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A socio-cognitive inquiry of excessive mobile phone use
(2014)
Objectives: The study examined the predictive ability of selected demographic and socio-psychological characteristics in explaining excessive mobile phone use (EMPU) behavior and problematic use in a sample of university ...
Anatomy of the collecting system of lower pole of the kidney in patients with a single renal stone: a comparative study with individuals with normal kidneys.
(2010)
At least 5% of women and 12% of men during their lives will experience renal colic, at least once. Many theories have been suggested for the etiology of renal stones and variations in the anatomy of the collecting system ...
A description of gender differences in angiographic findings in a single-center Iranian hospital
(2010)
Coronary angiography is one of the most common hospital procedures, though there is limited information on the location and extent of coronary artery blockages other than for predominately White patients. This study examined ...
Antimutagenic effects of vitamin e on oncology and non oncology hospital nurses by comet assay
(2014)
Vitamin E is a natural antioxidant and its most common biologically active form is ?-tocopherol. The antiproliferative effects of ?-tocopherol have been previously demonstrated. In this study the antimutagenic effects of ...
Association between the proportion of sclerotic glomeruli and serum creatinine in primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis [Primer fokal glomerulosklerozda sklerotik glomerأ¼l yaygi{dotless}nli{dotless}?i{dotless} ile serum kreatinin i?li?kisi]
(2012)
Objective: To evaluate the possible correlation between the extent of sclerotic glomeruli and the level of serum creatinine and its clearance rate in patients with primary focal segmental glomerolusclerosis. Material and ...
Autologous transplantation of bone marrow-derived mononuclear and CD133+ cells in patients with decompensated cirrhosis
(2011)
Background: Cirrhosis, the end stage of progressive hepatic fibrosis, is characterized by distortion of the hepatic architecture and the formation of regenerative nodules. Liver transplantation is one of the few available ...
Beliefs and practices of Iranian pregnant mothers regarding vitamins and minerals [Croyances et pratiques des femmes enceintes iraniennes au sujet des vitamines et des miné raux]
(2011)
The objective of this descriptive study was to examine the vitamin and mineral supplements safety beliefs and practices of Iranian pregnant women. Data were collected from 400 randomly chosen women. More than 50% of the ...
Cardiovascular responses to orotracheal intubation in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: Comparing fiberoptic bronchoscopy with direct laryngoscopy
(2010)
Background: The intubation by using fiberoptic brochoscop (FOB) can avoid the mechanical stimulus to oropharyngolaryngeal structures thereby it is likely to attenuate hemodynamic response during orotracheal intubation. ...
Comparison of ondansetron and metoclopramide antiemetic prophylaxis in maxillofacial surgery patients
(2011)
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of ondansetron and metoclopramide, administered for the prophylaxis of vomiting in patients undergoing oral and maxillofacial surgery under general anesthesia. ...
Correspondence between hospital admission and the pneumonia severity index (PSI), CURB-65 criteria and comparison of their predictive value in mortality and hospital stay [Correlazione tra ricovero in ospedale per polmonite, criteri PSI e CURB-65 e confronto tra il loro valore predittivo della mortalitأ e durata della degenza]
(2013)
Pneumonia severity assessment systems, such as the pneumonia severity index (PSI) and CURB-65, were designed to guide physicians to admit the patients involved to appropriate wards of hospitals. This study evaluated ...