Update in general internal medicine.

The Need to Update Respiratory Disease Surveillance System and Indigenization of the Pneumonia of Unknown Cause Surveillance System in Iran according to the COVID-19 Pandemic

      The Need to Update Respiratory Disease Surveillance System and Indigenization of the Pneumonia of Unknown Cause Surveillance System in Iran according to the COVID-19 Pandemic   Seyed Hasan Adeli1,  Mohammad Aghaali2   1 Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran 2 Assistant Professor, Department of ...

Update in general internal medicine.

Soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) in the emergency department: An update

Background: The biomarker soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) is an indicator of inflammation which is increased in a variety of chronic and acute disease states. Its most promising application in the emergency setting is to aid in the prognostic stratification of patients by identifying those at high risk of deterioration. This is a narrative review of studies evaluating t...

Evaluation of Internal Efficiency and External Effectiveness of the General Medicine Curriculum: Perspectives of Students, Graduates and Faculty Members at Shahid Sadughi University of Medical Sciences

Introduction: Educating efficient doctors has always been a concern for medical schools. Therefore, it is necessary to study the educational programs and do revision and quality improvements accordingly. This study was performed to evaluate the internal efficiency and external effectiveness of the general medicine curriculum in Shahid Sadughi University of medical sciences. Methods: This study...

Survey of some aspects of patients admitted to general internal medicine wards of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences with emphasis on educational needs of medical students.

Introduction. Undergraduate medical students at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences spend most of their internal medicine rotations in inpatient wards and their teaching is inpatient oriented. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the patients admitted to general internal medicine wards have enough diversity to fulfill the educational needs of undergraduate medical students. ...

Update in addiction medicine.

In 1978, Regier and colleagues (1) coined the term “de facto mental health and substance abuse system” after finding that most patients with mental illness and substance abuse are treated in the general medical sector, not in psychiatric settings. Despite the availability of this system, many patients with mental disorders and substance abuse do not receive a diagnosis, and many do not receive ...