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...

introduction: timeliness has been considered as a key domain in quality of emergency department (ed) care and delay in care providing is influential determinants of patient’s outcomes. the present study, aimed to evaluate the determinants of prolonged ed length of stay (los). methods: in this cross-sectional study, using adopted version of the latest form for external evaluation and accreditati...

background: profile of acute poisonings varies from country to country depending on the ease of availability of substances and socio-economic condition of people; however, very little information from the united arab emirates (uae) have been published, so far. this study was designed to find out the most common causes of overdose and poisoning in patients admitted to the emergency department of...

introduction: finding the probable governing pattern of peep and cvp changes is an area of interest for in-charge physicians and researchers. therefore, the present study was designed with the aim of evaluating the relationship between the mentioned pressures. methods: in this quasi-experimental study, patients under mechanical ventilation were evaluated with the aim of assessing the effect of ...

introduction: acute traumatic coagulopathy (atc) is defined as having evidence of coagulopathy in patients with severe trauma. the aim of this preliminary study was to assess the prevalence and associated factors of atc in severely traumatic patients presenting to emergency department (ed). methods: in this retrospective cross sectional study, all patients with severe traumatic injury and avail...

introduction: using pan or selective computed tomography (ct) scan in management of multiple trauma patient is a matter of debate. therefore, the present study was designed aiming to compare the findings of pan and selective ct scans in management of multiple trauma patients. method: this is a prospective cross-sectional study, on patients presented to the emergency department (ed) of shohadaye...