Postdischarge home visits may allow for early identification of medical complications after hospital discharge. The hospitalist home visit program (HHVP) was started with the intention of facilitating communication between primary care providers and hospitalists and reducing hospital utilization postdischarge by earlier identification of nonadherence to discharge treatment recommendations. Duri...

Little is known about where microRNAs (miRNAs) regulate their targets within the cell. In this issue, Li et al. identify a new player in the plant miRNA pathway that implicates the endoplasmic reticulum in miRNA-mediated gene silencing.

introduction: high prevalence of rhinoplasty in the community and lack of structured studies about its minor skin and soft tissue complications, point out the necessity of performing precise and comprehensive studies. the aim of this study was to determine the frequency of minor cutaneous and soft tissue complications of rhinoplasty.  materials and methods: 110 patients (30 male and 80 female, ...

abstract objectives: while great advances have been made in the field of pediatric dentistry, creating a friendly relationship with pediatric patients and getting them to readily accept dental treatment and cooperate remains challenging. cooperation by children can affect the quality of dental visit and the required time for the treatment. dentists’ attire could be one of the factors that signi...

BACKGROUND Overweight and obesity are associated with many conditions treated in primary care. Our objectives were: 1) to determine the frequency of weight-related conditions in a national sample of outpatient visits in the United States; 2) to establish the percentage of diagnosis codes and visit codes attributable to overweight and obesity; and 3) to estimate time spent to address these condi...

a model for evaluating the performance of nursing services

extract: most information about family assessment are gathered during home visits have many benefits. one of them is that information about structure and habits of families may be more real when you observe the house and around it to find supportive and obstacles for promotion of family health. in addition family members are often more comprehensive in their home and can better act for their ne...

introduction criteria for starting weight-bearing on the heel with a symptomatic calcaneal insufficiency fracture have not yet been reported. case presentation we describe a rare case of a 52-year-old woman with a calcaneal insufficiency fracture who sustained a second ipsilateral calcaneal insufficiency fracture within a short time span. the initial fracture was not evident radiographically, b...

background: we aimed to develop and validate the persian version of short form mcgill pain questionnaire-2 (sf-mpq-2) in patients with knee osteoarthritis. methods: translation and back translation was performed using beaton’s guideline. after a consensus has achieved on the persian version of sf-mpq-2, it was administered to 30 patients with knee osteoarthritis in a pilot study. then, we enrol...