OBJECTIVE To study the impact of nurse-to-patient ratios on patient length of stay (LOS) in computer simulations of emergency department (ED) care. METHODS Multiple 24-hour computer simulations of emergency care were used to evaluate the impact of different minimum nurse-to-patient ratios related to ED LOS, which is composed of wait (arrival to bed placement) and bedtime (bed placement to lea...

objective headaches are common during childhood. in addition, sleep disorders are common problems in children, too. although it is commonly thought that headache and sleep problems are related, there is not enough evidence to confirm this relationship. finding evident relations between these problems would help practitioners a lot to make earlier diagnosis and plan treatment modalities for both...

Morning blood pressure (BP) level plays an important role in the incidence of cardiovascular disease. Recently, Kario, et al proposed the usefulness of ME difference (morning minus evening systolic BP) and ME average (average of morning and evening systolic BP) for the evaluation of antihypertensive treatment. Cilnidipine is a novel calcium channel blocker (CCB) that exerts inhibitory actions n...

care. These are excellent chapters and will be useful to clinicians evaluating specifi c syndromes. The lack of color pictures in the dermatologic and oral manifestations sections (even in the online version) is a drawback. The fi nal chapters on drug administration and medications are useful tabulations of drug interactions, dosing, and adverse events. This is an excellent comprehensive source...

Abstract Introduction A late bedtime is one of the most common characteristics sleep habits in modern society. This also case for schoolchildren, with negative consequences their academic performance. Light exposure at night, particularly blue wavelength light, was thought to delay bedtime, and melatonin suppression via light considered be mechanisms responsible delayed phase. Methods In curren...

Sleep problems are common in childhood, but there are limited studies regarding that in Iranian children and awareness of the sleep problems and their complication in Iranian parents. We arranged this study in which parents of children attending for a sick visit or routine growth control to assess whether sleep problems are under-reported at general pediatric visits. In a cross-sectional study ...

The present study focused on patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), who were on maintenance therapy with recombinant human deoxyribonuclease (rhDNase), with the aim of comparing efficacy and possible side effects of nebulisation of rhDNase when taken before bedtime with efficacy and side effects when taken after waking up. A randomised, double-blind, double-dummy, crossover study group was used. T...