Trends in Animal Bites and Rabies-related Deaths in Northern Iran: Implications for Public Health Interventions.

Background: Rabies remains a public health problem in middle-income countries like Iran, despite being preventable. This study aimed to evaluate the six-year incidence of animal bites in the southern Caspian Sea region from 2016 to 2022, and focus on estimating the direct costs of animal bite cases using the incidence-based method.

Methods: A multicenter, registry-based study was conducted using surveillance data of animal bites.

Long- COVID and general health status in hospitalized COVID-19 survivors.

Despite advances in clinical research, the long-term effects of COVID-19 on patients are not clear. Many studies revealed persistent long-term signs and symptoms. In a survey study, 259 hospitalized confirmed COVID-19 patients between 18 and 59 years were interviewed.

Intraoperative Awareness in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery in an Academic Center in the North of Iran.

Background: Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) has distinctive characteristics that may increase the risk of awareness during general anesthesia (AGA).

Objectives: This study was conducted to assess the incidence of AGA in cardiac surgery in an academic hospital in Guilan, Iran.

Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was performed in Dr.

The frequency of clinical manifestations of hypophosphatemic rickets in patients with therapeutic strategies.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of clinical manifestations of various types of rickets in patients could be effective in therapeutic strategies. A total of eleven child patients (7 females and 4 males) were included in the present study. The patients were admitted to the hospital with hypophosphatemic rickets.

Frequency of symptoms associated with gallstone disease: a hospital-based cross sectional study.

This study investigated the likely outcomes of gallstone disease and frequency of symptoms associated with this. This cross sectional study was performed at the Aliebn Abitaleb hospital in Rafsanjan over a period of twelve months from 2000 to 2001. A total sample of 70 individuals were included in the study, interviewing them using of a questionnaire covering data in terms of demographic features and medical history.

Ultrasound as a diagnostic tool in the investigation of patients with carpal tunnel syndrome.

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is reveled to be the most common peripheral nerve entrapment syndrome, estimating for 90% of all compressive. The diagnosis of CTS is based on the use of clinical criteria and imaging technique tests such as ultrasonography (US) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). US is a time-saving method in the diagnosis of CTS, which induces less discomfort to the patient and may be a more cost-effective approach to confirm clinical suspicion of this syndrome .