Jentashapir Journal of Cellular and Molecular Biology
Volume:1 Issue: 1, 2011

Cardiovascular disease is the world´s leading cause of death and elevated serum iron and ferritin have been proposed as a risk factor for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in recent years. This study was done to determine the relationship between serum iron and ferritin with AMI and its role on early coronary vessels disorder. In this cross-sectional study, total 607 patients with AMI admitted to Imam Ali hospital in Andimeshk during 2008-2009 were engaged and compared with 629 healthy subjects. Then, the venous blood was drown and serum iron and ferritin was measured. Then results in two groups were compared using t-student test. There were significant difference (P< 0.00001) between the mean iron and ferritin levels in male group compared to healthy men (173.6±31.4 vs. 115.3±28.5 μg/dl (P< 0.00001) and 196.6±94.2 vs. 82.7±61.7, μg/l respectively). There were significant difference (P< 0.00001) between the mean iron and ferritin levels in the female group compared to healthy women, (112.2±38.3 vs. 78.4±33.1 μg/dl (P< 0.00001) and 140.7±85.6 vs. 77.5±69.3 μg/l (P< 0.00001), respectively). Because of relationship between serum iron and ferritin with AMI, suggest the application of suitable works to decreased incidence of this disease.

Addiction is a community problem, which has a negative effect on mental health and huge burden on society. Previous studies clarify the role of substance abuser attitude on addiction.This study aimed to evaluate the effect of psycho education on attitude to drug addiction in patients with opioid dependency. Total 40 patients (age18-45 years old), who have been referred to the addiction outpatient clinic from October 2008 to January. 2008 of study included in this study. Those patients who satisfied the DSM-IV TR criteria of opium dependency and were being detoxified with methadone were selected. The selected patients were exposed to psycho education for 4 weeks, 2-hour each. Then, their attitude toward addiction before and after intervention and the demographic data have been evaluated. The differences in the mean score of attitude before and after intervention (272.9 ±32.71scor vs. 274.338 ±27.87 scor, respectively), was not significant (P=0.7). The result of this study showed that 8-hour psycho education (in four weeks), was not significantly effective on the attitude. Therefore, it is recommended to add psycho education to other type of psychotherapy.

Assessing the quality of life has received special attention in recent years. In this context, assessing quality of life of the patients with cardiovascular diseases considering the fact of high prevalence of heart surgery is a priority. The present study was conducted with to assess the Impact of open heart surgery on quality of life of patients with coronary artery disorders.

In this cross sectional, descriptive, analytical study, performed in Golestan hospital in Ahwaz in 2007, 49 patients had participated. Sampling method was purposeful, and samples were chosen according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. The tools that used in this study were demographic and sf-36 questionnaire. Data analysis was performed by using descriptive and analytical statistics consisting repeated measures design.

According to the results of the, the score of quality of life, 3 months after surgery increased (P= 0.001), but no progression was seen one month after surgery (P=0.62). The study results showed that in the physical dimensions, joy and vitality (P= 0.001) on 3 months after surgery there was significant progression and in the spiritual dimension, welfare and the role of spiritual health in role playing (P= 0.001).

Due to the of patient satisfaction of surgery and improving the quality of life 3 months after surgery, it is recommended to may improve the quality of life by using useful therapeutic interventions.

Emotional intelligence is a psychological concept that plays a key role in an effective and efficient communication with the environment. The aim of this research was to assess the relationship between emotional intelligence and general health among midwifery students of Ahvaz Jundishapur University. The sample consisted of 120 midwifery students of Jundishapur University that were selected by random sampling; it lasted from Oct. to Dec. 2006. They answered two questionnaires including Schutt emotional intelligence inventory and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ). Data was analyzed with descriptive statistics and multivariate regression and by SPSS 16.0 software. The Results showed that the emotional intelligence and general the health have significant correlation. Also depression and social interaction dysfunction have the highest variances with emotional intelligence. This study shows that there is a significant correlation between emotional intelligence and general health. It worth mentioning that training can effectively help improve the social performance of health workers.

Because of difficulty in obtaining a 24-hour urine collection in children, a random sample of urine is often used to calculate the urinary calcium to creatinine ratio. Urinary calcium excretion might be influenced by genetic, geographic area, etc. In this study, the value of urinary calcium, creatinine, sodium and potassium excretion and age–related reference values for urine calcium to creatinine and sodium to potassium ratio in the 1 to 7-year age children of Andimeshk city in Khuzestan province were determined. From 1155 healthy children (528 boys and 627 girls) with ages between 1-7 years, which referred to health centers in Andimeshk, between January and December 2008, urine samples were collected and calcium, creatinine, sodium and potassium were measured. The urinary calcium to creatinine ratio >0.21 has been considered as abnormal. From 1155 healthy children, 528 (45.7%) were boys and 627 (54.3%) were girls. Mean ± SD ratio of urinary calcium to creatinine in all children was 0.165±0.115. This ratio was not statistically significant between boys and girls (0.168±0.114 vs. 0.163±0.093) (p=0.37). Also, the mean ± SD ratio of urinary sodium to potassium in all children was 1.981±1.322. This ratio even though was higher in boys than girls, but was not statistically significantly (1.982±0.912 vs. 1.980±1.108) (p=0.28). Urinary excretion of calcium to creatinine and sodium to potassium ratios in 1-7 years age children of Andimeshk were higher than the other studies.

Receiver operating characteristic(ROC), a sensitive diagnostic test that Plots ssensitivity in the y-axis and the rate of false positives in the x-axis, is prepared to be a useful method for evaluating performance of the diagnostic test. The aim of this study was to introduce the ROC analysis in a non-mathematical and non-statistical way. Important concepts that are needed to use and to interpret this type of analysis correctly include quantitative and qualitative diagnostic tests, sensitivity and specificity, area under the curve, and 95 % confidence intervals. Finally, the ROC analysis software has also been discussed in brief.

Archaeologists believe in that Shah Abad village, now situated in southern part of Dezful city, there was a large city called "veh Antyuk Shapur" in Sassanian dynasty, with a very ancient history. In old bibliography sources it was called Jentashapir and has been popular due to the beautiful garden. The first Sassanian king, @ShapurA, defeated @Valerian@, the Roman Emperor during two big battles in the city of Antioch (Antakiyah) in Sham, and countless Roman prisoners have been moved there. After this incident, he changed the city name to" veh Antyuk Shapur", that means the city of Shapur is better than Antioch. After the Roman prisoner's settlement, the local people named this area as "Gundy Shapur", which means the "accommodation of Shapur Corps". Then, gradually the city name changed to Gandy Shapur, when after Islam troops conquered the city; it was called "Jundishapur", this name remainds in historical books. Shapur later married the the next Roman king,s daughter and then decided to change this place to Roman city to satisfy his wife. Ever since Hippocratic medicine by the immigrant Roman's doctors came in to existence. On the Other hand, Christian Byzantine internal disputes in creased the immigration. With the presence of Christian's scientists and doctors the city changed to a more prosperous place. Facilitating Roman's migration caused the city to develop and chang to a large academic medical center managed by Christian doctors. This scenario continued several years until the Islamic period, and in the Abbassian dynasty, in the second century, it was considered as most prestigious university of Islam world.

Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is an uncommon but severe complication in pregnant women suffering from hypertension. Most published data support the view that preeclampsia and eclampsia are important risk factors for pregnancy-related ICH. A 26-year-old pregnant, with preeclampsia and lower limb extremities edema on 35-week of first pregnancy admitted in an obstetrician clinical and educational center based on the sonographic finding and underwent cesarean section. She delivered a healthy baby and admitted in emergency room with seizures and intracerebral hemorrhage after four days. The patient was discharged in a healthy condition ten days after drainage of intracerebral hemorrhage by craniotomy. Hypertension treatment during pregnancy prevents serious complications such as ICH. Women with preeclampsia or eclampsia are at higher risk of stroke during pregnancy and in the first postpartum year, in which should be closely monitored even after pregnancy.