Evaluation of Staphylococcus Aureus and Pseudomonas Aeruginosa in Saliva of Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Janan Ghapanchi, Hanieh Farahmand, Abdollah Bazargani, Seyed Omidreza Zekavat, Fatemeh Lavaee, Amir Hossein Ojaghi

“…Evidence suggests that a specific oral microbiota may contribute to septicemia, which can delay antineoplastic treatment, compromise treatment efficacy, or even endanger patients' livesPurpose: This study investigated the prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the saliva of patients with acute myeloid leukemia who were candidates for bone marrow transplantation.Materials and Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2019 in the Hematology-Oncology Department of Namazi Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. …”
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A Preliminary Study on the Estimation of the Number of Cancer Patients Eligible for Hadron Therapy in Iran and Fars Province by Mohammad Amin Hosseini, Mohammad Mohamadianpanah, Mohammad Zare-Bandeamiri, Mohammad Amin Mosleh-Shirazi

“…The data were collected through direct inspection of medical records of the patients treated at the Radiotherapy Department, Namazi Hospital, Shiraz, Iran in 2014. The patients who were treated with external-beam radiotherapy and declared to be a resident of Fars province were extracted from the medical records. …”
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Epidemiology of prothrombin G20210A polymorphism in the Southern Iran by Mohadeseh Arabnejad, Mahboobeh Nasiri, Mehran Karimi, Mohamad Moghadam, Azadeh Khalili, Ahmad Ebrahimi

“…Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 140 healthy women were from Southern Iran recruited among participants in Namazi Hospital, Shiraz, Iran, from March 2013 to February 2014. …”
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Resveratrol promotes liver cell survival in mice liver-induced ischemia-reperfusion through unfolded protein response: a possible approach in liver transplantation by Hamidreza Totonchi, Pooneh Mokarram, Saeed Karima, Ramazan Rezaei, Sanaz Dastghaib, Farhad Koohpeyma, Shokoofe Noori, Negar Azarpira

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Predictive factors associated with mortality and discharge in intensive care units: a retrospective cohort study by Mohammad Ghorbani, Haleh Ghaem, Abbas Rezaianzadeh, Zahra Shayan, Farid Zand, Reza Nikandish

“…Methods: This retrospective cohort study was conducted on enrolling 880 patients admitted to emergency ICU in Namazi hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran during 2013-2015. …”
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Assessment of the frequency of MRI findings in neonates under 6 months who referred to Shiraz hospitals with seizures by Fatemeh Yarmahmoodi, Fatemeh Jaafarzadeh Sarvestani, Seyed Mostajab Razavinejad, Banafsheh Zeinali Rafsanjani

“…In this study, we have evaluated the frequency of Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in neonates younger than 6 months who had been referred to Shiraz Namazi hospital with seizures to determine the prevalence of various causes of seizures. …”
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Comparing the Need for Recovery in the Operating Room Practitioners with and Without Covid-19 Infection History by Ehsan Bakhshi, Reza Kalantari, Hamed Parnikh, Samaneh Dehghan Abnavi, Mehdi Hasanshahi, Sanaz Farhadpour, Somayeh Gheysari

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Demographic, clinical, and paraclinical features of patients operated with the diagnosis of acute descending necrotizing mediastinitis: a retrospective study in Southern Iran by Keivan Ranjbar, Reza Shahriarirad, Kamyar Ebrahimi, Armin Amirian, Mohamadreza Karoobi, Parviz Mardani, Amirhossein Erfani, Mohammad Javad Fallahi, Farzaneh Ketabchi, Bizhan Ziaian

“…Methods In this retrospective study, patients’ hospital records with a diagnosis of DNM admitted to the Namazi hospital in southern Iran during 18 years (2002–2019) were reviewed. …”
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The Epidemiologic, Clinical and Laboratory Findings of Patients with Guillain Barre´ Syndrome in Southern Iran Since 2007 to 2012 by Abbas Rahimi jaberi, Alireza Manafi, Ali Mossallaiepoor, Mohammad mehdi Ebrahimi, Sahar Khazforoosh, Shadan Shirazi zade mehraban, Shideh Aramesh fard, Parivash Ahmadfard, Javad Salami, N Mousaei

“…Due to increase use of Guillain Barre´ in south of Iran, the present study has done a retrospective study on the epidemiology of Guillain Barre in the south part of Iran.Materials & Methods: We performed our retrospective study in Namazi hospital in Shiraz, Iran. Medical records were analyzed using computer and were presented through percentages.Results: 214 patients were studied in which 119(55.6%) of them were men and 95 (44.4%) of them were women. 15 % of the participants had respiratory disturbance and 5.1% of them had histories of common cold and 1.4 of them were vaccinated before the study. …”
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A Comparison of the Effect of Journal Club through New and Traditional Methods on the Attitudes of Anesthesiology Residents of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Iran by Mansoor Masjedi, Razieh Neshatavar, Shahla Dashti, Farid Zand, Mehrdad Askarian, Ali Mahbodi, Mahsa Samiee

“…Background & Objective: Journal club is one of the classical methods of medical education dating back to 100 years ago This method can be used for teaching critical evaluation evidencebased medicine research design statistics and educational concepts to medical residents The purpose of this study was to investigate the anesthesiology residents attitude toward a new method of presenting journal club (with the presence of specialists in community medicine and/or statistics)   Methods: This was a crosssectional interventional study performed in the adult intensive care unit of Namazi Hospital Shiraz Iran From among 50 faculty members and second year anesthesiology residents participating in the journal club through both the new and traditional methods 36 returned their viewpoints A questionnaire with 19 items was designed by the researcher with the collaboration of the Medical Education Development Office and the Anesthesiology Department of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Iran The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by educational experts and its reliability was reported as over 90% using Cronbachs alpha coefficient   Results: The intervention group (journal club sessions with the presence of community medicine or statistics professionals) scored significantly higher than the control group on all items of the questionnaire The participants in the experimental group reported that the most important effects of the new approach was their better understanding of statistical terms and research methodology a positive attitude toward the usefulness of interdisciplinary communication article reviews and the application of results in clinical practice development of article assessment skills creating motivation for further research causing desire to participate in other journal clubs and recommending colleagues to participate in such clubs Moreover Spearmans rank correlation coefficient showed that with the increase in the number of journal club sessions participated in the rate of knowledge and desire to participate in more sessions also increased   Conclusion: Participants admitted that they had improved academically and were generally satisfied with this new approach Regarding the generalizability and implementation in other training centers this new approach can be exploited in other departments of specialized medical fields In case of achieving valid and reliable results the approach can be proposed as a national model…”
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Dietary compliance in Iranian children and adolescents with celiac disease by Taghdir M, Honar N, Mazloomi SM, Sepandi M, Ashourpour M, Salehi M

“…The present study aimed to investigate the compliance with a GFD, barriers to compliance, and the impact of compliance on the quality of life (QOL) in Iranian children and adolescents suffering from CD.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, a total of 65 known cases of CD (both males and females), diagnosed in Namazi Hospital, a large referral center in south of Iran, selected by census were studied in 2014. …”
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Roles of alpha-7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and spleen in the lung injury induced by a repeated saline lavage in rat by Hossein Fatemikia, Amirreza Dehghanian, Bizhan Ziaian, Maryam Farokhipour, Farzaneh Ketabchi

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FMS-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3 ( FLT3 ) and Nucleophosmin 1 ( NPM1 ) in Iranian Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients with Normal Karyotypes: Mutation Status and Clinical and Laborator... by Narges Rezaei, Nargess Arandi, Behnaz Valibeigi, Sezaneh Haghpanah, Mehdi Khansalar, Mani Ramzi

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Assessment of oxytocin level, glucose metabolism components and cutoff values for oxytocin and anti-mullerian hormone in infertile PCOS women by Bahia Namavar Jahromi, Mohammad Hossein Dabbaghmanesh, Pardis Bakhshaie, Mohammad Ebrahim Parsanezhad, Zahra Anvar, Mahshid Alborzi, Afsoon Zarei, Mina Bakhshaei

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Serotype-dependent recombinant adeno-associated vector (AAV) infection of Epstein–Barr virus-positive B-cells, towards recombinant AAV-based therapy of focal EBV + lymphoproliferat... by Elham Ahmadi, Mehrdad Ravanshad, Jun Xie, Rajesh Panigrahi, Sandeep S. Jubbal, Santosh Kumar Guru, Gao Guangping, Mazyar Ziyaeyan, Joyce Fingeroth

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Immunotherapy and radiotherapy for older patients with locally advanced rectal cancer unfit for surgery or decline surgery: a practical proposal by the International Geriatric Radi... by Nam P. Nguyen, Mohammad Mohammadianpanah, Arthur SunMyint, Brandi R. Page, Vincent Vinh-Hung, Olena Gorobets, Meritxell Arenas, Thandeka Mazibuko, Huan Giap, Maria Vasileiou, Fabien Dutheil, Carmelo Tuscano, ULF Lennart Karlsson, Zineb Dahbi, Elena Natoli, Eric Li, Lyndon Kim, Joan Oboite, Eromosele Oboite, Satya Bose, Te Vuong

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Operationalizing Cognitive Science and Technologies’ Research and Development the “Brain and Cognition Study Group (BCSG)” Initiative from Shiraz, Iran by Nahid Ashjazadeh, Reza Boostani, Hamed Ekhtiari, Masoumeh Emamghoreish, Majidreza Farrokhi, Ahmad Ghanizadeh, Gholamreza Hatam, Habib Hadianfard, Mehrzad Lotfi, Seyed Mohammad Javad Mortazavi, Maryam Mousavi, Afshin Montakhab, Majid Nili, Ali Razmkon, Sina Salehi, Amir Mohammad Sodagar, Peiman Setoodeh, Mousa Taghipour, Mohammad Torabi-Nami, Abdolkarim Vesal

“…Towards this goal, the first Shiraz interdisciplinary meeting on CST was held on 9 January 2014 in Namazi hospital, Shiraz. CST research priorities, infrastructure development, education and promotion were among the main topics discussed during this interactive meeting. …”
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Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy and Immunotherapy for Older Patients with Oligometastases: A Proposed Paradigm by the International Geriatric Radiotherapy Group by Nam P. Nguyen, Ahmed Ali, Vincent Vinh-Hung, Olena Gorobets, Alexander Chi, Thandeka Mazibuko, Natália Migliore, Maria Vasileiou, David Lehrman, Mohammad Mohammadianpanah, Seyed Alireza Javadinia, Gokoulakrichenane Loganadane, Trinanjan Basu, Satya Bose, Ulf Karlsson, Huan Giap

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Diversity of malignancies in patients with different types of inborn errors of immunity by Marzieh Tavakol, Samaneh Delavari, Fereshte Salami, Sarina Ansari, Seyed Erfan Rasouli, Zahra Chavoshzadeh, Roya Sherkat, Hamid Ahanchian, Soheila Aleyasin, Hossein Esmaeilzadeh, Nasrin Moazzen, Alireza Shafiei, Farhad Abolnezhadian, Sara Iranparast, Sareh sadat Ebrahimi, Tannaz Moeini Shad, Salar Pashangzadeh, Farzad Nazari, Arezou Rezaei, Ali Saeedi-Boroujeni, Mohammad Nabavi, Saba Arshi, Morteza Fallahpour, Mohammad hassan Bemanian, Samin Sharafian, Sima Shokri, Sarvin Eshaghi, Shiva Nazari, Bibi Shahin Shamsian, Mehrdad Dargahi Mal-Amir, Roya Khazaei, Pooya Ashkevari, Armin Khavandegar, Sabahat Haghi, Marzie Esmaeili, Hassan Abolhassani, Nima Rezaei

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Pulmonary hydatidosis genotypes isolates from human clinical surgery based on sequencing of mitochondrial genes in Fars, Iran by Parviz Mardani, Ali Talebi Ezabadi, Bahareh Sedaghat, Seyed Mahmoud Sadjjadi

“…Methods The study population of this study were all patients in Fars province who were admitted to Namazi Hospitals for pulmonary hydatid cyst surgery. Thoracic surgery was performed in the thoracic ward and the cyst/s was removed by open surgery via posterolateral or lateral thoracotomy. …”
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