Epileptic seizures can develop from the synchronous and paroxysmal activation of a group of neurons. There is high prevalence of a heterogeneous variety of epileptic syndromes in the population. A great number of people suffer from an epileptic seizure at least once in their lives, are worried, go to the emergency room, and seek for medical advice. It is therefore important for every physician ...

BACKGROUND Stroke can advesely affect movements, sensations, alertness, awareness, coordination, and judgement, all of which may impair the ability to drive a car. DISCUSSION Many stroke patients consider driving to be essential to their quality of life and want to drive if at all possible. Thus, the physician may be challenged with a tough decision about whether a patient should be allowed t...

It is important to have all the medical information of the patient on electronic support. At this point it is important that all medical information to be available in real time. Working with a great amount of data the medical staff will need focused information to support their activities related to diagnosis and treatment. The paper presents a tool which supports these activities making sugge...

Epileptic seizures can develop from the synchronous and paroxysmal activation of a group of neurons. There is high prevalence of a heterogeneous variety of epileptic syndromes in the population. A great number of people suffer from an epileptic seizure at least once in their lives, are worried, go to the emergency room, and seek for medical advice. It is therefore important for every physician ...

Epileptic seizures can develop from the synchronous and paroxysmal activation of a group of neurons. There is high prevalence of a heterogeneous variety of epileptic syndromes in the population. A great number of people suffer from an epileptic seizure at least once in their lives, are worried, go to the emergency room, and seek for medical advice. It is therefore important for every physician ...

It is with great pleasure that we present this EMCREGInternational newsletter report describing the first 100,000 patients enrolled into the CRUSADE quality improvement initiative, particularly from the perspective of the emergency physician. This unique clinical program, coordinated by the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) in Durham, North Carolina represents a remarkable collaboration b...

The challenges of caring for a dying doctor reflect both common issues in helping the terminally ill and unique problems in working with a physician-patient. The dying doctor must deal with a familiar environment and set of problems from a radically different perspective and must negotiate overlapping and conflicting personal and professional roles. Some of the cardinal virtues of physicians--p...

introduction: triage is one of the most important systems in patients prioritizing at the time of arrival to hospital. based on the severity of the injury and the need for treatment, this system manages patients in the least time which could lead to rotation of patients with high reliability and safety. currently, the most accepted method for triage is emergency severity index (esi) system, con...

background: who suggest that family physician is the core in the world efforts for quality improvement, cost ef­fectiveness, and equity in the health care systems. this study evaluates the impact of the program on accessibility of the services, case finding, patient referral, feedback process and insurance coverage in the rural health units. methods: this study was quasi experimental. it compar...

abstract background: during recent decades, various factors have modified the nurse–physician professional relationship pattern in hospital settings. the present study investigates the typology and dynamics of this relationship as well as the effects of social structures and the actors’ agency by considering the gender variable in two professional groups of nurse and physician. materials and me...