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Ahmad Ghadami,
Volume 3, Issue 4 (Winter 2000)
Abstract
Background: Nowadays, inserting intravenous equipments is one of the common invasive methods in patient care and one of the most common related complications is phlebitis.
Objective: This study was accomplished to determine the prevalence rate of phlebitis and comparing the risk of it among clients according to duration of staying of the intravenous equipments during 24, 48, 72 and 96 hours.
Materials and Methods: 350 clients who hospitalized in ward orthopedic with goal achievement sampling method were studied. The tools of collecting data was a questionnaire. Data was analyzed by descriptive statistics methods and survival test.
Finding: The prevalence rate of phlebitis was 31% . It has been increased according to the duration of staying of intravenous equipments. The risk of phlebitis in 24, 48, 72 and 96 hours was 0.0034, 0.0046, 0.0154 and 0.0187 respectively and the survival test didn’t show any significant difference among above numbers.
Conclusion: Noticing to present protocol which is related to stay intravenous equipments up to 72 hours and the obtained results of this research (no significant difference between 72 hours vs. 96), it is necessary to do more studies in this fields. Similar findings can show a way for decreasing the cost for patient and community.
Ahmad Ghadami, Robaba Memarian, Eisa Mohammadi,
Volume 15, Issue 4 (September 2012)
Abstract
Background: Prevalence and incidence of end stage renal diseases requiring renal replacement therapies such as dialysis and kidney transplantation is on the rise. However, no qualitative research studies have been done to explore the experiences of people living with dialysis and kidney transplant in depth. Therefore, this qualitative study was done to explore the experiences of patients living with dialysis and those with kidney transplant. Materials and Methods: This qualitative study was carried out through content analysis approach. Sampling was done from the beginning and continued until data saturation. Semi-structured interviews were tools of data collection. A total of 18 participants were interviewed. The interviews were analyzed through Graham and Landman content analysis method. Results: After analyzing the data, two main themes including, dialysis, a grueling event, and renal transplantation, a normal life with healthy kidney transplant, were reported. Conclusion: Compared with hemodialysis, receiving a kidney through transplantation provides a significantly more pleasant quality of life for patients. However, there are certain obstacles in transplantation and graft survival in the views of transplantation patients. Hence, it is suggested that health officials design programs to provide support and instruction to facilitate the process of kidney transplantation for eligible patients even before entering the dialysis stage.
Zeinab Moghadami Fard, Jamilleh Abolghasemi, Mohsen Asadi Lari, Mehdi Mohammadi, Mahmood Reza Gohari, Masoud Salehi,
Volume 15, Issue 8 (January 2013)
Abstract
Background: There are various factors effective in the appearance of metastasis that have been surveyed and recognized in different studies. However, the appearance of metastasis by determination of these factors cannot be predicted. One of the models used for the analysis of recurrent data and consideration of heterogeneity between patients is frailty model. Materials and Methods: In this survival study, 133 women with breast cancer were treated in Fayazbakhsh Hospital, Tehran, during 2005-2007. All patients were followed until April 2011. Frailty model was employed for the analysis of data and gamma frailty distribution was assumed with the average one and Ө variance. All statistical methods were run in R software. Results: Disease-free survival rates for 3 and 5 years were 0.78 and 0.72, respectively. During the follow-up period, the risk of metastasis was estimated to be 43%. Two factors were identified as the prognostic factors in the appearance of metastasis: tumor malignancy grade and the number of positive lymph nodes. Frailty variance was 4.27 (P=0.001). Conclusion: The significant variance of frailty component in the model indicates that patients who have identical explanatory variables face different levels of risk experiencing metastasis. Also, specific characteristics of the patients are important in the incidence of metastasis.
Saeid Babaei, Mohammad Reza Darabi, Mohammad Bayat, Mahmood Reza Nakhaei, Parvindokht Bayat, Maryam Ba Azm, Mina Ghadamian, Soheila Bana Sadegh,
Volume 17, Issue 7 (10-2014)
Abstract
Background: It is expected that affected people with diabetes will increase to 439 million in 2030, 15% of them are affected with chronic leg ulcer disease. Increasing number of researches implicate the positive influence of pentoxifylline (PTX) on the skin wound healing. Pentoxifylline is a xantin derivative that modifies or inhibits inflammatory factors, reduces blood viscosity, improves peripheral blood currency and increases oxygenation of tissues the In this study the effect of Pentoxifylline (PTX) on skin biomechanical indices in acute phase of skin wound healing in diabetic rat is in considerable interest.
Materials and Methods: It is an experimental- interventional study in which fourteen adult male wistar rats were divided into experimental group (n=7), receiving pentoxifyllineintraperitoneally and control group (n=7) receiving distilled water (DW). Diabeteswas induced by intraperitoneal administration of streptozotocin in both groups then full thickness incisional wound (20mm length) in identical pattern was made on the dorsum of rats. After 15 days a band of skin (4×60mm) containing wound was extracted and used to evaluate skin biomechanical indexes (work up to maximum force-Nm and Tensile strength= Rm-N/mm2). Results were analysed by SPSS software version 19 and K-S, Levens Test and Student SampleT-Test were used.
Results: Pentoxifylline administration improved skin biomechanical indices after 15 days after skin incisional wound. Differences between experimental and control’s indices were significant (p<0.05).
Conclusion: Pentoxifylline accelerated wound healing and improved tensile strength of skin in diabetic rats of experimental group.
Saeid Amini Rarani, Ahmad Ghadami, Ali Akbar Malekirad, Hojatollah Yousefi, Kourosh Mani,
Volume 19, Issue 10 (1-2017)
Abstract
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Background: Operating room personnel are subject to occupational hazards which could lead to an increase in free radicals and develop various diseases. The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of consuming green tea on the improvement of the blood oxidative biomarkers in operating room personnel who are exposed to anesthetic gases.
Materials and Methods: This study was a before-after clinical trial which was conducted on 24 operating room personnel. They were invited to consume 4 cups of a green tea beverage, prepared from 3 g of green tea leaves in 300 mL of boiled water (at 80˚ C), daily for 8 weeks. Then, Myeloperoxidase (MPO), DNA damage, Glutathione Peroxidase (GPx), and Superoxide Dismutase (SOD) in the plasma were measured in order to evaluate the level of oxidative stress biomarkers before and after consuming green tea.
Results: Green tea consumption by operating room personnel brought about a significant increase in glutathione peroxidase and superoxide dismutase and a considerable decrease in myeloperoxidase and DNA damage.
Conclusion: According to the results of this study, green tea consumption as an antioxidant supplement by operating room personnel, who are regularly exposed to anesthetic gases, can minimize oxidative stress and DNA damage considerably. Thus, it is advisable for operating room personnel to consume green tea as a natural antioxidant supplement.
