BACKGROUND Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a life-altering condition that has affected many of our soldiers returning from war. In the current conflicts, the improvised explosive device (IED) has greatly increased the potential for soldiers to sustain a TBI. This study's objective was to establish benchmark admission rates for U.S. Army soldiers with TBIs identified during deployment to Iraq an...

Background: Discharge with personal satisfaction means the patient's withdrawal from the permission that had previously been given to the care unit for services. Discharge with personal satisfaction is initiated with the untimely termination of treatment by the patient or parents and in some cases leads to hospitalization or even death of the patient. This study aimed to determining the main ca...

bilingual dictionary use in l2 writing test performance has recently been the subject of debate. opinions differ according to how the trait is understood and whether the system favors the process-oriented or product-oriented views towards the assessment and writing skill. given the need for more empirical support, this study is aimed at investigating the availability of bilingual dictionary use...

background:satisfactionlevel is animportant indicator for measuringthe quality of services. enhancing the quality of services provided in the emergencydepartments need to have thecorrect understanding of the current situationand problems of thesedepartments. this study wasperformed to examine patients satisfaction andtheir problems in the emergencydepartment of alzahra hospital.methods: thisdes...

abstract background: postpartum period is the critically important part of obstetric care but most neglected period for majority of pakistani women. only life threatening complications compel them to seek for tertiary hospital care. we describe the nature of these obstetric morbidities in order to help policymakers in improving prevailing situation. objective: to find out the frequency and caus...

in order to identify the risk factors (predictors) of re-hospitalisation for high-risk asthmatic patients, a retrospective logistic regression analysis describing the relationship between the probability of re-admission and possible predictors in hospitalised asthmatics, aged over 5 years, between 1994-1998, was designed. study setting was a district general hospital in the west yorkshire, uk. ...