abstract：BACKGROUND:We aimed to assess the results of first- and fifth-year outcomes and the effect on quality of life (QoL) of transobturator tape (TOT) treatment in patients with stress urinary incontinence (SUI). METHODS:The patients who underwent TOT surgery between January 2008 and June 2013 were screened retrospectively....

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Sahin MO,Sen V,Irer B,Yildiz G

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Iran, zoonotic and anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) are caused by Leishmania major and L. tropica respectively. Despite extensive studies, no effective therapies have ever been reported for CL. The main objective of this research was to determine and compare the three different protocols for tre...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Abdellahi L,Hejazi SH,Amirmozafari N,Sotoodehnejadnematalahi F

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been widespread since late December 2019, with several symptoms related to the upper and lower respiratory system. However, its cardiac manifestations are less frequently studied. We aimed to analyze the available COVID-19 data on acute cardiac injury, using troponin a...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Vakhshoori M,Heidarpour M,Shafie D,Taheri M,Rezaei N,Sarrafzadegan N

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ankylosing spondylitis (AS; OMIM:106300) is a common complex inflammatory disease; in a previous study, we introduced a novel mutation in the RELN gene (OMIM: 600514) which was associated with AS. This study is designed to investigate the potential effect of RELN S2486G mutation on reelin secretion; addition...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Esmaeilzadeh-Gharehdaghi E,Razmara E,Bitaraf A,Jamshidi A,Mahmoudi M,Garshasbi M

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This brief review presents Razi's concepts of bone and joint disorders. Razi differentiated between ligaments, tendons, and nerves and recognized the role of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system in the perception of senses and voluntary movements. He described paralysis and loss of sensation following...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Afshar A,Tabrizi A

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coronavirus infection is an evolving pandemic with high morbidity and mortality, especially in people with comorbidities. The case fatality rate (CFR) is 9.2% in the presence of diabetes, while it is 1.4% in those without any comorbidity. Diabetes is a prevalent disease globally; hence, healthcare professionals ar...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Malek M,Hosseinpanah F,Aghaei Meybodi HR,Jahed SA,Hadaegh F,Sharghi S,Esteghamati A,Khamseh ME

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Phyllodes tumor (PT) is a rare tumor of the breast, which may occur during pregnancy or lactation. Several studies have reviewed and discussed PT occurring in pregnancy, gathering up to 14 patients. We performed a thorough systematic review of the literature in an attempt to find all reported cases, and iden...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Alipour S,Eskandari A,Johar FM,Furuya S

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Violence is a challenging modern epidemic worldwide. Less evidence is available on the populations most affected by violence in recent decades. The aim of the study was to ecologically investigate temporal trends of the global burden of violence according to gender, age group, and socio-demographic developme...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Salehi A,Molavi Vardanjani H

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On January 23, 2020, the Chinese government announced the city lockdown of Wuhan. Since then, there have been controversial debates among experts about the efficacy of mass quarantine, the oldest and probably one of the most effective methods for controlling infectious disease outbreaks. The impact of health policymak...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Taghrir MH,Akbarialiabad H,Ahmadi Marzaleh M

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary spherocytosis (HS), a familial defect involving red blood cell (RBC) membrane proteins, is associated with reduced deformability, increased fragility, and progressive destruction of spherical cells. The present study focuses on three subjects of a family showing a history of repeated episodes of lethargy an...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Vahidi R,Sheikhrezaei Z,Ameri Z,Khaleghi M,Farsinejad A

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preventing violence is important especially in the Middle East, where many countries are struggling with violence. Knowing the affecting factors could help public policy makers to decrease violence level. Thus, this study is aimed to analyze health and other socio-economic factors that could affect interpers...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Bayati M,Lotfi F,Keshavarz K,Delavari S,Delavari S

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Estimation of health workforce supply becomes problematic when there is no knowledge about the number of active specialists. The aim of this study is to estimate active specialists and their geographic accessibility in Iran. METHODS:We enrolled all medical specialists from the Iranian Ministry of Health dat...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Bayat M,Shokri A,Mirbahaeddin E,Khalilnezhjad R,Khatibi SR,Fattahi H,Salehi Zalani G,Ghasemi Seproo F,Khodadost M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Co-occurring methamphetamine (METH) use during methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) is a highly prevalent and progressive problem in Iran. There are no registered pharmacological treatments for treating METH use disorder. The present study investigates the potential efficacy of atomoxetine in the treatment of...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Rabiey A,Hassani-Abharian P,Farhad M,Moravveji AR,Akasheh G,Banafshe HR

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The childhood obesity epidemic is one of the most serious global health challenges, and many relevant policies have been designed and implemented. Regarding health equity policy-making, it is important to adopt proper interventional strategies, including childhood obesity policies. The purpose of this study ...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Ezzeddin N,Eini-Zinab H,Ajami M,Kalantari N,Sheikhi M

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is suggested that pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) levels below the fifth percentile or less than 0.4 multiples of the median (MoMs) during the first trimester are closely associated with higher risk for neonatal abnormalities. We assessed the value of PAPP-A within the first trimester for p...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Mohamad Jafari R,Masihi S,Barati M,Maraghi E,Sheibani S,Sheikhvatan M

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is controversial data available regarding the impact of age at menarche on cardio-metabolic parameters. This community-based study aimed to assess this association among Iranian women. METHODS:We recruited 5,344 eligible women out of 7718, aged 10-50 years who participated in the Tehran lipid and gluc...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Farahmand M,Ramezani Tehrani F,Behboudi Gandevani S,Azizi F

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydatidosis is an important zoonotic parasite disease in several herbivorous mammals. Human cystic echinococcosis (CE) caused by infection with larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus has been frequently reported from different organs. Here, we report the first case of a urinary echinococcosis in Iran with a pain in t...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Khanmohammadi M,Karimi J,Ardabili F,Shabanluoi H,Ganji S

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Advanced computed tomography (CT) scanners enable concurrent assessment of coronary artery anatomy and myocardial perfusion. The purpose of this study was to assess dual-energy CT images in a group of patients suspected for ischemic heart disease and to evaluate agreement of cardiac computed tomography perfu...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Mohammadzadeh A,Farzaneh M,Zahedmehr A,Kiani R,Shakiba M,Borhani A,Rouzitalab M,Ahmadi S,Mohammadzadeh M

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evans syndrome is a rare syndrome associated with the simultaneous or sequential development of autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). Furthermore, acute kidney injury (AKI) is a syndrome characterized by the rapid loss of kidney excretory function and is most often secondary...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Lin H,Wu K,Zhang W,Lin G,Cai C

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite all the problems caused by the imposed war, sanctions and accidents after the Islamic Revolution, materializing primary health care (PHC) in Iran through establishing the National Health Network (NHN) has had substantial gains. Many health indicators in Iran have undergone significant changes. As an example, t...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Sajadi HS,Majdzadeh R

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psoriasis (Ps) is a chronic skin disease that can lead to negative impacts on quality of life (QoL) because of diseaserelated comorbidities. We aimed to investigate the risk of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) in patients with Ps. METHODS:Fifty-seven patients with Ps were included in this study. The ...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Kabeloglu Ilbay V,Tas B,Altuntas M,Atakli HD,Soysal A

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our aim was to determine the association between age at menarche (AAM) and breast cancer adjusted for recall bias (misclassification) in AAM. METHODS:We have used data provided from a case-control study conducted in Iran from 2005 to 2009. The cases and controls were frequency matched based on 5-year age gr...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Moradzadeh R,Mansournia MA,Ghiasvand R,Baghfalaki T,Nadrian H,Holakouie-Naieni K

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Longitudinal studies are very common in medical, behavioral, and interventional sciences. One measure of effect of interest in longitudinal studies is risk ratio, naturally estimated by log-binomial regression which suffers from convergence problem. Odds ratio does not well approximate risk ratio when the outcome is c...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Talebi SS,Mohammad K,Rasekhi A,Mansournia MA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastritis cystica profunda (GCP) is a rare condition characterized by polypoid cystic ectasia of the submucosal layer with cystic dilatation of the glandular structures of the stomach. The probable pathogenesis refers to degradation of the integrity of the muscularis mucosa and migration of epithelial cells to the sub...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Dikicier E,Altintoprak F

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The current study aimed to evaluate the mechanisms involved in protection against doxorubicin-induced cardiac and renal toxicities upon treatment with eicosapentaenoic acid and vitamin E. METHODS:Rats were randomly assigned to 4 groups: normal control, doxorubicin inducted control, eicosapentaenoic acid tre...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Fayez AM,Zaafan MA

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to evaluate the degradation of tryptophan (Trp), neopterin production and antioxidant capacity in patients with benign and malignant thyroid disease. METHODS:For this reason, the levels of tryptophan, kynurenine (Kyn) and neopterin, and superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT)...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Ünüvar S,Girgin G,Şahin TT,Kılıçarslan B,Taneri F,Yüksel O,Baydar T

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many reported scientific misconducts included duplication, data fabrication and falsification; but recent fake peer reviews have become strange news for many researchers worldwide. Using gmail and other non-academic emails to correspond with journals should be highly prohibited. Indeed, the dark part of this story is ...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Talebi Bezmin Abadi A

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pancreatic cancer is the fourth most common cause of mortality due to cancer, globally. It has a poor prognosis and is usually diagnosed at later stages when tumor resection is not possible. Heritability for pancreatic cancer is relatively high and clinically significant. METHODS:A group of 24 pancreatic ca...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Alimirzaie S,Mohamadkhani A,Masoudi S,Sellars E,Boffetta P,Malekzadeh R,Akbari MR,Pourshams A

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During the last 3 decades, Iran has experienced a rapid population growth and at the same time the health of Iranian people has improved greatly. This achievement was mainly due to training and availability of health manpower, well organized public health network and medical science and research improvement....

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Akhondzadeh S,Ebadifar A,Baradaran Eftekhari M,Falahat K

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This research aims to determine the mental health status of population aged 15 and over in the province of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari in 2015. METHODS:The statistical population of this cross-sectional field survey consisted of residents of urban and rural areas of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari in Iran. An est...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Noorbala AA,Bagheri Yazdi SA,Faghihzadeh S,Kamali K,Faghihzadeh E,Hajebi A,Akhondzadeh S,Shahmansouri N,Shakeri M

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This research aims to determine the mental health status of population aged 15 and over in the province of Kermanshah in 2015. METHODS:The statistical population of this cross-sectional field survey consisted of residents of urban and rural areas of Kermanshah in Iran. An estimated sample size of 1200 peo...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Noorbala AA,Bagheri Yazdi SA,Faghihzadeh S,Kamali K,Faghihzadeh E,Hajebi A,Akhondzadeh S,Nejatisafa AA,Haghighian RM

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This research aims to determine the mental health status of population aged 15 and over in the province of Razavi Khorasan in 2015. METHODS:The statistical population of this cross-sectional field survey consisted of residents of urban and rural areas of Razavi Khorasan in Iran. An estimated sample size o...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Noorbala AA,Bagheri Yazdi SA,Faghihzadeh S,Kamali K,Faghihzadeh E,Hajebi A,Akhondzadeh S,Ghazizadeh Hashemi F,Okhravi N

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Serotonin receptors such as 5-HT3 plays critical role in regulation of sleep, wake cycle and cognitive process. Thus, we investigated the role of CA1 5HT3 serotonin receptors in memory acquisition deficit induced by total sleep deprivation (TSD; for 24 hour) and REM sleep deprivation (RSD; for 24 hour). Pain...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Eydipour Z,Vaezi G,Nasehi M,Haeri-Rouhani SA,Zarrindast MR

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have specific dietary needs due to recommended dietary restrictions. However, there is no specific index for evaluating the quality of diet in patients with CKD.   OBJECTIVE: To define and compare three specific diet quality indices in patients with CKD. METHODS:Tw...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Rouhani MH,Mortazavi Najafabadi M,Moeinzadeh F,Esmaillzadeh A,Feizi A,Azadbakht L

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Lynch Syndrome (LS) is a genetically inherited autosomal disorder that increases the risk of many types of cancer, especially colorectal cancer (CRC). Identifying these subjects improves morbidity and mortality. We aimed to assess the prevalence of LS with both clinical criteria and universal strategy in M...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Goshayeshi L,Khooiee A,Ghaffarzadegan K,Rahmani Khorram M,Bishehsari F,Hoseini B,Akhavan Rezayat K,Esmaeilzadeh A,Mosannen Mozaffari H,Ghanayee O,Lari S,Bahari A,Allahyari A,Bari A,Ganji A,Goshayeshi L,Rajabzadeh F,Esma

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:EBOV outbreaks continue to threaten the world due to the absence of effective vaccines and therapeutics. Easy-to-use and rapid diagnostic tests for EBOV are highly desired for prevention and control of the EVD epidemic. METHODS:Escherichia coli expression system was used to express VP40 protein of Zaire Ebo...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Wang Y,Liu X,Tao L,Xu P,Gao X,Li H,Yang Z,Wu W

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) has brought about a significant change in care and treatment of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in very low birth weight (VLBW) neonates. The present study was designed and conducted to evaluate different strategies of initial respiratory support (IRS) in VLBW neonates hosp...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Afjeh SA,Sabzehei MK,Khoshnood Shariati M,Shamshiri AR,Esmaili F

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Transfusion of packed red blood cells (pRBC) with appropriate indications is not only important for patient safety and well-being but is also crucial for proper utilization of resources and health care-related cost reduction. We aimed to investigate the clinical appropriateness of blood transfusion in Shar...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Sadeghi A,Belali S,Ali Asgari A,Morovat Z,Malekzadeh R,Emadi A

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Recent advances in pharmacy practice have created serious ethical challenges for the pharmacists. Pursuing a new philosophy of practice is required to overcome these challenges and optimize the standard of care. In this regard, the current ethics guideline in the Pharmacy curriculum used in Tehran Universi...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Salari P,Abdollahi M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many risk factors have been investigated in multiple sclerosis (MS); however, few studies have focused on the association between risk factors and the disease severity. The aim of our study was to evaluate the association between some of these risk factors and MS severity in a population sample of Iranian pa...

journal_title：Archives of Iranian medicine

authors： Abbasi M,Nabavi SM,Fereshtehnejad SM,Ansari I,Zerafatjou N,Shayegannejad V,Mohammadianinejad SE,Farhoudi M,Noorian A,Razazian N,Abedini M,Faraji F

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00