Objective: To probe the factors associated with the outcomes of traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients admitted to emergency department (ED).
Methods: This is a cross-sectional study that data gathering was performed via census methods, retrospectively. During one year, all head injury's patients who admitted to the ED of a tertiary center in Tehran, Iran were included.
Background: The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) has increased in recent years in both developed and developing countries. Skeletal tuberculosis occurs in approximately 1% of patients with tuberculosis. The present study aimed to evaluate the epidemiology of skeletal tuberculosis in Golestan province in northeastern Iran during 2005-2014.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAsthma is the most common chronic disease among children, and its incidences are often imminent among elementary schoolchildren. This study aimed to examine the prevalence of asthma symptoms in Golestan schoolchildren aged 6-7 and 13-14 years in Northeast Iran. The prevalence rate was compared according to age group (aged 6-7 years vs.
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