learning is tedious and momentary when clinical education is uniform. one of the aspects that affect the structure and qualitative texture of clinical education are utilization of clinical education patterns. because nursing students must learn about problem solving skills, some thought provoking strategies for problem solving is needed. many studies showed that clinical education patterns are ...

background: clinical manifestations of strongyloides stercoralis are variable from asymptomatic to hyperinfection and devastating disseminated infections. hereby, clinical characteristics of a large series of iranian strongyloidiasis indigenous cases are described. methods: the records of people referred to the helminthological diagnostic la-boratory of school of public health, tehran universit...

background :    although, nontuberculous mycobacteria can cause disease in different organisms, they usually are not reported in most countries because scientists in general consider them as non-pathogens. but, increasing nontuberculous mycobacteria diseases occurrence has changed this belief. nevertheless, there is no meta-analysis review about prevalence of nontuberculous mycobacteria in iran...

background and aims. well-differentiated chondrosarcoma and enchondroma are similar in histopathologic aspects; therefore, special methods should be used to make a distinction between these benign and malignant tumors. the aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a histopathologic method in the long-term follow-up for differentiating these lesions. materials and methods. the medical re...

objective: to clarify the principles of a safe delivery based on clinical governance criteria, as recommended by the pertinent experts. materials and methods: the current study was part of a qualitative research conducted by content analysis method in 2013 and purposive sampling, performing 24 in-depth interviews based on semi-structured questions and analyzed using thematic content analysis. t...

results loss of consciousness (gcs drop or amnesia) was markedly associated with abnormal brain ct scan (p < 0.05). interestingly, we found 7 patients with normal clinical examination but significant abnormal brain ct scan. conclusions according to the results of our study, we recommend that all patients with minor head trauma underwent brain ct scan in order not to miss any life-threatening he...

background:  parts of the implants placed over the meniscus during meniscal repair can wear down the cartilage in the contact zones and cause chronic synovitis. placing horizontal sutures under the meniscus may overcome this potential hazard. the purpose of this prospective study was to evaluate the midterm results of arthroscopic meniscal repair using submeniscally placed out-in horizontal sut...

background:acute poisoning with organophosphorus (op) pesticides is a common method of suicide and entails considerable mortality in bangladesh. the objective of this study was to evaluate the effects and outcomes of a protocol for treatment of op poisoning that included titrated incremental atropine as loading dose and slow infusion for maintenance.  methods:in this prospective descriptive cas...