poor inhaler technique is a common problem both in asthmatic patients and healthcare providers, which contributes to poor asthma control. this study was performed to evaluate the adequacy of metered-dose inhaler (mdi) technique in a sample of physicians and nurses practicing in hospitals of hamadan university of medical sciences. a total of 173 healthcare providers voluntary participated in thi...

Background and Purpose: Implementing the guidelines to prevent VAP has been shown to have a significant effect on reducing the incidence of VAP. Studies indicate that ICU staff have poor knowledge and low implementation rate of the standard preventive measures related to VAP. The present study aims to evaluate the knowledge of nurses in the intensive care unit in University hospitals of Sari. M...

BACKGROUND Chronic cough is a common condition, but some patients have no evident medical explanation for their symptoms. A group of patients has been identified, characterized by upper and lower airway symptoms triggered by chemicals and scents, and heightened cough sensitivity to inhaled capsaicin. Chronic cough is usually a prominent symptom in these patients, and it has been suggested that ...

The COVID-19 pandemic, arguably one of the most significant challenges in recent history, continues to have a profound impact on everyone’s lives. Beginning late 2019, few months, SARS-CoV-2 has managed spread every corner globe. virus claimed lives over million people and with global daily case counts approaching 600 000, there appears be no end sight1. Now second wave, world is becoming despe...

Materials and methods Design: cross-sectional study. Population: 187 consecutive adolescent girls with idiopathic scoliosis (mean Cobb angle 26°, range 11-73°, age 15.2±2.5; 24% juveniles, 76% adolescent type); 93 school girl controls (age 14.9±1.0). All the subjects answered the Italian validated questionnaire EAT-26 about eating habitude in order to retrieve eating disorders. BMI was calculat...

OBJECTIVE To study the concurrent validity and the inter-rater reliability of the Post-Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire. DESIGN The approach was to study the concurrent validity of the Post-Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire when used as an interview questionnaire compared with a self-report questionnaire administered by the patients. The inter-rater reliability was also studied when 2 differ...