Preferences of Iranian medical students for selecting the compulsory service plan packages: A discrete choice experiment.

Background And Aims: Health policymakers face challenges in designing compulsory plan packages for medical students to encourage them to work in disadvantaged regions. Using a discrete choice experiment, this study assessed the preferences of medical students for selecting the compulsory service plan packages in Guilan Province, Iran.

Methods: In total, 374 medical students responded to a survey inquiring about salary, distance from their residency city, availability of welfare amenities, work difficulty, the developmental status of their workplace, contract duration, and preference for urban or rural work settings.

microRNAs, oxidative stress, and genotoxicity as the main inducers in the pathobiology of cancer development.

Cancer is one of the most serious leading causes of death in the world. Many eclectic factors are involved in cancer progression including genetic and epigenetic alongside environmental ones. In this account, the performance and fluctuations of microRNAs are significant in cancer diagnosis and treatment, particularly as diagnostic biomarkers in oncology.

The Effect of Drug Abuse on Clinical Outcomes of Adult Burn Patients Admitted to a Burn Center in the North of Iran.

Objective: Burn trauma is a life-threatening incident that may be accompanied by several risk factors that increase morbidity and mortality. Drug abuse is one of the lifestyle dangers on the rise globally and can have an impact on the outcomes of burn injuries. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of drug abuse on the clinical outcomes of adult burn patients who were admitted to a burn center in the North of Iran.

Comparison of the capture-recapture method and seroprevalence survey for estimation of COVID-19 prevalence in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Background: Reliable estimation of prevalence is important for monitoring and evaluation of COVID-19 prevention programmes among at-risk populations.

Aims: We compared the capture-recapture method with a seroprevalence survey for accurate estimation of the prevalence of COVID-19 during a 1-year period in Guilan Province, northern Islamic Republic of Iran.

Methods: We used the capture-recapture method to estimate the prevalence of COVID-19.

Hidden aspects of child abuse.

Child abuse related to witchcraft and exorcism phenomena is not limited to specific cultures, religious beliefs, races and geographic areas and it can be seen in all periods of human culture and civilization. Despite the widespread consequences of harm, due to the limited reports and announced statistics, the scope of the problem in comparison to other forms of child abuse seems minor. The legal and judicial services are often unaware of these cases and it is not highlighted in police and social service databases as a significant factor in child abuse.

Aluminum Phosphide Poisoning in the North of Iran: A Register-based Research.

Background: Aluminum phosphide (ALP) poisoning is considered one of the health care issues in Iran, which is associated with the mortality outcome of patients.

Introduction: According to the ALP poisoning that commonly results in death, we aimed to evaluate the prevalence of ALP pill poisoning by employing register-based research.

Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, all selected patients diagnosed and confirmed with ALP poisoning by a specialist and referred to the poisoning ward from the beginning of April 2016 to the end of October 2017 were enrolled, and data were registered in the Disease Registration System by a technical expert for daily follow-up during hospitalization.

A cross-sectional multicenter linkage study of hospital admissions and mortality due to methanol poisoning in Iranian adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A methanol poisoning outbreak occurred in Iran during the initial months of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We aimed to evaluate the epidemiology of the outbreak in terms of hospitalizations and deaths. A cross-sectional linkage study was conducted based on the hospitalization data collected from thirteen referral toxicology centers throughout Iran as well as mortality data obtained from the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization (LMO).

Frequency of Pulmonary Anthracosis and its Related Factors in Autopsy Specimens in Guilan, Iran, in 2019.

Background: Anthracosis is caused by several factors and is a risk factor for cancer and tuberculosis. This study investigated the prevalence of anthracosis and the associated factors in autopsy specimens from the Guilan Office of the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective study examined the medical records of autopsy specimens (>18 years) in the Guilan Office of the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization in 2019 for pulmonary anthracosis.

An investigation of risk factors of in-hospital death due to COVID-19: a case-control study in Rasht, Iran.

Background: Identifying the non-survived patients' characteristics compared to survived subjects and introducing the critical risk factors of COVID-19 mortality would help enhance patients' prognosis and treatment.

Methods: In the current case-control study, medical records of 103 non-survived COVID-19 patients (cases) and 147 sex-matched survivors (controls) who admitted to Razi University Hospital in Rasht, Guilan, Northern Iran from April 21 to August 21, 2020, were explored. Data on demographic, anthropometric, clinical, and laboratory assessment was extracted from the electronic medical records.

Mechanisms of cancer stem cell therapy.

Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are responsible for carcinogenesis and tumorigenesis and are involved in drug and radiation resistance, metastasis, tumor relapse and initiation. Remarkably, they have other abilities such as inheritance of self-renewal and de-differentiation. Hence, targeting CSCs is considered a potential anti-cancer therapeutic strategy.

Malnutrition Status and Associated Factors in Cardiac Patients Admitted to Heart Hospital, in the North of Iran.

The objective of study was to evaluate the prevalence of malnutrition and associated factors in cardiac patients in the north of Iran. This cross-sectional study was done on 430 cardiac patients, who were admitted to the only heart hospital in the north of Iran. The malnutrition status was assessed based on "Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool" (MUST).

Assessment of Care and its Associated Factors in Traumatic Patients in North of Iran.

Objective: To determine the status of pre-hospital emergency care and its associated factors in traumatic patients.

Methods: In across-sectional study, 577 traumatic patients who were transferred to Poursina hospital by EMS (Emergency Medical Services) personnel were selected by simple random sampling method. Pre-hospital emergency services were observed.