objectives the aim of this study was to obtain the epidemiology of this type of injury in tabriz imam reza hospital as a referral center in northwest of iran during 2009 to 2012. materials and methods one hundred bicycle-related patients during the three years were entered in this descriptive cross-sectional study. patient’s demographics, place and time of crash, mechanism of trauma, helmet and...

background: health-related quality-of-life (hr-qol) may be affected by various factors including injury-related characteristics among individuals with spinal cord injury (sci). however, the impact of the influence of these variables has not yet been fully described in iranian population. here, we assessed the relationships between injury-related characteristics and hr-qol among iranian people w...

background: many of the multiple traumatized patients who refer to the hospital need transfusion. transfusion-related acute lung injury (trali) is a serious clinical syndrome associated with the transfusion of plasma-containing blood components. in the article, we present a case of trali following transfusion of packed red blood cells case presentation: a 24 year old male referred to shahid beh...

background:   elevator-related accidents are uncommon, but can cause significant injury. however, little data exist on these types of accidents. to compile and analyze accident data involving elevators in an effort to eliminate or at least significantly reduce such accidents. methods: in this retrospective study we investigated 1,819 cases of elevator-related accidents during a four-year period...

objective: to determine the epidemiological characteristics of fatal traumatic accidents in patients referred to a hospital in babol, northern iran. methods: thiswas a cross-sectionalstudy being performed during a 1-year period including all the dead trauma patients referred to shahidbeheshtihospital of babol. we included all those patients who were transferred to our center to trauma and injur...

background: needle stick accidents  are a serious health  risk  for blood-borne infections among health-care workers(hcws). objective: to determine the frequency of needle stick injuries (nsis)  among hcws. material & methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted in  behesti hospital  of kashan from september 2012 to march 2013. data were collected using  a questionnaire. result: needle stick ...

background and aims: this study aimed to investigate the deaths and injuries following pedestrian traffic accidents and factors associated with death of pedestrian in tehran and alborz provinces. methods: in this cross-sectional study all traffic accidents related to pedestrians in tehran and alborz provinces reported from march 21, 2013 to march 21, 2014 by the traffic police were studied. the...

background: spinal cord injury (sci) imposes a significant burden on the social and marital life. here, we assessed the divorce rate and changes in marital status among a sample of iranian individuals with sci. methods: referred patients to brain and spinal cord injury research center were invited to participate in this cross-sectional investigation. the main exclusion criteria were coincidenta...