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Manizheh Kahbazi , Alireza Farahani ,
Volume 1, Issue 5 (Winter 1997)
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Nowadays the securing of children health and then the maintenance of community health is training programs about health, but before every health programs. Knowing the believes and tendency of people is necessary. The knowledge and attitude of mother regarding to supplementary food before and after the training were measured based on KAP study .( knowledge, Attitude , Practice ). The result of this study is as follows:
1-3.58% of studied mothers had good knowledge, 41.2% moderate knowledge, 55.38% weak knowledge before training and raised to 80.51% good knowledge, 19.48% moderate knowledge following training.
2- 95.56% of studied mothers had positive attitude and 4.46% negative attitude before training that raised to 100% positive attitude to supplementary food following training.
3- Statistically, there is no meaningful relationship between the knowledge of mothers regarding to supplementary food and number of child, job, but there is a relationship with the level of education.(0.025)
Mozhgan Hashemieh , Ali Amani,
Volume 1, Issue 5 (Winter 1997)
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Exclusive breast feeding for the first six months of the life and then breast feeding with supplemental nutrition of the two year of age are the best way of feeding. Although almost all mothers are able to have successful breast feeding, many infants are still being fed by fomula or receiving supplemental nutrition from the first month of life. In this study, information about 400 infants between 4-6 months of life fed by non-exclusive breast feeding method chosen with simple randomization has been gathered. The most common cause of non-exclusive breast feeding was infantile restlessness (36.2%). The other causes include: incorrect mothers belief about milk insufficiency, family advices, fewer weight gaining of infants (7.7%), business of mother (6.5%), maternal and infantial diseases (2.2%) and advice of some physicians (2%).Although 75% of the mothers has been educated during pregnancy of perinatal period, but they did not feed exclusively their infants with breast milk.
Manizheh Kahbazi,
Volume 4, Issue 2 (Summer 2001)
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Hypoglycemia is one of the most common preventable and curable metabolic disorders, especially seen in low birth weight infants. About 80% of hypoglycemic conditions are asymptomatic or the symptoms will present between the third to fifth days after birth that infants are discharged from the hospital. However even in asymptomatic cases, hypoglycemia has exposed the infant to sever defects of nervous system development which these defects depended on duration and severity of hypoglycemia will be remained as reduction of head circumference and psychomotor disorders for child especially in 3 to 5 years old. We studied 284 LBW infants that about 5.2% of them were hypoglycemic in the first 24 hours after birth. (Blood glucose was less than 30, g/dl). About 80% of cases were asymptomatic. 20% of showed were symptomatic such as hypotonia, generalixed convulsion with apena and total cyanosis. These infants were of twin pregnancy or Cesarian section. We also studied infants based on gestational age. (Preterm & IUGR) The prevalence of hypoglycemia in preterm infants was 2.3% and 6.6% in IUGR infants. There was no significant relation between the sex and incidence of hypoglycemia . The most common prevalence of hypoglycemia were seen in infants with body weight between 1500 -2000 grams.
Mehrangiz Zamani, Fatemeh Soltan Beigi,
Volume 4, Issue 3 (Autumn 2001)
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Introduction: Primary dysmenorrhea with prevalence of 90% is the one of the most gynecologic problems and it is one of the important ethiology of decrease of quality of live in women. The treatment is varity cocp, NSAIDS (common treatment) The use of acupuncture. Tens, Laparascopic surgery, vitamin B1 acid -3 omega, transdermal N.G. (nitroglycerin) in the studies were evaluated but the number of cases and the period of follow up is limited. In the study in India with Gokhale and et.al in 1996, the curative Rate of treatment with Vitamin B1 was proved. In this study we evaluated the treatment effect of Vitamin B1, and follow up the patients 3 months later and 6 months after the onset of treatment.
Material and Method: In this study 2 years between 1999-2001 a Randomized double blind placebo controlled study, one group (118-n) received Vitamin B1 (100 mg) and other group (124=n) received placebo daily in the onset of three month treatment and end of treatment and 6 months later of onset of treatment the patient is calculated with visual analgesic scale and cox-menstrual scale.
Results: The prevalence of primary dysmenorrhea in the population of this study was 51/9% mean age of menarche 13/3 year. The rate of NSAID using is 63/1%. 85/5% of patients had irregular menses. The prevalence of premenstrual sign. And the signs correlated with dysmenorrhea were evaluated between two groups of treatment evaluated 3 months after treatment period in the placebo control care rate was 21% and in Vitamin B1 was 86/4% (chi=103.59 p value=0.000).
Conclusion: The results in this study were similar with the results of Gokhale in India. This treatment did not have any side effect and this treatment tolerated easily.
Laleh Soleimanizadeh, Teymor Agamolaei ,
Volume 5, Issue 2 (Summer 2002)
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Introduction: The purpose of this research is to examine depression rate in nursing, midwifery and health students and its relation with individual perception about being religious in Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences and Health Services.
Materials and Methods: In this study 299 students (105 male and 194 female) were examined with non-random and easy sampling method. They examine with Beck Depression Test and Alport Religious Guidance.
Results: On the basis of Beck Depression Test 55.5% were without depression, 32.1% mild depression, 11% moderate depression and 1.3% sever and very sever depression. Also with use of two dimension Alport Religious Guidance, 8.7% of subjects had external and 91.3% internal religion. On the basis of other classification of Alport Religious Guidance 70.9% of subjects had high, 21.4% moderate and 7.7% low religion. By the means of x2 Test it shows the rate of depression between girls and boys have not significant difference (p>0.05). In order to access relationship between the rate of depression and religious viewpoint, Pearson Correlation Test was used that results show that it is reverse correlation between them. So that with increased religious viewpoint the rate of depression was decreased (r=-0.6, p<0.05)
Conclusion: In low religion subjects, the rate of depression was more than religion subjects.
Manijheh Kahbazi , Susan Marefati ,
Volume 5, Issue 2 (Summer 2002)
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Introduction: Asthma is one of the most chronic long disease of childhood that caused repeated admitting in hospital & school day lost. Asthma identifies with recurrent attack of cough, dyspnea & wheezing. The goals of treatment are relief of Acute symptoms, prevention or diminish the frequency of recurrent symptoms maintain normal pulmonary functions & maintain normal activity level.
Materials and Methods: In our study, all patients with final diagnosis of asthma that hospitalized in Amir-Kabir hospital from 79.1.1 to 80.1.30 evaluated.
Results: first line drugs that used Aminophylline (62%), antibiotics 56%, corcosteriod 42%, inhaled salbutamol 14% and oral salbutamol 0.6%. others that used in the period of treatment according to prevalence are antibiotics 85% , aminophylline 74%, corticosteroid 5%, oral salbutamol 40%, adrenaline 31%, inhaled salbutamol 24% & theophylline_G 14%. Most of clinicians use aminophylline instead of beta agonist, Only 14%. patients receive inhaled salbutamol in the first line.
Conclusion: There findings reflect inappropriate therapy of asthma. It seems that little knowledge of clinicians about new medical methods, absence of new drugs and little knowledge of patients & their family of patients and their norriment about use of inhaled drug, are basic problems. That’s logical, that education of clinicians & patient their parents, explanation the mandatory of preparation of new drugs & proper device to manages can resolve their problems.
Malek Soleimani-Mehrunjani, Mohammad Ali Shariat-Zadeh,
Volume 6, Issue 1 (Spring 2003)
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Introduction: Compensatory renal growth (CRG) is growth of the remaining functional nephrons and interstitium alter some nephrous have been surgically removed or damaged due to disease. This growth includes the increase of kidney weight caused by hepertrophy and hyperplasia. Although uremic patients are often treated with growth hormone (GH), it is thought that GH may actually increase the degree of renal hypertrophy and the progress of CRG to the scarring and therefore accelerate renal failure. The aim was ultrastructural study of the effects of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) on the renal tubulointerstitial changes following 5/6 nephrectomy (SNX).
Materials and Methods: For this 48 rats from mule Lewis and Dwarf Lewis rats strains were used. Each strain was divided to control, control+rhGH, SNX and SNX+rhGH groups. Dwarf rats strain have only 10% of circulating GH compared to the normal strain one month later the rats were injected with exogenous growth hormone (thGH) or saline two times per day for 30 consecutive days.
Results: The results showed tubular basement membranes was partially thickened in control thGH group and it was too thickened and multi-layered in the SNX groups. Tubular basement membrane was too thickened in the SNX-TGH group in compared to SNX only. Many of Convoluted tubules lost their apical architecture and mitochondria often appeared damaged and cytoplasm contained increased numbers of lysosomes. After SNX areas of focal fibrosis were common. These areas were become infiltrated with modified fibroblasts and myofibroblasts were present. The interstitium become filled with extracellular fibres and amorphous material.
Conclusion: It is evident that many of these changes were made more sever by treatment with thGH in both strains following SNX. So it seems GH caused more synthesis of extracellular matrix proteins and ultrastructural changes of the renal tubulointerstitial.
Manijheh Kahbazi ,
Volume 6, Issue 2 (Summer 2003)
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Introduction: Children play an important role in the future of every country. In under developed countries like Iran, because of cultural and economic poverty, most children have malnutrition which will be result in physical and psychological growth disorders. In as much as zinc is one of the most important and essential elements in metabolism of different substances and human growth, this study was conducted to determine the effect of zinc supplementation on percentile weight of children with growth disorders.
Materials and Methods: In order to investigate the effect of zinc sulfate syrup on increasing the weight and percentile weight of children, a double-blind clinical trial was conducted in 70 children aging 9 to 36 months. The subjects lacked any associated disease-by laboratory testing. Thirty-five children consume zinc sulfate syrup 0.6% for three months (case group) and other consume daily placebo for the same time and dose (control group). The increase of weight percentile of children were measured in three times with the interval of one month.
Results: Our findings showed that during three months, the average amount of increasing in weight percentile was 4.5% and 3.7%, respectively. T test showed that the comparison of increasing in weight percentile between two groups was not significant
Conclusion: This investigation revealed that zinc supplementation had not any remarkable effects on increasing of weight and weight percentile of children with growth disorders.
Hadi Hasankhani , Eisa Mohammadi, Farhad Moazami , Manijheh Mokhtari, Mohammad Mahdi Naghizadeh,
Volume 6, Issue 4 (Winter 2003)
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Introduction: Postoperative hypothermia is physiologically stressful by elevating blood pressure, heart rate and plasma catecholamine concentration. This study conducted to evaluate the effects of intravenous fluids temperature on perioperative hemodynamic situation.
Materials and Methods: This was a randomized clinical trial study Perioperative pulse rate, blood pressure, intraoperative esophageal and skin temperature were measured in 60 volunteer patients undergoing orthopedic surgeries subjects randomly divided into two groups according to intraoperative IV fluids management. In 30 patients (hypothermia group) all IV fluids infused were at room temperature. In the other 30 patients (normothermia group) all IV fluids were warmed using and dry IV fluid warmer.
Results: The core and skin temperature of hypothermia and normothermia group decreased significantly from induction of anesthesia toward end of surgery but its reduction was more in hypothermia group (P<0.005). Postoperative mean arterial blood pressure increased significantly more in hypothermia group versus normothermia group (P<0.005). Shivering was observed in 21 of 30 hypothermia and 11 of 30 normothermia group (p<0.005) and recovery time was significantly lower in normothermia group (36±5 vs. 26±3 min, P<0.005).
Conclusion: Infusion of warm fluids helps to reduce the variation of postoperative mean arterial blood pressure, core and skin temperature, occurrence of shivering and recovery time. |
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Hamid Abtahi, Ali Hatef Salmanian, Sima Rafati, Ghorban Behzadian Nejad,
Volume 7, Issue 1 (Spring 2004)
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Introduction: Brucellosis is one of the most important zoonotic diseases that causes miscarriage and infertility in animals and causes human fever. The use of the common SS9 strain of Brucella abortus has several side effects for livestock. Brucella P39 protein is one of the plasma peripheral space proteins that is considered as one of the important immunogenic indicators. With the production of the new protein combination of P39, more studies can be done on the ability of this protein to stimulate immune responses against Brucella. Therefore, in this research, the production and purification of this protein in Escherichia coli bacteria has been done as a new compound.
method: In this experimental study, using the polymerase chain reaction, the P39 gene was propagated by the bacterium Brucella abortus. After purifying the P39 gene, it was cloned into plasmid carriers pSK+ and pGEX4T1. Therefore, pSK+-P39 and pGEX4T1-P39 structures were prepared. To produce the recombinant protein P39, the plasmid structure pGEX4T1-P39 first entered the Escherichia coli bacterium BL21. The protein was then produced by IPTG by induction of pGEX4T1-P39 plasmid. The resulting protein was purified using the orderly purification protein glutathione S-transferase. The amount of purified protein was measured using the Brad Ford method.
Results: The nucleotide sequence of the gene propagated by the cloned PCR in the plasmid carrier pSK+ was exactly the same as the P39 gene of Brucella abortus. Production of P39 protein was performed by induction of pGEX4T1-P39 plasmid. The purified protein content was 200 micrograms per milliliter.
Conclusion: The production of the new protein P39 compound Brucella Abortus, which is unstable in the cytoplasm of the Escherichia coli bacterium, is possible using carriers with additive proteins such as pGEX4T1 in the host of Escherichia coli strain BL21.
Mohammad Reza Etemadifar, Hamid Germani, Mohammad Hossein Dehghani,
Volume 7, Issue 1 (Spring 2004)
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Introduction: Radius end fracture is one of the most common fractures of the upper limb, the treatment of which is controversial, and improper treatment can have significant side effects. In this study, we intend to examine the results of treatment with an external fixative method.
method: It was easy to study without control and sampling. The study was performed on 30 fractures (26 patients) for one year, based on radiographs of the fracture site of type 4 universal 5. Surgery with standard techniques was performed under general or regional anesthesia, and patients were followed up for up to one year after surgery and examined for shortness of breath, joint surface angle, range of motion, and pain.
Results: Twenty-four men and two women with a mean age of 5.28 years were examined. In all patients, clinical and radiographic effusion occurred. There were two cases of mild infection at the site of the pin, which were treated with medication. In one case, there was a slight sensation in the sensory branch of the radial nerve, which disappeared after a while, and in no case was there a tendon lesion. The mean deviation to the palm was 6.6.5.5 and the ulnar deviation was 4.5 to 12.5.
There were 4 cases of pain during strenuous activity, 2 cases of mild movement restriction and one case of severe movement restriction.
Conclusion: Compared to other studies, the results of this study are much better in many cases and it is recommended to use this treatment in the treatment of unstable fractures of the lower end of the radius and especially if it develops into the radiocarpal joint.
Fatemeh Dareh, Roya Kelishadi, Manijheh Kahbazi, Cathayon Rabii, Saeid Heidari, Abdolmehdi Baghaei,
Volume 7, Issue 1 (Spring 2004)
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Introduction: Among the risk factors for coronary artery disease, less attention has been paid to physical activity, especially in children and adolescents. Various studies have shown that their level of physical activity is lower than the standard for maintaining lower health. In this study, the pattern of physical activity of children and adolescents in the central regions of Iran is examined.
Method: In this descriptive study, which is part of the first phase of the Isfahan Healthy Heart Project and was conducted in 2002, awareness of the attitude and performance of 4,000 urban and rural children and adolescents in preschool to high school in Isfahan (Isfahan, Najafabad) and Markazi (Arak city) and the parents of these students and 500 teachers and school officials have been examined about physical activity and the duration of watching TV through a questionnaire. Sampling was selected in the form of a random cluster and in proportion to the urban and rural population living in the two provinces. Data were analyzed with SPSS software and p<0.05 were considered significant.
Results: About 40 percent of middle and high school students in the two provinces practiced regular sports at school less than two hours a week. Regular morning exercise and school sports were more common in girls than boys (p<0.00001), but regular extracurricular exercise and sports team membership were more common in boys (P<0.001). More than 77 percent of parents were unaware of the importance of childhood exercise in their children's health. The average TV viewing time for children of different ages was 4 hours a day.
Conclusion: The level of physical activity of middle and high school students in the central regions of Iran is less than the desired level and the duration of watching TV is more than the recommended values.
Ali Fani, Iman Fani, Ramin Ghahremani, Abass Mohseni, Hamid Reza Soltani,
Volume 7, Issue 2 (Summer 2004)
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Introduction: Although more than two decades is passed from the discovery of H.pylori and its role in pathogenesis of upper GI disease, a uniform protocol for H.pylori treatment is not administrated yet. This research is conducted to evaluate knowledge, attitude and practice of physicians about H.pylori disease and treatment and its changes after reading a review article.
Materials and Methods: This is an interventional study. First we prepared a compact, review article for the purpose of teaching H.pylori pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment. Then thirty questions was brought out to evaluate knowledge, attitude and practice of the physicians about H.pilory diagnosis and treatment. After the first evaluations we gave our article to the physicians to study. One month later we repeated the evaluation with the same questionnaire. Data was analyzed by SPSS software.
Results: 304 physicians participated in this study. The mean evaluated knowledge was 49.64-58.75 with 95% confidence interval; which after education increased to 57.94-74.14 (p<0.05). Mean level of attitude and practice was 53.01-71.67 with 95% confidence interval. After studying it increased to 61.54-80.83 (p<0.05).
Conclusion: The first step of the study showed that test and treat is the protocol of choice for many physicians. After primary evaluation and introducing the compact article there was a noticeable change.
Manijheh Kahbazi , Ali Chehreie,
Volume 7, Issue 3 (Autumn 2004)
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Introduction: Good nutrition is important for growth and development of children. Regarding the fact that most of brain growth is done in first years of life, the importance of a good nutrition at this time can not be denied. In our country there is a high incidence of growth failure. Todat the complementary nutrition teaching is being performed by primary care provider and physicians are less active in this important field. In this study we investigated the effect of complementary nutrition teaching by physicians on weight of children with growth failure.
Materials and Methods: This study is a before and after clinical trial. In this study 100 children between 6-24 months old with growth failure and no disease as the result for failure were investigated. Their mothers were educated about complementary nutrition by physicians. Then children,s weight was assessed every month for three months. Results were comparisoned with the data from three months before education.
Results: In this study 45% of children were male. The mean of age was 11.38 months. There was a meaningful difference between the difference of mean weight in the end of the without teaching period and its firast (-0.49) and the difference between the mean weight in the end of the teaching period and its first (1276 gr) (p<0.001). The difference of z score at the first of teaching period (1.25) in comparison with the without teaching period (0.04) was meaningfully increased.
Conclusion: In general mothers complementary nutrition teaching by physician had an effective role in resolving childrens growth failure and improving their weight gain. We recommend that when physicians are confronted with children with growth failure it is better to perform complementary nutrition education as a priority instead of performing paraclinic studies.
Mohammad Ali Shariatzadeh, Malek Soleimani, Abdolrahman Dezfulian, Mitra Noori, Esmaeel Roodi,
Volume 7, Issue 4 (Winter 2004)
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Introduction: Diabetes during its progress can result in nephropathy. Some of its symptoms are increasing kidney size and weight and its components. Regarding useful components of onion and its antioxidant, decreasing stress oxidative and b decreasing blood glucose effects. This investigation is designed to study the effect of onion water-alcohol extract in preventing nephropathy and its effect on kidney structure based on stereology method.
Materials and Methods: Four groups of matured vistar rats (n=8) were selected randomly (control group, control + extract group, diabetic only group, diabetic + extract group). Diabetes was induced by injecting interperitoneal sreptozotocin (60mg/kg). The control+ extract group and diabetic + extract group were treated by onion-water extract (50 mg/rat)every day for four weeks. Then all groups were anesthetized and their left kidney was removed and fixed in Bouin fixative. After histologic passage and H & E dying, using stereologic techniques, qualitative measurement was performed by Cavalier method for cortex, medulla, glomerulus and kidney size. Data analysis was done by SPSS software using one way anova, tukey and paired test. p<0.05 was considered significant.
Results: The primary and secondary weight of rats in only diabetic group and diabetic + extract group was not different, but in control group and control + extract group was significantly different (p<0.05). Medulla, cortex and whole kidney size in only diabetic group in comparison with diabetic+ extract group had no difference, but total glomerular size in diabetic only group and diabetic + extract group was significantly different (p<0.001).
Conclusion: Experimental induction of diabetes by STZ in a short period showed that onion extract can prevent glomerular hypertrophy and increasing kidney weight in diabetic rats, but had no effect on overall kidney size. So the study of onion extract effects on kidney structure during a long period is recommended.
Dr Hamid Abtahi, Dr Ali Hatef Salmanian, Dr Sima Rafati,
Volume 9, Issue 1 (3-2006)
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Introduction: In many studies, immunogenicity of Brucella proteins such as P39 in animals is investigated. In this study, we evaluated antigenicity of recombinant P39 from Brucella abortus in patients with Brucellosis. Materials and Methods: In this experimental study, at first recombinant P39 was produced in Escherichia coli. Sera reactivity of six infected individuals against the recombinant P39 protein was analysed by Western Blot. Results: Data indicated that P39 protein from Brucella abortus was recognized by patients, sera antibodies. Conclusion: Our data showed that recombinant P39 protein can be detected as an antigen by sera in infected human. Therefore, recombinant P39 have same epitopes with natural form of this antigen.
Dr Ali Chehrei, Dr Manijeh Kahbazi, Dr Bahman Salehi, Dr Afsaneh Zarganj-Fard, Dr Fatemeh Darreh, Dr Parvin Soltani, Dr Ashraf Zamani, Dr Mohammad Khalili, Dr Afsaneh Noroozi,
Volume 9, Issue 2 (6-2006)
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Introduction: Performing correct research in different aspects of community as well as medical sciences can be a way to resolve many problems. In order to create a systematic knowledge of research method in academic members of Arak University of medical sciences and enabling them in providing proposals and performing researches, a clinical research center was developed. This study is done to investigate the effect of this center on improving clinical researches in the University. Materials and methods: This is a HSR, before and after, interventional study in which, clinical academic members of Arak University of medical science were evaluated. First the information of the pre intervention period was gathered (jan2002-jan2004). Then the intervention was done in the form of developing a research center in Vali-Asr hospital, performing serial research workshops, research conferences, research consultations and planning data bases during a 2 years period. Again data was gathered and then compared to those of pre intervention period. Results: The comparison of pre and post intervention periods showed that in pre intervention period from 38 proposals 30 and in post intervention period from 89 proposals 76 were approved by research committee of the University. In the two pre and post intervention periods 14(46.6%) and 50(65.8%) of accepted proposals were clinical respectively. Also from the view point of quality, 11 and 15 proposals were HSR, 2 and 22 clinical trials and 8 and 8 descriptive, respectively. The number of published articles in first period was 45 and in second 84. Presented articles in internal and external congresses were 33 and 59 in the two periods overally, which 25 and 51 articles were presented in the country and 8 and 8 in abroad congresses, respectively. Conclusion: Regarding the results it seems developing research center in this University and other similar Universities can have a significant effect on the process of clinical researches.
Dr Malak Soleimani, Dr Hedayat Sahraei, Dr Mehr Angiz Sadooghi, Ms Parisa Maleki,
Volume 9, Issue 2 (6-2006)
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Introduction: Investigations has showed that prenatal exposure to Morphine causes drug dependency and behavioral complications in new born rats. In this study effect of prenatal Morphine on the development of basal ganglia in rat embryos is investigated. Materials and Methods: In this experimental study 36 female rats with body weight between 250-300 grams were selected. After crossing with male rats they were divided into six groups of 12days control-Morphine, 14days control-Morphine and 17days control-Morphine groups. Morphine groups received 0.01mg/ml Morphine through their drinking water until the 12, 14 and 17th day of pregnancy (20ml each rat). Then rats were anesthetized and embryos were taken out and fixed. Their body weight and crown-rump length were measured. Then 5 micrometers sections were provided and stained using H & E method which were then evaluated using mutic program. Results: Body weight and length of embryos were reduced significantly in the 12&14th day of Morphine group rats in compare to their controls. The significant reduction of Basal Ganglia thickness was also found in all Morphine groups compared to their controls. Conclusion: Results showed that prenatal Morphine exposure may cause impairment in change development of Basal Ganglia.
Naser Mahdavi, Ali Ramazani, Mohammad Ali Shariatzade, Ali Moghimi, Malek Soleimani,
Volume 9, Issue 3 (9-2006)
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Introduction: One of the severe forms of affective disorders, defined in DSM-IV-TR, is bipolar disorder type1. This is a psychotic disease that coexists with structural and biochemical changes of CNS. It is probably under influence of environmental and/or genetic factors. Finger and hand prints are formed during the late first and second trimester of fetal development, and then remain unchanged. There are some suggestions that disturbance in dermatoglyphic patterns probably are in relation with appearance of bipolar disorder. It seems that this disturbance is appeared at the first and second trimester of fetal development, which is a critical period for CNS growth. This study is done to investigate the dermatoglyphic patterns in bipolar disorder. Materials and Methods: This is a case-control study in which we have studied the dermatoglyphic changes in 30 bipolar disorder patients and compared to those of 72 healthy controls. The χ2 test was used for quantitative and T-test for qualitative data analysis. Results: Results showed that TABRC in patients was decreased in comparison to healthy people but this decrease was not significant. Regarding the type of patients, fingerprints, Loop and Whorls forms were heterogenous and were significantly different in comparison to control group (p=0.001, p=0.003). Conclusion: It seems that dermatoglyphic patterns can be an interesting and probably suitable procedure in determining the prognosis of bipolar disorder type 1 and other psychiatric disorders.
Rezvan Ansari, Manije Kahbazi, Morteza Abdare Esfahani,
Volume 10, Issue 1 (3-2007)
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Introduction: Studies have shown that there is a relationship between metabolic syndrome and coronary heart disease. Hypertension is a common risk factor of both cardiovascular diseases and metabolic syndrome. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome phenotypes in patients with hypertension in Isfahan and Markazi provinces in center areas of Iran. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was implemented in Isfahan and Markazi provinces in year 2001. Sampling method was random-clustering. 12514 people from both sexes who were above 19 years old were considered which based on ATP III, 1936 person of them had metabolic syndrome. Based on the definition, these people were those who at least had three of the following factors abnormally: HTN, FBS, TG, HDL and WC. Also hypertension was considered for all groups. Data was analyzed using Chi square test and Odds ratio. Results: The prevalence of metabolic syndrome was 0.6% to 7.5% in central areas of Iran. The most prevalent of metabolic syndrome was in hypertensive women with high TG and WC and the least prevalent was in hypertensive men with these two phenotypes: 1-high FBS and WC, and 2-high FBS and low HDL (p<0.05). Overall prevalence of metabolic syndrome in hypertensive people in the most of urban population was more than rural population. Conclusion: Results showed that hypertension is associated with different metabolic syndromes, especially in women with central obesity and dyslipidemia which necessitates more attention in preventing and treatment of the disease in this high risk group.
