introduction :  despite  recent  advances  in  treatment  of  oral  cancer,  it  still causes high rates of mortality and morbidity worldwide. delays in diagnosis and treatment of these cancers greatly affect the prognosis.  this study aimed to assess the treatment delay and its relation to diagnostic delay among oral cancer patients in tehran, iran. materials and methods : we studied 100 patie...

BACKGROUND Prior studies have had difficulty identifying factors that significantly explain patients' delay in responding to symptoms of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). METHODS AND RESULTS We therefore examined factors affecting the time between symptom onset and hospital arrival for 103 AMI patients admitted to a Detroit metropolitan hospital between October 1989 and January 1990. Variabl...

OBJECTIVE There is now increasing awareness about the need for early diagnosis in patients presenting with chest pain. Pre-hospital delay remains a major hurdle in the institution of early reperfusion therapy, which is crucial in salvaging 'at-risk' myocardium and reducing adverse cardiovascular events following ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). This study aims to determine the incide...

Abstract Background Aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (aSAH) is a serious form of stroke, for which rapid access to specialist neurocritical care associated with better outcomes. Delays in the treatment aSAH appear be common and may contribute poor We have limited understanding extent causes these delays, hinders development interventions reduce delays improve The aim this systematic review w...