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Colorectal neoplasms in symptomatic patients without evidence of bleeding: A prospective study in an iranian population
(2007)
Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a preventable disease with a high mortality and morbidity. Data on its prevalence are lacking in Iran, as well as for adenomatous polyps. This study was conducted to estimate prevalence ...
Calcitonin effects on shoulder adhesive capsulitis
(2016)
Introduction: Adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder) is a relatively prevalent disease of shoulder and affects soft tissue of glenohumeral joint. Signs include painful restricted motion and disability of the patient in daily ...
Cisatracurium in cardiac surgery - Continuous infusion vs. bolus administration
(2007)
The aim of this study was the comparison of infusion vs. intermittent bolus administration of cisatracurium (CA) following cardiac surgery with regard to total intraoperative dose and time of recovery from neuromuscular ...
Attitude of cancer patients toward diagnosis disclosure and their preference for clinical decision-making: A national survey
(2014)
Objectives: There is still contradictory evidence on disclosure preferences regarding cancer diagnosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the preference of cancer patients for knowing the truth about their disease, as ...
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. ...
Chronobiological rhythms in onset of massive pulmonary embolism in Iranian population
(2009)
Background: To investigate whether there is any chronobiological rhythms in onset of massive pulmonary embolism in Iranian population and to study any time variation in occurrence of this disease in patients' subgroups. ...
Clinicopathologic characteristics of esophageal cancer patients in northwest Iran - very low incidence of adenocarcinomas
(2006)
Aims: Iran is one of the known countries with a high incidence of esophageal cancer in Asia.We have recently shown that the incidence of Barrett's esophagus, a precancerous lesion for esophageal adenocarcinoma (AC) is very ...
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 ...
Comparison of existing disease activity indices in the follow-up of patients with Behçet's disease
(2009)
The objective of this study was to determine the concordance between the Iranian Behçet's disease dynamic activity measure (IBDDAM) or the Behçet's disease current activity form (BDCAF) and expert physician global assessment ...
Decreased circulatory microRNA-4478 as a specifi c biomarker for diagnosing non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and its association with soluble leptin receptor
(2017)
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to assess the usefulness of circulatory microRNA-4478 (miR-4478) and soluble leptin receptor (sLEPR) in prognosis and diagnosis of non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and to ...