RATIONALE Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have shorter inspiratory muscles and higher motor unit firing rates during quiet breathing than do age-matched healthy subjects. Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease improves lung function, exercise capacity, and quality of life. OBJECTIVES We studied the effect of LVRS on leng...

medication errors (mes) are the most common error in icus. in fact, 78% of all serious errors in icus are due to mes. therefore, detecting mes has vital significance. the goal of this study was to investigate the frequency, type and consequences of different types of errors including prescribing, transcribing and administration errors in an icu of a large teaching hospital. disguised direct obs...

With the second national land survey carried out, land grading method is nearly mature, but change monitoring of cultivated lands level has not yet been proposed an effective method. The paper makes the second national land survey as research basis for change monitoring. According to the differences of indicator monitoring periods, authors introduce the concept of volatile indicators. Change mo...

Funds are one of the most actively traded instruments in China’s security market, and individual investors main force fund purchases. A study factors affecting change rate individually held units equity funds is conducive to healthy operation funds. This article uses panel model annual data 120 from 2017 2021 as a sample finds that negatively correlated with performance, investment concentratio...

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is an appropriate tool for estimating various types of efficiency including Cost Efficiency (CE). Identifying and identifying inefficiency resources plays an important role in analyzing unit performance in order to plan for improving the status of Decision Making Units (DMUs). Now , if information on the inputs and outputs and pricing information of the evaluated...

INTRODUCTION The main task of palliative care units is to provide a dignified life for people with advanced progressive chronic disease through appropriate symptom management, communication between medical specialists and the patient and his family, as well as the coordination of care. Many palliative care units struggle with low incomes from the National Health Fund (NHF), which causes serious...