The incidence of injury presentations to emergency departments: what we don't know can hurt us.

The therapeutic justification for withholding medical information: what you don't know can't hurt you, or can it?

Assessing the presented articles in the 10th to 17th Iranian Physiology and Pharmacology Congress

Assessing the variety and quality of the articles presented in the biennial national congresses of physiology and pharmacology is important to investigators in these fields. Analytic assessment of these presentations are of great use to know the stand points of physiology and pharmacology departments in different universities, and also can be informative for policy makers in higher education...

اقدامات فوری در مارگزیدگی

  EXTRACTAnyone who may one day be faced with an injured snake bitten and be forced to take care of him. If this person does not know how to treat these patients consciously and quickly, may cause further injury or even death in them. Notice a snake- bitten history: He had gone with his friends for circulation, when he saw a snake, try to take it. But his hands being bitten by snake. His friend...

What Is the Best Research Globally?

Dr. Afshari’s editorial gives insight on human nature (1). Collaborative willingness usually occurs when different sides perceive personal benefit, or when institutions mandate collaboration. This is not unique between higher and lower income countries; many working in global emergency medicine (EM) observe this within wealthier countries. It exists among collaborators in low resource settings....

Neck strains and sprains among motor vehicle occupants-United States, 2000.

CONTEXT Motor vehicle (MV)-related injury is a leading cause of death and emergency department visits in the US. Information has been limited regarding the magnitude and types of injuries suffered by the survivors of MV crashes. OBJECTIVE To estimate the incidence and patterns of neck strain/sprain injury among MV occupants treated in US hospital emergency departments. DESIGN AND PARTICIPAN...