abstract introduction: the amount of waiting time is an indicator of level of access to hospital services and can be measured as one of the indicators of the effectiveness of hospital performance. this study aimed to determine the average waiting time in shahid rahnamoon and afshar clinics. methods: this descriptive, analytical, cross – sectional study was conducted with a simple size of 264 pa...

Introduction: Hospitalization of patients in the critical care units greatly affects their families and their balance. Attention to family needs can affect the treatment process. Identifying the needs of patients’ families and the extent to which they can be fulfilled can affect the treatment process. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the importance of family needs o...

introduction. tb is one of the oldest known diseases in history that has been reappeared as a severe problem for public health and suggest whether the students of medicine in their clinical training period face the patients with tb to the extent that helps them to diagnose and cure these patients in future. methods. this study was descriptive, retrospective, and cross-sectional that carried out...

background and aims: according to different reports about the demographic characteristics of patients with acute myocardial infarction in iran, this study performed to determine the average age of morbidity and mortality from ami and its changes over time. methods: a hospital-based retrospective cohort study (historical) including all patients with acute myocardial infarction admitted to hospit...

vestibular involvements have long been observed in otosclerotic patients. among vestibular structures saccule has the closest anatomical proximity to the sclerotic foci, so it is the most prone vestibular structure to be affected during the otosclerosis process. the aim of this study was to investigate the saccular function in patients suffering from otosclerosis, by means of vestibular evoked ...

background and objective: bacterial meningitis is an important cause of mortality and long-term neural morbidity. immediate diagnosis and treatment are necessary in appropriate time. this study was designed in afzalipour hospital in kerman to evaluate meningitis causes, frequency and csf laboratory changes. patients and methods: in this retrograde descriptive study from september 2003 to septem...

background according to the increase of patients with coronary artery disease, paying more attention to the quality of life seems to be important. one of the factors affecting the quality of life is spiritual health. spiritual health as one of the main aspects of health is usually ignored. objectives the current study was performed to determine the relationship between spiritual health and qual...