1.Efficiency of ethanolic extract of peppermint (Mentha piperita) as an antibiotic growth promoter substitution on performance, and carcass characteristics in broiler chickens
Shahram NANEKARANI ; Majid GOODARZI ; Mohammad HEIDARI ; Nasir LANDY
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine 2012;(z3):1611-1614
Objective: This trial was conducted to examine the effect of usage different levels of ethanolic extract of peppermint (Mentha piperita) in drinking water in comparison with an antibiotic growth promoter (Virginiamycin) on the growth performance, and carcass traits of broiler chicks.Methods:virginiamycin, and 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3 % ethanolic extract of peppermint supplemented to drinking water. Body weights of broilers were determined at d 1, 21 and 42, feed intake was determined at the same periods, and feed conversion ratio was calculated accordingly. At day 42, two birds per replicate were slaughtered for the determination of carcass traits. Results: Performance indices were not significantly influenced by the dietary treatments at day 42. Carcass yield increased in broilers supplemented with 0.3 % peppermint extract in drinking water, also, abdominal fat pad decreased in broilers supplemented with 0.3 % peppermint in drinking water (P>0.05).Conclusions:Birds were assigned to 5 treatments: control feed, antibiotic group receiving 5 mg/kg In conclusion, the results of this study showed that addition of 0.3 % ethanolic extract of peppermint to drinking water seem to have a positive influence on broiler performance productive via more carcass yield and decrease abdominal fat deposition.
2.Quality of Life in Postmenopausal Female Members and Non-members of the Elderly Support Association.
Mina SHIRVANI ; Mohammad HEIDARI
Journal of Menopausal Medicine 2016;22(3):154-160
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the quality of life (QOL) in postmenopausal members and non-members of the elderly support association in Borujen city, Iran. METHODS: This study was a cross-sectional descriptive study being applied to the participants were postmenopausal women of over 55 years. Thus, 40 postmenopausal members of the elderly support association of Borujen city and 40 non-members were randomly selected. The 36 item short-form health survey (SF-36), with the 4 psychological, social, physical-movement, and environmental domains, was completed. Data were analyzed using SPSS software. RESULTS: The mean total score of QOL of member of the association was significantly greater than non-members. Student's t-test showed a significant relationship between QOL and membership of the association (P < 0.05). One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed that the mean QOL of postmenopausal women, according to membership and marital status (P < 0.01), housing (P < 0.01), and underlying disease (P < 0.01), was statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS: According to the results, supportive measures, such as increasing the participation of the elderly in public life through proper preparations to join them and membership in peer groups such as support associations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can be greatly effective in improving QOL. The results showed that the QOL of the participants was at a moderate level and membership in support associations for the elderly was effected on the QOL in postmenopausal women. Moreover, considering the importance of the elderly in the community.
Aged*
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Community Networks
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Female*
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Health Surveys
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Housing
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Humans
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Iran
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Marital Status
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Peer Group
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Postmenopause
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Quality of Life*
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Women's Health
3.Spinal fractures resulting from traumatic injuries.
Pedram HEIDARI ; Heidari PEDRAM ; Mohammad Reza ZAREI ; Zarei Mohammad REZA ; Mohammad Reza RASOULI ; Rasouli Mohammad REZA ; Alexander R VACCARO ; Vafa RAHIMI-MOVAGHAR ; Rahimi-Movaghar VAFA
Chinese Journal of Traumatology 2010;13(1):3-9
OBJECTIVETo illustrate mechanisms of spine fractures and the pattern of spinal injuries characterized by the major mechanisms in urban population of Iran.
METHODSData regarding spinal injuries including demographics, mechanism and level of spinal injury, abbreviated injury score, associated injuries and final fate of the patients were extracted from the Iranian national trauma registry database from 1999 to 2004.
RESULTSA total of 619 patients with traumatic spine fractures were identified, of whom 68.5% were males. The peak frequency of these injuries occurred in the 21-40 year age-group. Accidental falls and road traffic crashes (RTCs) were the most common mechanisms of spinal fractures (47.2% and 44.1%, respectively). RTCs tended to occur in younger patients compared with accidental falls. The most common spinal region for spinal fracture was the lumbar spine (53.63%). Cervical spine fractures were significantly more common in RTCs, while lumbar spine fractures were more common in accidental falls (P less than 0.001). A total of 171 (27.6%) patients had associated non-spinal injuries, of whom 127 had associated extremity injuries, and 55 had head injuries. Thirty-six (5.6%) patients had spinal cord injury (SCI).The injury severity score of the RTC group was significantly higher than that of accidental falls (P equal to 0.002). Fifteen (4%) patients died of traumatic injuries. The rate of death was significantly higher in RTCs compared with accidental falls (5.1% vs 2.1%, P equal to 0.039).
CONCLUSIONSThe patterns of spinal fractures are similar to those reported from developed countries. RTCs tend to affect the younger age population and are associated with a higher degree of associated injuries and mortality than accidental falls. Therefore preventive strategies should be based on reduction of the number and severity of RTCs.
Accidental Falls ; Accidents, Traffic ; Adolescent ; Adult ; Age Factors ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Female ; Humans ; Length of Stay ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Spinal Fractures ; etiology
4.Sexual Function and Factors Affecting Menopause: A Systematic Review
Mohammad HEIDARI ; Mansureh GHODUSI ; Parvin REZAEI ; Shokouh KABIRIAN ABYANEH ; Ehsan Heidari SURESHJANI ; Rahim Ali SHEIKHI
Journal of Menopausal Medicine 2019;25(1):15-27
The purpose of this review study is to evaluate sexual function and its effective factors in menopause. A systematic review was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. The key words of “menopause,” “postmenopause,” “postmenopausal,” “premenopause,” “pre-menopausal period,” “sexual function,” “sexual health,” “sexuality,” “sexual and gender disorders,” “sexual development,” “sexual dysfunction,” “sexual disorders,” “sexual behavior and “sexual activity” were used in combination with the Boolean operators OR and AND. After reviewing the selected articles, 27 papers were selected based on the criteria for entering the study and the goals set. The results of the reviewed articles showed that, in the physical domain, the factors affecting sexual function can be mentioned, age, hormonal changes, medical problems and reproductive history. Sexual disorders in menopause can be affected by some of the individual and social characteristics and psychological problems. Considering the fact that many psychological and social injuries occur in this period following sexual disorders; therefore, policies and programs for improving the quality of life of women in menopause should be aimed at eliminating sexual dysfunction, correcting attitudes and negative emotions and help to women for more comfortable in menopause.
Female
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Humans
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Menopause
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Quality of Life
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Reproductive Health
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Reproductive History
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Sexual Behavior
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Sociological Factors
5.Erratum to: Evaluation of sHLA-G levels in serum of patients with prostate cancer identify as a potential of tumor marker.
Mohammad Hassan HEIDARI ; Abolfazl MOVAFAGH ; Mohammad Amin ABDOLLAHIFAR ; Shabnam ABDI ; Mohamadreza Mashhoudi BAREZ ; Hadi AZIMI ; Afshin MORADI ; Amin BAGHERI ; Matineh HEIDARI ; Jafar HESSAM MOHSENI ; Maryam TADAYON ; Hoda MIRSAFIAN ; Mahdi GHATREHSAMANI
Anatomy & Cell Biology 2017;50(2):162-162
No abstract available.
6.Botulinum Toxin and Burn Induces Contracture.
Mahmood OMRANIFARD ; Morteza HEIDARI ; Ziba FARAJZADEGAN ; Mohammad Reza NIKTABAR ; Narges MOTAMEDI
Archives of Plastic Surgery 2016;43(6):609-611
No abstract available.
Botulinum Toxins*
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Burns*
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Contracture*
7.Sexual Self-concept and Its Relationship to Depression, Stress and Anxiety in Postmenopausal Women.
Mohammad HEIDARI ; Mansureh GHODUSI ; Hossein RAFIEI
Journal of Menopausal Medicine 2017;23(1):42-48
OBJECTIVES: Women in menopause have the more mood swings than before menopause. At the same time seem to sexual self-concept and sexual aspects of self-knowledge has a great impact on their mental health. This study aimed to investigate the sexual self-concept and its relationship to depression, stress and anxiety in postmenopausal women's. METHODS: In this descriptive correlation research, 300 of postmenopausal women referred to healthcare and medical treatment centers in Abadeh city were selected by convenience sampling method. The information in this study was collected by using questionnaires of multidimensional sexual self-concept and depression anxiety stress scale 21 (DASS-21). For data analysis, SPSS/17 software was used. RESULTS: The results showed the mean score positive sexual self-concept was 41.03 ± 8.66 and the average score of negative sexual self in women's was 110.32 ± 43.05. As well as scores of depression, stress, and anxiety, 35.67%, 32.33% and 37.67% respectively were in severe level. Positive and negative sexual self-concept scores with scores of stress, anxiety, and depression, of post-menopausal women in the confidence of 0.01, is significantly correlated (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Being stress, anxiety, and depression in severe level and also a significant correlation between increased stress, anxiety and depression with negative and weak self-concept of women's, it is necessary to devote more careful attention to mental health issues of women's and have appropriate interventions.
Anxiety*
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Delivery of Health Care
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Depression*
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Female
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Humans
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Menopause
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Mental Health
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Methods
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Statistics as Topic
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Stress, Psychological
8.Submental intubation in maxillofacial fracture: a case report.
Hooshang AKBARI ; Mohammad Ali HEIDARI-GORJI ; Rostam POORMOUSA ; Mitra AYYASI
Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 2016;42(3):166-168
It can be challenging to create a safe airway in maxilla facial fracture and some skull surgeries. In this case study, the patient experienced jaw fractures that disturbed the dental occlusion and associated fracture of the base of the skull. Neither nasal nor oral intubation was possible based on the side effects of tracheotomy; therefore, submental intubation was applied successfully. The procedure and results are presented in the text.
Dental Occlusion
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Humans
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Intubation*
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Jaw Fractures
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Maxilla
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Skull
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Tracheotomy
9.Genetic diversity in merozoite surface protein (MSP)-1 and MSP-2 genes of Plasmodium falciparum in a major endemic region of Iran.
Aliehsan HEIDARI ; Hossein KESHAVARZ ; Mohammad B ROKNI ; Tomas JELINEK
The Korean Journal of Parasitology 2007;45(1):59-63
Merozoite surface protein-1 (MSP-1) and merozoite surface protein-2 (MSP-2) were used to develop vaccines and to investigate the genetic diversity in Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Iran. Nested polymerase chain reaction amplification was used to determine polymorphisms of block 2 of the MSP-1 and the central domain of MSP-2 genes. A total of 67 microscopically positive P. falciparum infected individuals from a major endemic region, southeast Iran, were included in this trial. Nine alleles of MSP-1 and 11 alleles of MSP-2 were identified. The results showed that amplified product from these surface antigen genes varied in size and there was specific pattern for each isolate. Besides, regarding this pattern, 23 multiple infections with at least 2 alleles were observed. While the endemic regions of malaria in Iran is classified in low to moderate group, but extensive polymorphism was observed for each marker and the MSP-2 central repeat was the most diverse that could be considered in designing malaria vaccine.
Adolescent
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Adult
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Animals
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Antigens, Protozoan/*genetics
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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*Endemic Diseases
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Female
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Genetic Variation
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Humans
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Iran/epidemiology
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Malaria, Falciparum/*epidemiology/*parasitology
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Male
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Merozoite Surface Protein 1/*genetics
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Middle Aged
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Plasmodium falciparum/*genetics/immunology/isolation & purification
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Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods
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Polymorphism, Genetic
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Protozoan Proteins/*genetics
10.Genetic diversity in merozoite surface protein (MSP)-1 and MSP-2 genes of Plasmodium falciparum in a major endemic region of Iran.
Aliehsan HEIDARI ; Hossein KESHAVARZ ; Mohammad B ROKNI ; Tomas JELINEK
The Korean Journal of Parasitology 2007;45(1):59-63
Merozoite surface protein-1 (MSP-1) and merozoite surface protein-2 (MSP-2) were used to develop vaccines and to investigate the genetic diversity in Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Iran. Nested polymerase chain reaction amplification was used to determine polymorphisms of block 2 of the MSP-1 and the central domain of MSP-2 genes. A total of 67 microscopically positive P. falciparum infected individuals from a major endemic region, southeast Iran, were included in this trial. Nine alleles of MSP-1 and 11 alleles of MSP-2 were identified. The results showed that amplified product from these surface antigen genes varied in size and there was specific pattern for each isolate. Besides, regarding this pattern, 23 multiple infections with at least 2 alleles were observed. While the endemic regions of malaria in Iran is classified in low to moderate group, but extensive polymorphism was observed for each marker and the MSP-2 central repeat was the most diverse that could be considered in designing malaria vaccine.
Adolescent
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Adult
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Animals
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Antigens, Protozoan/*genetics
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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*Endemic Diseases
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Female
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Genetic Variation
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Humans
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Iran/epidemiology
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Malaria, Falciparum/*epidemiology/*parasitology
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Male
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Merozoite Surface Protein 1/*genetics
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Middle Aged
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Plasmodium falciparum/*genetics/immunology/isolation & purification
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Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods
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Polymorphism, Genetic
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Protozoan Proteins/*genetics