OBJECTIVE There are few studies comparing the economic costs and reimbursements for aneurysm clipping versus coiling, and none are from the United States. Our hypothesis predicted that coiling would result in shorter lengths of hospitalization than clipping in patients with unruptured aneurysms and would therefore result in lower hospital charges. However, because of the severity of subarachnoi...

BACKGROUND: The disease that is endemic and has become a global pandemic COVID-19 due to reports of thousands cases. weighing on intensive care units with an influx patients. clinical manifestations vary, diagnostic examinations treatment are also experiencing dynamic developments. This study aims provide overview the characteristics, manifestations, length treatment, nutritional status METHODS...

BACKGROUND Because of increased pressure to shorten hospital stays, some advocate discharging patients with pyloric stenosis within four hours of pyloromyotomy. Because some patients have persistent emesis after pyloromyotomy and thus require prolonged hospitalization to prevent dehydration, it would be helpful to be able to predict in which patients this will occur. METHODS We conducted a re...

opiates such as morphine are one of the most effective classes of medication prescribed to treat both acute and chronic pain.they act to suppress pain through mu-receptor activation on primary afferent nerve fibers, dorsal horn neurons and supraspinal pain center neorons. when morphine is administered epidurally, it diffuses to the cord substance, producing analgesia [1],the aim of this study w...

Background: Prolong hospitalization after a stroke is associated with increased cost, higher risk of complications, and adverse effects.  Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the length of stay and its related factors among stroke patients admitted to one of the educational and therapeutic centers in the north of Iran. Materials & Methods: In this descriptive-analytic study,...