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Hadi Shojaei, Yahya Sokhangoei, Mohammad Reza Soroush, Farzad Panahi, Farahnaz Falahati, Volume 10, Issue 1 (Quarterly 2006)
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Background: Pressure ulcers are the result of immobility and continuous pressure on an area of body. Aside from imposing further restriction of movements and thus creating a vicious circle in the healing process, these ulcers are of significant importance in decreasing the life quality and adding to the treatment costs of these patients. There are currently 1800 spinal cord handicapped war veterans in Iran and according to the 1998 figures, 21% of them are suffering from at least one ulcer at pressure sites. Materials and Methods: In this study we compared the outcome of treatment of pressure ulcers with (Gallium- Aluminum-Arsenide) & (Gallium-Aluminum-Indium-Phosphate)-Diode LASERS, both made by Azor-2k TM, on Contact, Continuous Emission mode at an every other day dose of 4-6 J/cm2 for 3 weeks plus conventional treatments of pressure ulcers, with that of conventional treatment alone in 2 groups of veterans with spinal cord paralysis who reside in Tehran, the capital of Iran. The study was a triple blind clinical trial conducted on 16 veterans who were randomly divided into case and control groups. Results: The diameter of the ulcers was measured and staged by one person who was unaware of the subjects’ case-control status. Digital photographs of the ulcers were initially taken and a combination of conventional treatment (wet dressing, irrigation) with low-level LASER and conventional treatment alone was allocated to the case and control groups respectively. After 3 weeks the subjects were evaluated again. Conclusion: The result demonstrated a statistically significant enhancement of the healing process by combination of low-level LASER with conventional treatments of pressure ulcers.
Elahe Mesdaghinia, Mitra Behrashi, Azam Mesdaghinia, Mahdi Noori, Sayed Gholam Abbas Mousavi, Saeid Panahi, Zahra Sooki, Ahmad Talebian, Volume 12, Issue 5 (Supplement 2009)
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Background: With the advancing rate of the blunt and non-blunt traumas, the occurrence of such traumas in pregnancy increases. Such traumas could result in mother and fetus complications. Considering the prevalence and the importance of trauma and the controversy seen on the causes and complications, the present study was designed to evaluate the mother and fetus complications induced by pregnancy traumas in Kashan educational hospitals during 1384-1387. Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was carried out on 5500 deliveries. All pregnant (n=60) hospitalized for traumatic reasons in the center were studied for personal data, type of the trauma, site of injury, mother and fetus complications based on physical examination. Findings was reported as descriptive statistics and frequency distribution tables. Results: Sixty (1.1%) out of the 5500 delivery cases were hospitalized for traumatic reasons. Fifty-five (91.6%) were in age range of 18-35 years. In terms of gestational age 15 (25%) cases were < 20 weeks 40 (66.6%) between 20-36 weeks and 5(9%) >20 weeks. The type of trauma in 58 (96.7%) was non-blunt and the reason in 61.7% of cases was accidents. Five cases had mother complications (e.g. premature delivery, need for cesarean and placental decollement) and 8 (13.3%) cases had fetus complications (abortion, heart rate fall, premature delivery and in-utero death). Conclusion: Based on our study the prevalence of delivery traumas are higher than the similar studies in other countries and are concurrent with the increasing mother and fetus complications. Regarding the importance of the topic and in order to decrease the trauma- induced risks, attempts for increasing the safety level of pregnant mothers are recommended.
Masoud Saghafinia, Nahid Nafisi, Saeid Morovati, Yashar Moharamzadeh, Farzad Panahi, Sedeighe Mirhashemi, Maryam Rezaei, Volume 12, Issue 5 (Supplement 2009)
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Background: Abdomen is one of the most important regions in the human body containing organs that all of them can be exposed to penetrating injuries. Evaluation of the abdoman traumatic injuries among war casualties, and treatments performed for them enable us to improve the quality of care for war victims. Materials and Methods: In this retrospective study, 1176 medical records of Iranian casualties during the imposed Iraq-Iran war with penetrating abdominal injuries undergoing laparotomy were enrolled to the study. Results: Among 1176 medical records, 3574 cases of abdominal injuries were registered and 1440 surgical operations were performed. Frequency of the most prevalent injuries were as follows: small intestine (412, 11.5%), colon (260, 7.2%), spleen (139, 3.8%), diaphragm (119, 3.3%), stomach (118, 3.3%), and liver (110, 3%), respectively. Conclusion: Colon and small intestine injuries are important for surgeons in field hospitals. In addition, applying standard protocol for surgery in war is effective.
Elaheh Shams, Nasrin Yazdanpanahi, Sara Ganji, Farzaneh Atrian, Volume 16, Issue 7 (Supplement 2013)
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Background: Three main eye disorders are glaucoma, cataract and age-related macular degeneration. Glaucoma is a progressive, irreversible disease and the second cause of blindness worldwide. This disease involves abnormally high pressure of the fluid inside the eye, which, if left untreated, can result in damage to the optic nerve and vision loss. Cataract is a clouding that develops in the crystalline lens of the eye or in its envelope (lens capsule), results in slight to complete opacity and obstructing the passage of light. Age-related macular degeneration is associated with formation of new blood vessels and leads to vision impairment. Results: Because of the irreversible outcome of eye disease, early treatment of these diseases is very important. Therefore, many attempts are done to find the effective and early treatments (current treatments include eye drops, tablets, laser and other surgery). Surgical treatment is not a cost- and time- effective and associated with many negative side effects. Conclusion: Using elements and materials such as Cerium, inhibitors of Magnesium and Calcium and construction of nano-polymers with organic materials, such as polylactic acid, polylactic/glycolic acid, Hyaluronic acid and acrylic acid can help in treatment of abovementioned disorders. In the present study, at first glaucoma, its causes, role of genetics and then the treatment methods and mechanisms of drugs impact for the disease were reviewed and some drugs were compared with each other.
Zahra Farshidfar, Issac Rahimian-Booger, Javanshir Asadi, Payam Izadpanahi, Volume 23, Issue 5 (Bimonthly 2019)
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Background: This study’s aim was to determine the effectiveness of group behavioral activation therapy on adherence to treatment of women with breast cancer (WBC).
Methods and Materials: This is a randomized clinical trial. All patients with breast cancer were referred to the Iranmehr hospital of Birjand in 2018, selected as sample statistical population. First, a structured interview was conducted in line with the aim of the research, on 60 WBC referring to the hospital by an available sampling method. Then 32 patients with the inclusion criteria were selected and randomly assigned to intervention and control groups. The data was collected with the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (2008) and demographics questionnaire. The intervention group received treatment program of behavioral activation in 8 sessions of 120 minutes weekly, but the control group was placed on the waiting list. Data were analyzed by SPSS-20 software and variance analysis with repeated measures.
Results: The mean (standard deviation) age of the intervention group was 44.7 (7.7) and the control group was 45 (43.7), which was not statistically different (P=0.05, t=0.05). The results showed that the mean (standard deviation) post-test scores of non-adherence in the intervention group was 2.47 (0.69) significantly lower than the post-test scores of 15.27 (1) in the control group (P<0.004).
Conclusions: Group behavioral activation therapy significantly increases the adherence to treatment of WBC. Therefore, behavioral activation approach can be used as a short-term and cost-effective way to increase adherence to treatment of these patients by creating targeted activities, internal motivation, and self-efficacy in patients.
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