Editorial: Hera, Athena and Aphrodite, the Goddesses who did Not Want to Solve Conflict

Pregnant, even when you did not want to be pregnant.

Editorial: The Foundation of the Faculty of Information Sciences and Knowledge Studies Which Did Not Last Long

In 2010, the Faculty of Information Sciences and Knowledge Studies founded in the University of Tehran but unfortunately it was closed down after 5 years. This faculty was established as a result of an agreement between the National Library and Archives of Iran and University of Tehran. This catastrophe, i.e. the dissolution of the faculty, was due to several changes, including: the change of t...

Patient characteristics and institutional factors associated with those who "did not wait" at a South East Queensland Emergency Department: who are those who "did not wait" in ED?

BACKGROUND Patients who do not wait in Emergency Departments (ED) are a key concern for healthcare consumers, providers and policymakers. METHODS A six month descriptive retrospective cross-sectional designed study was undertaken at a public, metropolitan, adult tertiary referral ED in South East Queensland (SEQ). Using hospital administrative data, all patient presentations were examined ove...

Current management of patients with melanoma who are pregnant, want to get pregnant, or do not want to get pregnant.

The number of pregnant women who are newly diagnosed with malignant disease annually in the U.S. is approximately 1 per 1000 population. Melanoma, breast carcinoma, cervical carcinoma, leukemia, and lymphoma are the most common types of malignant disease that arise during pregnancy. The incidence of melanoma is rising at a rapid rate, and it is projected that 1 in 68 Americans born in the year ...

Transfusion practices among patients who did and did not predonate autologous blood before elective cardiac surgery.

BACKGROUND Preoperative autologous blood donation is commonly used to reduce exposure to allogeneic transfusions among patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery. However, this technique is associated with an overall increase in transfusions (allogeneic or autologous). The authors assessed the impact of transfusion decision-making on the effectiveness of preoperative autologous donation in re...