Injection line pressure – inaccurate but still useful? A reply

The Redin SCORE: useful, but not for all: reply.

In their letter, Rizzi and colleagues dealt with the well-recognized differences in the clinical profile among patients with heart failure (HF) attending emergency departments, in HF clinics, in primary care centres, or in internal medicine departments. More specifically, these authors claimed that our model predicting hospitalizations for worsening of HF in ambulatory patients1 might not be ap...

My right to reply: inaccurate references.

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The K veim response: still useful, still a puzzle.

Traffic accidents in Iran, a decade of progress but still challenges ahead

  Iran has had incremental incidence of traffic accident mortality since introduction of mechanization about a century ago. But the newest data from Iran show decrease in the absolute number of deaths, death per 10,000 vehicles and death per 100, 000 populations. Despite its huge impact on health and economy, research in the field of traffic crashes is still scant and there are still deficienci...

Is Rectosigmoid Vaginoplasty Still Useful?

BACKGROUND The ideal vaginoplasty must be successful functionally as well as have a natural appearance, and also must retain its functionality and appearance over the long term. Conventional vaginoplasty techniques have functional limitations and are associated with recurrent complications, but rectosigmoid vaginoplasty is known to have a high satisfaction rate due to its functional similarity ...