Esophageal injury is a potential serious complication of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation. We report a case of significant esophageal dilatation following previous laparascopic gastric banding in a patient with permanent atrial fibrillation undergoing a pulmonary vein isolation procedure.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis was isolated from a central venous catheter in a non-immunosuppressed patient with systemic tuberculosis. This case report represents a very uncommon form of isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A total improvement was obtained after treatment.

A case of subacute bacterial endocarditis due to Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans followed dental extraction under penicillin cover. Isolation of the organism was only achieved by incubating blood cultures in a CO(2)-enriched atmosphere. The patient was successfully treated with streptomycin.

patient-centered model of care (pcmc) is a philosophy and mindset that requires a high level of commitment and significant adjustments in organizational structures. the patient-centered care (pcc) concept is based upon communication and involvement of both patients and their families in the treatment options and the potential outcome, thus empowering the patient and family. the pcc is a quality...

background: the implementation of patient education within a hospital is a difficult task that plays a key role in improving and controlling diseases and providing quality healthcare services. objective: the current study evaluated the effect of patient education on the quality of nursing care and inpatient satisfaction in surgical wards of selected hospitals in isfahan, iran. methods: this qua...

Background: Family visits and patient assistance by the family during treatment experience limitations. limitations occur because of COVID-19 pandemic which eliminated all to patients, patients being treated in isolation rooms, elderly people living nursing homes, visiting their cared for families. Objective: Online visitation with a video call between can reduce harm isolation. Method: The wri...

the rhizome of anemarrhena asphodeloides is used as food and traditional chinese medicine for its hypoglycemic effect. the aim of this study was to investigate the isolation, purification and hypoglycemic activity of anemaran as the active component. the influence factors (isolation duration, ratio of residuals to water and extracting times) during the isolation process were evaluated. the opti...

background: there are eight taxus species and two hybrids in the world and taxus baccata l. (european yew) is the single representative in iran. until now, a large number of taxoids possessing different skeleton systems, as well as lignans, flavonoids, steroids and sugar derivatives have been isolated from various taxus species. taxoids are highly oxygenated diterpenes isolated from different s...

ornithobacterium rhinotracheale (ort), a species of bacteria, is known to be associated with respiratorydisease, growth retardation, mortality and decreased egg production. the aim of the present study was todetermine seroprevalence of the infection and to identify the microorganism by bacteriological and molecularmethods. in this study, 460 serum samples and also 290 tracheal swabs were collec...