Respond quickly and effectively! Components of the military health surveillance system in natural disasters: A qualitative study.

Background: The systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health data by health surveillance systems provide timely and comprehensive surveillance of public health, identification health priorities, and, consequently, a quick and timely response to reduce damage during natural disasters. Since military forces appear as first responders at the scene of accidents, the present study aimed to identify the components of the military health care system during natural disasters.

Materials And Method: Qualitative data collected through semi-structured interviews were analyzed via the conventional content analysis approach to identify the components of the military health care system in natural disasters.

What are the Effective Factors in Spontaneous Resolution Rate of Primary Vesicoureteral Reflux: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review.

Purpose: This meta-analysis aimed to predict the rate of spontaneous resolution and identify influencing factors among pediatric patients with primary vesicoureteral reflux (VUR). The primary objective was to construct a nomogram to facilitate clinical decision-making in the treatment of primary VUR by assessing the rate of spontaneous resolution and its determinants.

Materials And Methods: A systematic search was conducted up to September 2023, encompassing databases such as PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and the reference lists of relevant studies.

Components of Health Surveillance System in Natural Disasters that Affect Military Health Services: A Systematic Review.

Background: Military health surveillance system, as the first responder in natural disasters, plays an important role in public health. This study aimed to identify those components of the health surveillance system, which influence military health services in natural disasters.

Methods: Five databases of Medline, SCOPUS, Web of Science, ProQuest, Cochrane Library, and search engines of Scholar Google, scienceopen.

Comparison of different urinary diversions after radical cystectomy in Iran: Assessment of health-related quality of life and financial burden in a Middle Eastern country.

Objectives: To compare health-related quality of life (HRQOL), cost-effectiveness, and survival among different types of urinary diversion (UD) utilized after radical cystectomy (RC) for bladder cancer with consideration of the unique economic and cultural context in Iran.

Patients And Methods: In this retrospective study, we examined all patients who underwent RC from May 2017 to December 2021 at two specialized centers by the same surgical team. Patients were grouped based on their UD.

Sildenafil Vs. Tadalafil for The Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: A Single-arm Self-controlled Clinical Trial.

Purpose: To compare the efficacy and adverse events of sildenafil monotherapy for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) with its FDA-approved counterpart, tadalafil.

Materials And Methods: In this single-arm self-controlled clinical trial, 33 patients were enrolled. All patients underwent a 6-week treatment with sildenafil, followed by a 4-week washout period and finally a 6-week treatment with tadalafil.

Measured GFR in Donor Selection, to Do or Not to Do? That is the Question.

Introduction: The accurate assessment of the pre-donation glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is a crucial step in donor selection. We conducted a prospective cross-sectional study to identify the best equation to estimate GFR and the necessity of a radio-nuclear scan in GFR evaluation.

Methods: In this study, 154 potential donors were enrolled, and GFR equations (the MDRD study, the CKD-EPI study, and the full age spectrum [FAS]), and creatinine clearance were compared with measured GFR (mGFR) by the radio-nuclear method.

Better isolation, proliferation and differentiation of human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells using human serum.

Mesenchymal stem cells have many applications in medicine. Attention to the proliferation and differentiation of stem cell differentiation is an important issue. The aim of this study was to investigate the possibility of optimal isolation, proliferation, and differentiation of adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ADSCs) using human serum.

Influenza Vaccine and COVID-19 Pandemic: Could This Vaccine Help Limit the Potential Adverse Consequences of SARS-CoV-2?

The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted researchers to find treatments and vaccines to control SARS-CoV-2. There are some hypotheses about the benefit of respiratory virus vaccines, like MMR, for COVID-19 pneumonia severity, morbidity, and mortality. The influenza vaccine is one of the most frequently used respiratory virus vaccines covered by one of the Iranian insurance institutes.

Effect of Short-time Exposure of Local Extremely Low-Frequency Magnetic Fields on Sleepiness in Male Rats.

Introduction: Lack of high-quality sleep causes severe side effects like anxiety and changes in plasma concentration of oxalate. The current study investigated the impact of local extremely low-frequency magnetic fields (ELF-MFs) on inducing sleep (sleepiness) and anxiety in male rats.

Methods: In this experimental study, 40 male rats were divided into four groups (n=10 for each group).

Study of changes in rs2283265 polymorphisms in dopamine receptor D2 and rs27072 in dopamine transporter gene (SLC6A3) in patients with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Objectives: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common psychiatric disorders in children that lead to numerous complications. This study examined the changes in rs2283265 polymorphisms in the dopamine receptor D2 (DRD2) and rs27072 in the dopamine transporter gene (SLC6A3) in ADHD patients.

Materials & Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was performed on children aged 4-12 years with ADHD.

The investigation of the frequency of the alpha-1-antitrypsin phenotype in patients with liver cirrhosis.

Objectives: Alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT) has different phenotypes. Evidence suggests that the abundance of each of these phenotypes may be associated with a disease. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the frequency of AAT phenotypes in patients with liver cirrhosis as well as in healthy individuals.

Immunological evaluation of patients with 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia: CD4+ and CD16+ cells may predict severity and prognosis.

Purpose: Available but insufficient evidence shows that changes may occur in the immune system following coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The present study aimed at evaluating immunological changes in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pneumonia compared with the control group.

Method: The present study was performed on 95 patients with COVID-19 (32 severe and 63 moderate cases) and 22 healthy controls.

Assessment of the circulatory concentrations of cathepsin D, cathepsin K, and alpha-1 antitrypsin in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

Background: Evidence has shown that cysteine protease enzymes, such as cathepsin D, cathepsin A, cathepsin K, and alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) are involved in the chronic degenerative joint process. This study aimed to determine the potential involvement of cathepsin K, cathepsin D, and AAT in patients with osteoarthritis (OA).

Methods: This study was performed on 31 patients with knee OA and 29 age- and sex-matched healthy subjects (both with Fars ethnicity from Iran).

Comparison of alpha 1- antitrypsin activity and phenotype in type 1 diabetic patients to healthy individuals.

Background And Aims: Alpha 1 antitrypsin (AAT) is an inhibitor of serine protease, which has shown anti-inflammatory reactions in a variety of diseases. It has been thought that that AAT plays a role in prolonging islet allograft survival, preventing the development of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), and hindering β-cell apoptosis of pancreas. In the current examination, the AAT activity in T1DM and healthy individuals was measured using enzymatic assay.

Topical Effects of -Acetyl Cysteine and Doxycycline on Inflammatory and Angiogenic Factors in the Rat Model of Alkali-Burned Cornea.

The aim of this study was to analyze the single and combined effects of -acetyl cysteine (NAC) and doxycycline (Dox) on the inflammatory and angiogenic factors in the rat model of alkali-burned cornea. Rats were treated with a single and combined 0.5% NAC and 12.

Prognostic Value of Blood Pressure Responsiveness in Hemodialysis for Cardiovascular Mortality, Development of A New Predictive Equation.

Introduction: Cardiovascular disease is considered as the main cause of mortality and morbidity in HD-patients and AS is a fundamental cause. This study was conducted to investigate whether intradialytic BP changes can use as a surrogate clinical marker.

Methods: Fifty-one patients on maintenance hemodialysis, for at least 12 hours per week, were included in a prospective cohort study.

The prevalence of depression among iran-iraq war veterans, combatants and former prisoners of war: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

By exposing individuals to trauma, wars can cause a host of psychiatric disorders. This study aimed to collect and compare the studies conducted to estimate the prevalence of depression among veterans, former prisoners of war (POWs) and military personnel in the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988). In this systematic review, a search was conducted using relevant keywords in major national and international databases, personal archives and national academic libraries.

Studying the Prevalence of PTSD in Veterans, Combatants and Freed Soldiers of Iran-Iraq War: A Systematic and Meta-analysis Review.

War as an unpleasant and stressful phenomenon could be the cause of psychiatric disorders. This study aims to collect and compare conducted research to estimate the prevalence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in combatants, veterans, and freed soldiers of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war. This study is a case review study in which articles were found using keywords, such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), veterans, combatants, captive, soldiers and war in domestic and foreign databases, personal archives, libraries of Iran and Tehran Universities of Medical Sciences and the National Library.

Evaluation of combining Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (ASPECTS) with mean platelet volume, plateletcrit, and platelet count in predicting short- and long-term prognosis of patients with acute ischemic stroke.

Background: There is controversy regarding Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (ASPECTS) and platelet indices as predictors of outcome in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS). We aimed to assess the prognostic value of ASPECTS, mean platelet volume (MPV), plateletcrit (PCT), and platelet count (Plt) in 3-month and 1-year functional outcomes of AIS patients, both independently and in combination.

Methods: This prospective study was conducted in Shams Al-shomuos and Ghaem hospitals of Mashhad, Iran from June 2019 to January 2021.

Association of expression in gastric carcinoma and the significance of its clinicopathologic features in an Iranian patient.

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the expression of and the relationship between its expression with clinical characteristics in an Iranian gastric cancer patient.

Background: Long non-coding RNAs (LncRNAs) play critical roles in the initiation and development of gastric cancer. Metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 () is a highly conserved lncRNA and plays key roles in various types of human cancer.

Expression of and and Serum Level of Adiponectin in Gastric Cancer.

Background: Cancer is one of the major causes of death worldwide and the third leading cause of death in Iran. One of the proteins that are considered having anticancer effects is the adiponectin hormone. Adiponectin leads to programmed cell death, prevents cell growth and proliferation, and increases the expression levels of .

Analysis of determinant factors of liver fibrosis progression in ex-thalassemic patients.

Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) potentially renders thalassemia patients disease-free with presumably cessation of associated complications. This study analyzes the liver fibrosis status and the determinants of its progression in ex-thalassemic patients. The liver fibrosis status of 108 pediatric transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia major patients was evaluated before and one year after allo-HSCT using transient elastography (TE).

The effect of hydroalcoholic Berberis integerrima fruits extract on the lipid profile, antioxidant parameters and liver and kidney function tests in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

Background: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the hepatic disorders which is characterized by increasing fat deposits in the liver. This disorder may lead to elevation the activity of liver enzymes and is associated with obesity, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and type II diabetes. The aim of present study was to investigate the effect of extract on NAFLD patients compare to placebo.

Low rate of COVID-19 pneumonia in kidney transplant recipients-A battle between infection and immune response?

Background: With COVID-19 pandemic, concerns about kidney transplant recipients are rising. However, the incidence, clinical course, outcome, and predictive factors of disease severity are obscured.

Methods: We describe clinical and laboratory manifestations, radiologic findings, clinical course, and finally outcome of kidney transplant recipients with COVID-19 pneumonia.

Living or deceased-donor kidney transplant: the role of psycho-socioeconomic factors and outcomes associated with each type of transplant.

Background: Kidney transplant improves patients' survival and quality of life. Worldwide, concern about the equality of access to the renal transplant wait-list is increasing. In Iran, patients have the choice to be placed on either the living or deceased-donor transplant wait-list.