evidence has been accumulating for some time regarding the reduced life-expectancy experienced by people living with a mental illness. in developed world settings this can involve a two-decade reduction in life expectancy, whilst in the developing world the gap may be as high as thirty years. whilst genetic risk factors and suicide contribute to this ‘scandal of premature mortality’, modifiable...

cancer patients are more susceptible to adverse drug-drug interactions (ddis) due to receiving multiple medications especially chemotherapy medications, hormonal agents and supportive care drugs. the aim of this study is to describe the prevalence of potential ddis and to identify risk factors for these potential interactions in hospitalized cancer patients in a developing country.a cross-secti...

conclusions the main and frequent hbv genotype among azerbaijani patients with chronic hepatitis b virus infection was genotype d followed by genotype a. results the mean age of patients was 35.9 ± 11.7 years (19-66). of 103 patients, 72 (69.9%) were male. in the present study, the predominant hbv genotype was d (93.2%) followed by genotype a (5.8%) and concurrent infection with a and d genotyp...

background and purpose: cancer is associated with significant changes in the lifestyle of patients. spiritual well-being has been shown to be an inherent element of health, quality of life, increased survival rate, and enhanced adaptability of cancer patients with the disease. this study aimed to evaluate the spiritual health of cancer patients and their nurses. methods: this descriptive, corre...

background: for over 2 decades, ghana’s ministry of health (moh) has been resolved to continuously improve the quality of healthcare in a cost-effective manner. strategies have been adopted to enhance client satisfaction with healthcare services and delivery.objective: the current study examined patient satisfaction with the quality of healthcare in ghana by comparing healthcare services at the...

this investigation determined that vitamin c intake of c.w. was higher than o.p. , s. c. and c. statistically, there was a significant difference between c.w. and c. blood ascorbic acid levels of o.p. and s.c. were lower than c.w. and c. , a significant difference was observed. urinary vitamin c in all groups was lower than controls and this indicates that even though vitamin c intake was high,...

the incidence of tetanus among wounded patients in greater isfahan in 5 years with their mortality was discussed, careful review of the literature. with consideration of commendations of the committee on trauma of the american college of surgeons, the german association for surgery and the swedish college .of surgeons about type of prophylactic measurement discussed and finally the basic trends...

background: vancomycin (glycopeptide)-resistant enterococci (vre or gre) can cause serious problems for hospitalized patients due to the limited options for treatment of vre infections. as infection with vre increases in hospitals, further knowledge about vancomycin resistant genes is needed. methods: isolates of enterococcus spp. were collected from hospitalized patients in tehran (iran) durin...

anti n-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (nmdr) encephalitis has been recognized as the most frequent autoimmune encephalitis in children after acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis (adem).however due to the variable the variable clinical presentation, the paucity of specific finding on standard laboratory and radiological investigation remains under recognized. first discribed in 2005, most commonly...

conclusions using the simulation as a decision making tool helps us to decide how we can reduce outpatient's waiting time. comparison of outputs of this scenario and the based- case scenario in simulation model shows that combining physician's work time changing with patient's admission time changing (scenario 9) would reduce patient waiting time about 73.09%. due to dynamic and complex nature ...