results one hundred and eighty-eight anesthesiologists (84.3 %) agreed to participate in the study. while all participants had made their first attempts in neuraxial blocks (nbs) when they were residents, this ratio was detected as 96.8% for pbs. all participants learned neuraxial and pbs on patients in the operating theater. education proficiency ratios for spinal, epidural and pbs were 98.1 %...

purpose: to customize clinical practice guidelines (cpgs) for cataract management for iranian population. methods: first, four cpgs (american academy 2006 and 2011, royal college of ophthalmologists 2010 and canadian ophthalmological society evidence-based clinical practice guidelines 2008) were selected from a number of available cpgs for cataract management in the literature. second, all reco...

abstract background : hypertension is one of the most crucial health problems and most common chronic disease in developed and underdeveloped countries, which is called silent killer. usually diagnosis happens suddenly. despite this fact that is a preventable and treatable condition but without treatment it leads to serious and life threatening complications (such as heart, kidney and brain des...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Needlestick (NS) injuries are one of the most important subjects in the dental field which can cause so many dangerous blood-borne diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence, knowledge, and practice of dentists and their assistants about exposure to sharp contaminated instruments in Kerman, Iran, in 2012. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, self-admin...

Background & Aims of the Study: Nosocomial infection control has found a significant importance in prevention of mental stress, disabilities, declined life quality, mortality and shorter hospitalization as well as reducing the treatment costs. The aim of this study is to compare Bloom’s theory among operating room students and technologists about the infection control in 2014. Materials and ...

BACKGROUND Theories of behavior change indicate that an analysis of barriers to change is helpful when trying to influence professional practice. The aim of this study was to assess the perceived barriers to practice change by eliciting nurses' opinions with regard to barriers to, and facilitators of, implementation of a Fall Prevention clinical practice guideline in five acute care hospitals i...

a bstract background: one of the reported obstacles to the achievement of universal access to human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) prevention, treatment, care, and support programs includes stigma and discrimination from health workers, particularly nurses. since nursing students would become future practising nurses and are most likely exposed to caring for people living with hiv/aids (pl wha) d...

conclusions the evidence in the discussed topics was limited and controversial. this report is important because it exposes the current knowledge gap in head trauma studies in iran. evidence acquisition the guidelines were appraised using the appraisal of guidelines for research and evaluation (agree) instrument. all key recommendations were reviewed by 14 prominent iranian neurosurgeons; level...