methods in a cross-sectional study, 164 adult patients who were admitted to the icu of a teaching hospital were screened for nasal and extra-nasal carriage of mrsa. in addition, the icu-hospitalized patients were evaluated for mrsa acquisition during their icu stay. results out of the 164 patients admitted to the icu, 12 (7.3%) patients were methicillin-susceptible staphylococcus aureus (mssa) ...

introduction since, employing new education approach is necessary for enhancing medical students` skills, so the aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of role –play approach compared the traditional method about neonatal admission skills in delivery room among midwifery students. materials and methods this was an experimental study in 2013-2014 in isfahan-iran. after baseline tes...

BACKGROUND Elevated B-type natriuretic peptide levels in patients with acute myocardial infarction are useful in the prediction of poor outcome. It is still not established how often and when assessment of neurohormonal activation provides the best prognostic information. AIM To evaluate whether repeated measurements of B-type natriuretic peptide provide additional clinical information in pat...

Studies have shown inflammation is involved in the development of acute aortic dissection (AAD). The hypothesis that white blood cell count (WBCc) on admission may have an impact on the short- and long-term outcomes of type A AAD was tested in a large-scale, prospective observational cohort study.From 2008 to 2010, a total of 570 consecutive patients with type A AAD in Fuwai hospital were enrol...

intreduction hospitals as main health care prouders have always received great aftention. and in hospitals , special attention ust be paid to the admission unit and its management and organization. the unit plays important role in the evaluation of the hospital. methods and materials it is a descriptive study in which nine inpatients admission units and six outpatient admission units were exami...

typology solution in architecture science seeks classifying constructions and spaces in terms of join features. typology studies can be infrastructure of design in micro and minor levels. therefore being oblivious of it in architecture and city planning can lead to state of chaos in urban aspect and makes heterogeneous urban textures. current paper seeks to find factors influencing on formation...

‎let $i$ be an ideal in a regular local ring $(r,n)$‎, ‎we will find‎ ‎bounds on the first and the last betti numbers of‎ ‎$(a,m)=(r/i,n/i)$‎. ‎if $a$ is an artinian ring of the embedding‎ ‎codimension $h$‎, ‎$i$ has the initial degree $t$ and $mu(m^t)=1$‎, ‎we call $a$ a {it $t-$extended stretched local ring}‎. ‎this class of‎ ‎local rings is a natural generalization of the class of stretched ...

the aim of this study was to find out whether there is seasonality of month of birth in children with diabetes in mashhad and if so whether it differs from that of general papulation. 161 children and adolescents (0-18 years) with type 1 diabetes born between 1983-2001 were included the study. the results were analyzed by student’s t test and chi-square test and a p value<0.05 was considered si...

abstract objective: mindfulness is a part of mind-body medicine to increase the quality of life in patients with chronic diseases like diabetes. regarding the importance of quality of life in patients with diabetes, and the role of training on its improvement, this study was done to evaluate the effectiveness of group training of mindfulness on quality of life in type 2diabeticpatients. materia...