Evaluation of the Effects of E-Learning on Nurses' Behavior and Knowledge Regarding Venous Thromboembolism.

Background: Continuing medical education (CME) is an integral part of nursing professionalization, which can be effective in the development of nursing behavior. E-learning can play an important role in CME programs. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of an E-learning program in increasing the nurses' knowledge and behavior regarding care for venous thromboembolism (VTE) patients.

A systematic review and meta-analysis on the treatment of liver hydatid cyst using meta-MUMS tool: comparing PAIR and laparoscopic procedures.

Introduction: There is an academic debate over surgical treatments of liver hydatid cyst disease. In this study, a systematic review and meta-analysis were carried out in order to evaluate the pros and cons of both PAIR (Puncture, Aspiration, Injection, Respiration) and laparoscopic techniques by considering the outcomes of liver hydatid cysts.

Material And Methods: We designed descriptive Boolean queries to search two databases, PubMed and Scopus, to derive the articles published in the period of January 2000 to December 2016 in order to evaluate the outcomes of these research articles.

Early Hospital Mortality Prediction using Vital Signals.

Early hospital mortality prediction is critical as intensivists strive to make efficient medical decisions about the severely ill patients staying in intensive care units (ICUs). As a result, various methods have been developed to address this problem based on clinical records. However, some of the laboratory test results are time-consuming and need to be processed.

Sentinel Node Biopsy in Urothelial Carcinoma of the Bladder: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Objectives: To determine the application of sentinel node biopsy in urothelial carcinoma of the bladder, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Methods: Pooled false negative rate and detection rate were presented using Meta-Disc (version 1.4), and comprehensive meta-analysis (version 2).

Whole-Body Blood Pool Metastatic Superscan (Bone Hunger Pattern).

We presented a 61-year-old man's surprising Tc-MDP whole-body blood pool superscan pattern with early unexpected generalized bone uptake. He complained of weakness and undesired weight loss with anemia and elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate. As a malignancy workup in a patient without obvious suspicious origin, a whole-body Tc-MDP bone scan was requested.

Exploring the roots of clinical trial methodology in medieval Islamic medicine.

There is a dominant opinion in the Western sources of history of medicine that the roots of modern clinical trials and methodology of experimental medicine first started in the Renaissance. However, this opinion has been disputed with the thorough study of the rich medical literature of the medieval Islamic era. In the current review, the roots of clinical trial methodology have been traced back to the medieval Islamic tradition and the contribution of Islamic scholars in this field is discussed.

Prevalence of osteoporosis and osteopenia in men and premenopausal women with celiac disease: a systematic review.

Background: Celiac disease (CD) is known as a reason of metabolic osteopathy. Progression of non-invasive methods such as bone densitometry has shown that an important ratio of CD cases is faced with impaired bone mass and such cases are prone to bone fractures. Variety of low bone mineral density in CD is probably because of ignored confounding factors such as age, menopause, and drug.

Extra-striatal ptake of Tc-TRODAT SPECT in a erebral eningioma: A Case Report.

We reported a 71 years old woman, with history of rest and postural tremor, bradykinesia and memory problems. In her dynamic MRI, a contrast-enhanced tumor in the cerebellopontine (CP) angle was found which was compatible with a meningioma. Tc-TRODAT SPECT showed decreased activity in the left putamen, indicating idiopathic Parkinson disease.

Microwave Application for Controlling Oryzaephilus surinamensis Insects Infesting Dried Figs and Evaluation of Product Color Changes Using an Image Processing Technique.

In this study, microwave heating was employed for controlling Oryzaephilus surinamensis adult beetles infesting stored Iranian dried figs. The dried fig samples were artificially infested with O. surinamensis and then heated in a microwave oven (2,450 MHz) at power outputs of 450, 720, and 900 W for 20, 30, 40, and 50 s.

Diagnostic Accuracy of Monocyte Chemotactic Protein (MCP)-2 as Biomarker in Response to PE35/PPE68 Proteins: A Promising Diagnostic Method for the Discrimination of Active and Latent Tuberculosis.

Introduction: Several studies have been conducted to find new biomarkers for the discrimination of Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) from active TB (ATB); however, their findings are inconsistent. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the potential of antigenspecific expression of Monocyte Chemotactic Protein (MCP)-2 for discrimination of ATB and LTBI after stimulation of whole blood with PE35 and PPE68 recombinant proteins.

Materials And Methods: The recombinant PE35 and PPE68 proteins were evaluated at a final concentration of 5 µg/ml by a 3-day whole blood assay.

The effect of mother-infant skin to skin contact on success and duration of first breastfeeding: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Breast-feeding initiation within the first half hour after birth is one of the World Health Organization recommendations. However, in most hospitals, mother-infant contact and breast-feeding initiation are delayed due to routine mother and infant care. This study aimed to determine the effect of mother-infant skin to skin contact (SSC) immediately after birth on the success rate and duration of the first breast-feeding.

Prognostic Significance of Fluorine-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography in Anal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis.

Purpose: Prognostic significance of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (F-FDG-PET) in anal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) has been evaluated in several studies; however, the results seem to be controversial and no consensus exists about its predictive capability. The current meta-analysis was carried out to comprehensively investigate the prognostic significance of F-FDG-PET parameters in patients with anal SCC.

Methods: A comprehensive literature search of PubMed/MEDLINE and Scopus databases was performed to retrieve pertinent articles published until August 5th 2018, concerning the prognostic significance of F-FDG-PET in patients with anal SCC.

A social network analysis on immigrants and refugees access to services in the malaria elimination context.

Background: There has been significant progress in eliminating malaria in Iran. The aim of this study is to investigate the structure of inter-organizational collaboration networks in the field of unauthorized immigrants and refugees access to services in order to eliminate malaria.

Methods: This study employed social network analysis, in which nodes represented stakeholders associated with providing access of immigrants and refugees to services in the field of malaria elimination, and ties indicated the level of collaboration.

Genetic Diversity of Persian Arabian Horses and Their Relationship to Other Native Iranian Horse Breeds.

The principal aims of this study were to explore genetic diversity and genome-wide selection signatures in Persian Arabian horses and to determine genetic relationship of Persian Arabians with other Iranian horse breeds. We evaluated 71 horses from 8 matrilineal strains tracing to 47 mares from the mid to late 19th century, using the equine 670k single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) BeadChip. Mean observed and expected heterozygosity were (0.

Concordance Between Intracervical and Fundal Injections for Sentinel Node Mapping in Patients With Endometrial Cancer?: A Study Using Intracervical Radiotracer and Fundal Blue Dye Injections.

Objective: A major controversy in sentinel node (SN) biopsy of endometrial cancer is the injection site of mapping material. We compared lymphatic drainage pathways of the uterine cervix and uterine body in the same patients by head-to-head comparison of intracervical radiotracer and fundal blue dye injections.

Methods: All patients with pathologically proven endometrial cancer were included.

Propanol - Sugar aqueous biphasic systems as a suitable platform for biomolecules extraction.

Aiming at designing efficient extraction processes, this work proposes the novel aqueous biphasic systems (ABS) composed of sugars and alcohols. The complete liquid-liquid phase diagrams (binodal curves and tie-lines) for several ternary systems of {water + 1-propanol / 2-propanol + sugar (mono- and di-saccharides, and their polyols)} were determined, for the first time. The main factors which affect the phase separation ability of these systems, such as temperature, structure and stereochemistry of sugars, and the alcohol type were discussed.

A systematic review of the effectiveness of health education interventions to increase cervical cancer screening uptake.

Background: Cervical cancer screening reduced cancer morbidity and mortality in developed countries. Health education interventions are expected to enhance screening and early detection. Thus, this review is aimed to see the effectiveness of the interventions in cervical cancer screening uptake.

99mTC-MDP bone scanning in a subungual glomus tumour.

A 37-year-old female patient with four months history of paroxysmal pain in the left index finger was referred to our department for 99mTC-MDP scintigraphy. Radiographic studies of the patient showed a lytic tumour in the distal phalanx of the left second finger compatible with a glomus tumour. The scan showed mild decreased activity in the blood pool phase and minimal increased activity on the delayed images.

The impact of educational intervention based on the health belief model on observing standard precautions among emergency center nurses in Sirjan, Iran.

Providing health care services has always been considered as a hazardous job due to a number of reasons. The risk of blood-borne viruses and the importance of their prevention has led to the formulation of principles called standard precautions (SPs). The goal of this study was to investigate the impact of an educational intervention based on the Health Belief Model constructs on the behavior of nurses in emergency centers regarding observing SPs in Sirjan, Iran.

Comparison of Treatment Response Achieved by Tablet Splitting Versus Whole Tablet Administration of Levothyroxine in Patients with Thyroid Cancer.

Objectives: TSH suppression by Levothyroxine consumption is a mainstay of thyroid cancer treatment. Tablet-splitting is a worldwide approach in dose adjustment in patients. However, it is highly recommended to evaluate the validity of tablet splitting for each distinctive drug by clinical trials before routinely using tablet halves in clinical practice.

The role of "after washing imaging" in evaluation of tear drainage system by dacryoscintigraphy.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of "after washing" imaging in interpretation of dacryoscintigraphy as a functional imaging technique used in evaluation of tearing problems.

Materials And Methods: 300 nasolacrimal systems were studied. 100 μCi of technetium-99m sodium pertechnetate as drops of activity (10 μL) were placed into the inferior fornix of each eye.

Are self-etch adhesives reliable for primary tooth dentin? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

The purpose of this study was to systematically evaluate the dentin bond strength of etch-and-rinse and self-etch adhesives to primary teeth. In this study, PubMed, ISI (all databases), Scopus, and Cochrane Database were searched according to the selected keywords up to May 11, 2016. The full texts of published articles that appeared to meet the primary criteria for inclusion in this study were obtained.