Introduction: 60 percent of hospitalization causes of intravenous drug users are infection, of which 5 to 15 percent of them due to endocorditis. Infective endocorditis is a common infection among intravenous drug users and can cause high mortality and morbidity. This study was conducted to evaluate clinical and para-clinical presentations of drug users. Methods: In a descriptive study we...

    Background & Aims : Drug addiction is one of the problems that affect the international community with regard to specific characteristics of each society . Addiction has serious and profound effects on health , family life , economy , security and cultural grow . Association of addiction with many infectious diseases such as hepatitis B, C, and AIDS has been proved by many reports. Given th...

Introduction: In arthroplasty, spinal anesthesia was preferred to general anesthesia for a variety of reasons due to the use of cement. the side effects of cement on the cardiovascular system of patients, which can be catastrophic, it,s necessary to find appropriate treatment methods to reduce side effects of cement. method: In this clinical trial, 90 patients were arthroplasty candidates divid...

Introduction: Among medication errors, intravenous medication administration errors are especially important. The lack of medication information can be one of the causes of medication errors. Using electronic education may facilitate quick access to the update resources. The objective of this study is the evaluation of an appropriate educational strategy to reduce intravenous drug administratio...