Over the last 10 years, incidence of chronic pancreatitis (CP) has increased 4 times and nowadays is about 27.450 cases per 100 000 adults. In outpatient gastroenterologist practice, patients with CP account for 3545%, in hospital gastroenterology department up to 2045%. criteria according imaging methods fibrosis, duct dilatation deformation, calcifications pancreatic parenchyma or its atrophy...

From 1983 until 1987, 4177 outpatient urologic procedures were performed at Shahid Labbafi Nejad Medical Center. 34% of the cases were open surgical, while 66% were endourologic procedures. There was no surgical complication related to the outpatient aspect of the procedure. Rate of infection in open surgical cases was almost zero. The number of procedures was increased each succeeding yea...

Background. All children with urinary tract infections (UTIs) should undergo imaging of the urinary tract. The Royal College of Radiologists currently recommends that such children should be referred to a paediatric specialist prior to imaging. Aim. To investigate whether direct referral of such children by general practitioners (GPs) for imaging offers advantages over the traditional approach....