Adaptation of a quality of life questionnaire for Iranian patients with esophageal cancer.

Introduction: Evaluation of quality of life is very important in cancer patients. Esophagus-specific quality of life questionnaire (QLQ-OES18) is a disease-specific questionnaire for assessing quality of life in esophageal cancer (EC). So we aimed to translate and evaluate the reliability and validity of the QLQ-OES18 when applied to Iranian patients.

Quality of life outcomes in patients living with stoma.

Background: Despite efforts to maintain the intestinal tissue and treat gastrointestinal disease, a large number of patients undergo ostomy surgery each year. Using stoma reduces the patient's quality of life (QOL) greatly. Although there are approximately 3000 patients in Iran; there is little information about the impact of stoma on their QOL.

Findings of impedance pH-monitoring in patients with atypical gastroesophageal reflux symptoms.

Aim: This study was designed to investigate about findings of Impedance pH-monitoring in patients with atypical symptoms of GERD.

Background: The routine treatment with proton pump inhibitors is not very effective in patients with atypical symptoms of Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease (GERD). It may be due to non-acid reflux which cannot be monitored using common methods such as pH-metry.

Metabolic syndrome and colorectal cancer: a cross-sectional survey.

Introduction: There is epidemiological evidence indicating that the metabolic syndrome increases the risk of colorectal cancer. Since there is little information about this issue in Iran, the present study was conducted to evaluate prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components in patients with colorectal cancer.

Material And Methods: This cross-sectional survey involved 200 patients with a new diagnosis of colorectal cancer.

A 12 year old boy with recurrent episodes of pneumonia: triple A syndrome.

Triple A syndrome (Allgrove syndrome) is a rare inherited autosomal recessive disease with a typical triad including adrenocorticotrophic-hormone-resistant glucocorticoid insufficiency, reduced or absent tearing (alacrima) and achalasia and a wide range of symptoms can be detected due to multi organ involvement. This report describes the case of a Triple Asyndrome, a12 year-old boy with a history of recurrent episodes of pneumonia and growth retardation due to failure to timely diagnosis of his problem.

Clinical profile and post-operative lifestyle changes in cancer and non-cancer patients with ostomy.

Aim: The aim of this was to investigate some clinical profiles and lifestyle changes in stoma patients.

Background: Stoma patients experienced multiple complications due to their ostomy formation.

Patients And Methods: A cross-sectional study performed on 102 random samples of stoma patients.