The American Journal o/Occupalional Tberap)' At the level of individual patient care, the outcomes of occupational therapy practice are evident in documentation. Reichenbach commented that "documentation not only paints a picture of the client, but a picture of what occupational therapists do and how we do it and of our anticipated hopes for the client's future" (1993, p. 5). Health care payers...

background: women 35-39 years old have a 2–3 fold higher risk of pregnancy-related death than women in their twenties and the risk is even more dramatic for women 40 years and older. objective: the aim of this study was to investigate the association of maternal age with risk of adverse pregnancy and mother outcomes in our setting tehran iran. materials and methods: in this retrospective observ...

introduction transfusion of red blood cells is a key component in the resuscitation of massively hemorrhaging patients post-injury. little is known about the functional status of patients at discharge or the outcome of patients after discharge from acute hospitalization. we assessed the changes among major trauma patients who had received massive transfusions. materials and methods this article...

to review the available data regarding the current management of non-complex rhegmatogenous retinal detachment and to propose a new decision-making algorithm aimed to improve the single surgery success rate for mid-severity rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, this study performed. an online review of pubmed database was performed, searching for all available manuscripts regarding anatomical and ...

Background: It is unclear whether hemiarthroplasty (HA) or reverse shoulder arthroplasty (RS) are superior for patientswith cuff tear arthropathy (CTA) and preserved preoperative motion (elevation >90˚).Methods: This was a retrospective, single institution study. Patients who underwent RSA or HA for CTA were included ifthey had preserved preoperative motion with a minimum of 2...

Background: There is no difference in the functional outcomes 6 months after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) for kneeosteoarthritis between patellar resurfacing and non-resurfacing. Thus, we have performed this study to compare theshort-term clinical outcomes of TKA performed with and without the patella resurfacing.Methods: A total of 50 patients with osteoarthritis of the knee (OAK) were random...