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Achievements of the Cochrane Iran Associate Centre: Lessons Learned

Healthcare decision-making is a process that mainly depends on evidence and involves increasing numbers of stakeholders, including the consumers. Cochrane evidence responds to this challenge by identifying, appraising, integrating and synthesizing high-quality evidence. Recently, a collaborative effort has been initiated in Iran with Cochrane to establish a representati...

Sympathetic Skin Response in patients with major depressive disorders

Introduction: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is one of the most prevalent diseases of psychiatry. There is evidence that suggests the autonomic nervous system plays a role in depression. Sympathetic Skin Response (SSR) is used to evaluate the autonomic system. Nerve Conduction Study (NCS) evaluates peripheral thick myelinated fibers. In SSR we evaluate thin unmyelinated fibers. The purpose of ...

Surgery of the Sympathetic

was amputated at the site of election on the 1st November. The pain and other symptoms were becoming worse day by day and she had to be given morphia. She was kept in the infirmary as an invalid. I was asked to see her in September 1933: I found her to be extremely emaciated and unable to leave her bed. She had gangrene of the left foot and had already lost four toes; there were deep ulceration...

The Sympathetic Nerve

Role of the Poison Control Centre of Morocco in the Improvement of Public Health

Background: Poison Control Centre of Morocco (MPCC) plays a key role in promoting health. This study was aimed to demonstrate the role of the MPCC in improving public health and poisoning management. Methods: This was a retrospective study of poisoning cases reported to the MPCC between 1980 and 2011. The collected data included number of poisoning cases, profession of interlocutor who called t...