[ report of intracranial hemorrhage due to "crack" abuse]

Hypertensive Intracerebral hemorrhage is a relatively common event, however, Intracerebral hemorrhage duo to "crack" abuse is a rare event. A 20 years old man brought to emergency department [ED] because of nausea, vomiting, agitation and progressive loss of consciousness. His parents denied any head trauma but said "the patient is intravenous drug abuser [crack]". After initial stabilization in ED, diagnostic workup begins with Axial brain CT scan. There was a huge intracerebral hemorrhage in right frontopareital lobe [right sylvian fissure]. In operating room hematomas was evacuated. The patients clinical condition improved. Four-vessel brain angiography was performed during follow-up period. No vascular lesions was detected. Although the presence of vascular malformations of CNS cannot be rule out by negative brain angiography, intracerebral hemorrhage in this patient may be due to "crack" abuse

[Knowledge, attitude and practice of health workers on family planning in Rafsanjan-1383]

The community involvement is among the key issues in the success of family planning programs and this is closely related to their level of knowledge and awareness. It is therefore, very important to assess the level of knowledge, attitude and practice of the different groups of people especially those who have a key role, such as Health Workers, in the family planning programs. A questionnaire including 32 items was designed to assess the level of knowledge attitude and practice of the Health Workers in Rafsanjan province [n=170] regarding family planning. Trained interviewers interviewed the relevant population and the results were analyzed by SPSS. The results indicate that the knowledge and attitude of the Health Workers on family planning has been appropriate Correct responses were given to most of questions on knowledge and attitude [70%]. Health Workers' practice was also appropriate [70%] comparing the results of the study with those of a decade ago on the same population was indicated a big improvement. In the end, regarding the key role of the population studied on family planning in rural communities, holding in-service training programs to promote knowledge, attitude and practice of the Health Workers is suggested