Using signal detection test to assess the correlation between daily sleep duration, mental workload, and attention sensitivity in nurses.

Background: Increased attention among healthcare workers, particularly nurses, is crucial for preventing medical errors and patient harm. This study uses an objective approach that overcomes the limitations of the subjective self-report measures employed in prior research on nurses' attention.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted from January to March 2023 among 108 nurses at Besat Hospital in Tehran, Iran.

Anthracycline-Induced Cardiomyopathy in Cancer Survivors: Management and Long-Term Implications.

Recent advancements in personalized treatments, such as anthracycline chemotherapy, coupled with timely diagnoses, have contributed to a decrease in cancer-specific mortality rates and an improvement in cancer prognosis. Anthracyclines, a potent class of antibiotics, are extensively used as anticancer medications to treat a broad spectrum of tumors. Despite these advancements, a considerable number of cancer survivors face increased risks of treatment complications, particularly the cardiotoxic effects of chemotherapeutic drugs like anthracyclines.

Management of Fluoropyrimidine-Induced Cardiac Adverse Outcomes Following Cancer Treatment.

Advancements in cancer treatments have improved survival rates but have also led to increased cardiotoxicities, which can cause adverse cardiovascular events or worsen pre-existing conditions. Herein, cardiotoxicity is a severe adverse effect of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) therapy in cancer patients, with reported incidence rates ranging from 1 to 20%. Some studies have also suggested subclinical effects and there are reports which have documented instances of cardiac arrest or sudden death during 5-FU treatment, highlighting the importance of timely management of cardiovascular symptoms.

Cardio-Pulmonary Histopathology with Clinical Correlations of Deceased Patients with COVID-19: A Case Series in Tehran, Iran.

Background: SARS-CoV-2 may affect vital organs. The present study investigated the histopathology of pulmonary and cardiac tissues with clinical correlation in deceased patients with COVID-19.

Methods: We obtained pulmonary and cardiac tissues from 30 deceased patients with COVID-19 in Tehran, Iran, from January to May 2021.

In search of subcortical and cortical morphologic alterations of a normal brain through aging: an investigation by computed tomography scan.

Morphologic changes in the brain through aging, as a physiologic process, may involve a wide range of variables including ventricular dilation, and sulcus widening. This study reports normal ranges of these changes as standard criteria. Normal brain computed tomography scans of 400 patients (200 males, 200 females) in every decade of life (20 groups each containing 20 participants) were investigated for subcortical/cortical atrophy (bicaudate width [BCW], third ventricle width [ThVW], maximum length of lateral ventricle at cella media [MLCM], bicaudate index [BCI], third ventricle index [ThVI], and cella media index 3 [CMI3], interhemispheric sulcus width [IHSW], right hemisphere sulci diameter [RHSD], and left hemisphere sulci diameter [LHSD]), ventricular symmetry.

Development and Psychometric Properties of the Caring Behaviors of Operating Room Nurses Questionnaire during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed-Method Study.

Background: Considering the threats in the operating room during the COVID-19 pandemic, the optimal care and safety of the operating room nurses should be maintained when performing surgery on an acute respiratory patient. It seems necessary to design a tool to measure the caring behaviors of operating room nurses. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim to design a valid and reliable tool for measuring the caring behavior of operating room nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Potential Adverse Effects of COVID-19 Vaccines on Iranian Healthcare Workers: Comparison of Four Available Vaccines in Tehran: A Retrospective Cross-sectional Study.

Objectives: This study aimed to compare four COVID-19 vaccines for their potential extensive side effects and the relationship between the side effects and age, body mass index (BMI), and history of COVID-19 infection.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted from June to August 2021 among 1474 healthcare workers of seven selected hospitals in Tehran, Iran. All the subjects were vaccinated (91.

Using Data Mining and Association Rules for Early Diagnosis of Esophageal Cancer.

From 17,000 new cases of esophageal cancer worldwide during last year, 16,000 proved to be fatal. Late or incorrect diagnosis of esophageal cancer cases increases its fatality rate. Today, a data-mining technique can predict the course of the disease with the help of an upto-date technology.

Comparison of Side Effects of COVID-19 Vaccines: Sinopharm, AstraZeneca, Sputnik V, and Covaxin in Women in Terms of Menstruation Disturbances, Hirsutism, and Metrorrhagia: A Descriptive-Analytical Cross-Sectional Study.

Present study assessed whether Sinopharm, AstraZeneca, Sputnik V, and Covaxin's vaccinated women
reveal a distinct incidence of menstruation disturbances, hirsutism, and metrorrhagia.
Materials and Methods: Data collection was performed from June to August 2021, and 427 women working in seven
selected hospitals in Tehran were studied in this descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study. All of these women had
received one or both doses of the vaccines with one of the assessed vaccines.

The safety of a novel single-drape cover for sterile back tables in the operating room compared to the standard two-drape method: an experimental study.

Background: Covering the prepared sterile back tables (PSBTs) during periods of nonuse and during active surgeries may decrease contamination of sterile surgical instruments that have direct contact to surgical wound. The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) declared that an easy method for covering and removing the drape will ultimately be most effective (e.g.

Correction to: Increase of catastrophic health expenditure while it does not have socio-economic anymore; finding from a district on Tehran after recent extensive health sector reform.

In the original publication of this article [1], the title should be revised as blow.

Increase of catastrophic health expenditure while it does not have socio-economic inequality anymore; findings from a district in Tehran after recent extensive health sector reform.

Background: Ensuring financial protection of the community against health care expenditures is one of the fundamental goals of the health system. Catastrophic health expenditures (CHE) occurs when out-of-pocket health expenditures due to health care expenses considerably affect family life. The main purpose of this study was to analyze CHE trend over time and to determine its determinants.

Distribution of breast cancer risk factors in two groups of healthy people referral to cancer registry and Shahid Mottahari center.

The aim of this study is evaluation of breast cancer risk factors distribution in two groups of healthy people referral to cancer registry and Shahid Mottahari center in Iran. This study is cross-sectional study which is part of the study to estimate Gene-Environment Interaction in women with breast cancer with case-control studies in Shiraz. In this study, two control groups have been used.

Association between Hepatitis G and Unknown Chronic Hepatitis.

Background: Hepatitis G virus (HGV) is a hepatotrope virus with unknown importance. The genome of the virus has been detected in patients with acute or chronic non-A-E hepatitis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. The aim of this study was to determine the association between hepatitis G and unknown chronic hepatitis.

The road traffic crashes as a neglected public health concern; an observational study from Iranian population.

Objective: Traffic crashes are multifactorial events caused by human factors, technical issues, and environmental conditions. The present study aimed to determine the role of human factors in traffic crashes in Iran using the proportional odds regression model.

Methods: The database of all traffic crashes in Iran in 2010 (n = 592, 168) registered through the "COM.

Evaluation of needle stick injuries among nurses of Khanevadeh Hospital in Tehran.

Background: Accidental needle-stick injuries (NSIs) are a hazard for health-care workers and general public health. Nursing workers are at high risk for occupational exposure to blood-borne pathogens (such as HBV, HCV and HIV) via sharp injuries of needle stick.

Methods: This descriptive analytical cross-sectional study was done on 158 nursing workers of Khanevadeh Hospital in Tehran to assess needle stick injuries prevalence and related factors via a questionnaire in 2008.