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pISSN: 0044-6025
eISSN: 1735-9694
Editor-in-Chief:
Ahmadreza Dehpour, PharmD, PhD
This journal is a member of, and subscribes to the principles of, the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Vol IX , No 3-4 (1966)
Articles
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A survey was .carried out to determine the incidence of sepsis after surgical operation. A total of 133 cases were studied. 33 percent of elean wounds w~reqffected by some. post operative sepsis and yielded pathogenic bacteria on culture. Staphylococcus aureus was the most common pathogen but pseudomonas and E. coli were also common. Cultures were taken from the staff, the environment and objects and an attempt was made to show the significance of each in connection with hospital cross infection. Finally certain recommendations were made in the hope that the observance of these specific rules would significantly lower the rate of sepsis at the particular hospital concerned
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Cardiac arrythmias are frequent complications in acute and chronic renal failure and they may well account for sudden unexplained death in these patients. Based upon our recent study, we strongly believe that among other causative factors, focal degeneration of myocardium is the commonest and the most potentially dangerous cause of cardiac arrythmias. We suggest in emergency instances, ouabain to be used instead of digitalis which appears to be quite safe with dramatic results in cardiac arrythmias of these group.
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The author has studied 14 Iranian mongolian cases, and investigated and discussed their different reIevent factors such as: age, conditions of patient and his family, prenatal accidents, psycho.imotor development, psycho_neural disorders, different malformations, etc. A review is also made of the recent information about mongolism
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In the diffuse medical diseases of kidney, percutaneous renal biopsy is a valuable, safe and hazardless procedure. With the aid of this nearly new technique renal pathology, the natural history of renal diseases and the response of renal diseases to therapy, as well as the prognosis of renal disorders can be evaluated.
We have analysed 210 percutaneous biopsies in Tehran. Complications were observed in 13% of cases, there is no mortality and no patient required drastic therapeutic intervention. Anuria, peri-renal colic and peri-renal hematoma were the only serious complications, which were seen in 4 patients, and were. readily controled with simple measures We obtained renal tissue in 95% cases of our patients and in 9 I% of them the tissue was adequate for c'ear diagnosis.
Like other authors, we believe that the procedure, when properly performed, can give a far more valuable informations about the patients without any realy dangerous risk.
