Factors Predicting Positive Outcomes

Accuracy of Amniotic Fluid Index and Single Deepest Pocket Measurements in Predicting the Outcomes of Prolonged Pregnancies

Introduction: Two techniques for sonographic evaluation of amniotic fluid are Amniotic Fluid Index (AFI) and Single Deepest Pocket (SDP).  In this study,we aimed to determine the accuracy of AFI and SDP in predicting prolonged pregnancy outcomes. Methods: In this prospective, double-blinded, cohort study, 362 women with more than 40 weeks of gestational age were evaluated. Both AFI and SDP meth...

Designing a Prognostic Scoring System for Predicting the Outcomes of Proximal Fifth Metatarsal Fractures at 20 Weeks

Background: Fractures of the proximal fifth metatarsal bone are among the most common fractures observed in the foot and their classification and management has been subject to much discussion and disagreement. In this study, we aim to identify and quantify the effect of possible predictors of the outcome of the treatment of proximal fifth metatarsal fractures.Methods: Patients with established...

Providing a structural model for predicting of job outcomes based on job role stressors by stress arousal in nurses West of Mazandaran Province

Introduction: One of the important conditions for maintaining a skilled workforce is to create a healthy and safe work environment through which the negative job consequences are reduced and the positive job results of skilled manpower of organizations and institutions are increased. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the effect of job role stressors with respect to media...

Factors predicting outcomes of paediatric cochlear implantation 1 Factors predicting functional outcomes of cochlear implants in children

This article reports the relationships between a large number of child and family related factors and children’s functional outcomes, according to parental report, in the domains of spoken language communication, social skills and participation, academic achievement, and independence and identity, through a series of step-wise regression analyses. Parents of 247 children who had received cochle...

The value of biophysical profile and sonographic cerebroplacental ratio (CPR) in predicting childbirth mode and adverse neonatal outcomes