introduction: since most studies on ankle sprain are medical and sports-related and not much epidemiologic and etiologic data from the general population exist in this field, the present study evaluates the relationship between q angle and anthropometric measures with ankle sprain in the general population. methods: in the present case-control study, all of the patients over 18 years age presen...

introduction:   renal transplantation are admitted to emergency department (ed) more than normal population. the present brief report aimed to determine the reasons of renal transplant patients’ ed visits. methods: this retrospective case series study analyzed the reasons of renal transplant recipients’ admission to one ed between 2011 and 2014. the patient data were collected via a checklist a...

conclusions the delay time from symptom onset to hospital admission was high in patients with ami. it is necessary to create emergency medical system (ems) stations in suburbs and train the public on the importance of quick contact with the ems when the symptoms of an ami are observed. results the median delay was 129 minutes (mean ± sd, 240.44 ± 295.30). overall, 32.5% of patients were admitte...

introduction: acute coronary syndrome accounts for more than 15% of the chest pains. recently, hess et al. developed north american chest pain rule (nacpr) to identify very low-risk patients who can be safely discharged from emergency department (ed). the present study aimed to validate this rule in eds of two academic hospitals. methods: a prospective diagnostic accuracy study was conducted on...

introduction: despite radiography being the gold standard in evaluation of orthopedic injuries, using bedside ultrasonography has several potential supremacies such as avoiding exposure to ionizing radiation, availability in pre-hospital settings, being extensively accessible, and ability to be used on the bedside. the aim of the present study is to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasono...

aims: the revised geneva score (rgs), a standardized clinical prediction rule for pulmonary embolism (pe), was recently developed. we have measured its predictive accuracy, performing an external retrospective validation in a cohort of emergency department (ed) patients, filtered by symptomatology and not by clinical suspicion, to allow its use in nursing practice.   methods: the clinical proba...

introduction: pain is the most common complaint of patients referring to emergency department (ed). considering the importance of pain management in ed, this study aimed to investigate the efficacy and feasibility of ultrasound-guided nerve blocks in this setting. methods: 46 patients who came to the ed with injured extremities were enrolled in the study and received either femoral, axillary or...

introduction : confirmation of proper endotracheal tube placement is one of the most important and lifesaving issues of tracheal intubation. the present study was aimed to evaluate the accuracy of tracheal ultrasonography by emergency residents in this regard.   method : this was a prospective, cross sectional study for evaluating the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography in endotracheal tube ...

over the past decade, clinical governance approach with aims to improve the quality of health services has been proposed in iran. considering the obvious problems especially patients' length of stay (los) in the emergency departments (eds); the present study has been carried out with the purpose of investigating the effect of clinical governess approach on patients' los in the one of the larges...

objective: to validate the triage ratings performed by the electronic triage system (ets) using hospitalization, length of stay, resource use, in-hospital mortality and patient bills as outcome measures. methods: in this retrospective cross-sectional study the medical records of 387 patients were reviewed in a one-week period. the data included triage category and the outcome measures were hosp...