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 door-to-needle (dtn) time, in a standard setting, is recommended to be less than 30 minutes. according to the results of this study, the dtn time is comparatively two times longer in females and afternoon and night shifts. different variables including emergency staff, physicians, patients’ characteristics, and environmental/physical factors induced this difference. results in t...

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...

The survival rate for non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Hong Kong is low (1.25%-1.6%). Despite the reduced time interval between call receipt and first defibrillatory shock to 11.12 minutes during the past decade, the time interval between collapse/recognition and first defibrillatory shock, at 14.25 minutes, is too long. Studies of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest performed in Hong...

The Atlas and Database of Air Medical Services (ADAMS) is a web-based, password-protected, geographic information system containing data on air medical service main and satellite base helipads, communication centers, rotorwing aircraft, and major receiving hospitals for trauma in the United States. ADAMS initially was developed to provide the geographic information needed to support realtime, w...