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Methods@#Patients who underwent PCLF and received postoperative cervical collars from 2018 to 2020 were included in this retrospective cohort study. Their data were compared with an age- and sex-matched group of subjects who did not receive collars after PCLF during the same period. Pain intensity (using the Visual Analog Scale), Neck Disability Index, and quality of life (using 36-item Short Form Health Survey) of the patients were compared at baseline, 1, 3, 6, and 12 months postoperatively. @*Results@#A total of 36 patients who received cervical collars after surgery and 40 controls were included. At baseline and 1-month follow-up, there were no differences in pain intensity, functional status, and quality of life between the groups. However, at 3 months postoperatively, the quality of life of the subjects with no orthosis was higher than those who received cervical collars (p =0.01). At 6- and 12-month follow-up, there were no differences between the groups in pain intensity, functional status, and quality of life. @*Conclusions@#No difference in the pain intensity and functional status of patients who used cervical collars and controls was shown in our study. Patients who did not wear cervical collars had a higher quality of life during the 3-month postoperative evaluation. Future prospective, well-controlled studies with longer follow-ups are needed to further investigate the effects of cervical orthosis on the clinical outcome of patients after PCLF.
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This prospective study was aimed to detect acute and chronic ocular toxoplasmosis by comparison of anti-Toxoplasma gondii IgM and IgG antibody levels and IgG avidity test. One hundred and seventeen patients with ocular toxoplasmosis (OT) who referred to the Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehran, Iran were included in this study. Of the patients, 77 cases were positive for anti-T. gondii IgG, and 8 cases were positive for anti-T. gondii IgM. IgG avidity test revealed 11, 4, and 102 cases were low, intermediate, and high, respectively, and 6.8% and 9.4% of cases were positive for IgM and IgG avidity tests, respectively (P=0.632). Agreement (Kappa value) between paired tests IgG-IgM, IgG-IgG avidity, and IgM-IgG avidity was 0.080, 0.099, and 0.721, respectively (P < 0.05). This study showed that conventional serologic tests (IgM and IgG levels) and IgG avidity correlate well each other and can be used to differentiate recent infections from old OT. It seems that reactivated old infections rather than recently acquired infections are majority of Iranian OT patients.
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Humans , Antibodies , Diagnosis , Immunoglobulin G , Immunoglobulin M , Iran , Prospective Studies , Serologic Tests , Toxoplasma , Toxoplasmosis, OcularABSTRACT
Introduction and Aims: this study was conducted to determine the demographic characteristic and patterns of drug abuse in Quchan
Materials and Methods: this study was a descriptive cross sectional study of the characteristics of 753 volunteer addicts whom admitted to detox centers of Quchan during one year. The collected data was analyzed using the SPSS v.16 software
Results: 75% of 753 dossiers were due to men. Most of them [86.1%] were married and 32.4% were aged between 30-39 years. More than 50% of participants were illiterate and primary education that majority was self-employment. Opium sap, opium, crystal and heroin were the most commonly used addictive drugs. The main ways of consumption were fumigation [66.5%], eating [32.8%], and injection [0.26%] and snuff [0.39%]. There were no cases of inhalation and drink. Opium sap and opium were the first addictive drugs that were reported by addicts. 60.2% of participants had a history of abandonment
Conclusion: more research is needed to better understand the epidemiological of addictive drug users in the province and other cities
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Introduction:Multiple sclerosisis one of thecommon diseasesof the centralnervous system that affects young people. This study aimed toassess the prevalence of stress, anxietyand depressionin multiple sclerosis patients was conducted in Zahedan
Methods and materials:This was a cross-sectional study. Non-random convenience sampling of patients attending the MS Society of Hospital Zahedan Ali ibn Abi Talib took place at the first quarter of 1393. Data collection included demographic information and measurement of stress, anxiety and depression by using astandardized questionnaire DASS 21. Data was analyzed using SPSS17 and descriptive statistics, chi-square testwas performedto determine the correlation between variables
Results: In this study,58.3% [n = 35] of sampleswere female.Considering levels of stress, anxiety and depression, 48.3% [29 patients], 53.3% [n = 32] and 58.3% [n = 35] had severe conditions respectively
Conclusion: Due to the in appropriate interaction of participants with high levels ofillness andstress, anxietyand depressionis importantthatpatients and their families learn ways to facethem. In this caseactivity ofallhealth care staff, particularly nurses who spend more time with patientsis more important
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Background and Aims: A needle in the chest could be asymptomatic or with symptoms of life-threatening
Case: A 32 years old man with respiratory distress was hospitalized in the emergency department. Examination of the chest wall on the outer part of the left lung emphysema was palpable. Patient's chest x ray anterior and lateral were taken where a foreign body length of approximately 4 cm was observed. Surgery of the upper lobe of the lower part of the left lung was removed and given to the family. After 50 days, patient with the burning feeling in the chest, shortness of breath, went to another hospital and was hospitalized with the diagnosis of foreign body in the left lung and during surgery, other foreign object [a needle] was removed
Discussion: Needle presence in the lung is very rare, but in these patients it is important that to note their mental status be considered to better judge in similar cases