is one of the commonest clinical findings in children. the purpose of this study was to evaluate abdominal masses in different age groups in a referral children surgical center. we retrospectively reviewed records of 325 patients (57% boys, mean age 37.7 months) admitted to amir kabir hospital in period of 12 years for abdominal mass surgery. the 4 most common abdominal masses wa...

The changing face of the AIDS epidemic since the introduction of protease inhibitors has had a significant impact on AIDS-related malignancies. These issues, emerging concepts regarding pathophysiology and current treatment strategies, are the subject of this review.

patients. in this disease the risk of many malignancies is increased, of which the most important is non- hodgkin lymphoma of the small intestine. other malignancies include adenocarcinoma of the small intestine and squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus. to the best of our knowledge, thus far only one case of celiac disease associated with hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma has been repo...

second primary malignancy following multiple myeloma (mm) was reported several years ago. there are also rare reports of cases with synchronous mm and other malignancies. to our knowledge, only one case of mm following bladder cancer has been reported in the literature. here, we report the second case occurred three months after diagnosis of bladder cancer.

abstract objective : the policy makers and social managers need some criteria for building up the appropriate health status of the community and observe the equity and equality on it. they have to know the burden of diseases as a main determining factor for decision making, planning and programming. disability adjusted life years (dalys) is a criteria which shows the wasted life time due to ear...

background and purpose: over the past years, the role of fungi as a cause of nosocomial infections in hospitalized patients has been accentuated. candida species constitute an important group of fungi causing diseases in immunocompromised patients. oropharyngeal candidiasis continues to be a prevalent infection in immunodeficient patients. in this study, we aimed to determine the incidence of o...

splenic infarction occurs due to occlusion of splenic vessels that leads to splenic tissue ischemia and necrosis. there are several reports regarding splenic infarction in patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (aml). herein, we report a case of acute promyelocytic anemia (aml-m3) who presented with abdominal pain and splenic infarction.

This paper outlines the clinical doctoral research plan (funded by HEE/NIHR Integrated Clinical Academic Programme) to engage the wide range of people who use alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) to understand the perspectives of users in order to develop a Patient Reported Outcome Measure (PROM) to evaluate equipment and services.

hematology- oncology and stem cell transplantation research center related to tehran university of medical sciences located in shariati hospital. these center activities have started in 1991 in order to help needful patients and augment new data to reach new aspects of therapeutic trials. also it is one of the greatest stem cell transplantation centers in world and is the second center in the w...