With the availability of a vast number of chemicals and drugs, acute poisoning is a common medical emergency in any country. The exact incidence of this problem in our country remains uncertain but it is estimated that about 10-15 million cases of poisoning are reported every year, of which, more than 50,000 die. The objective of this article is to familiarize the physicians about various steps...

Clinical practice guidelines are defined as ‘systematically developed statements’ that assist practitioners in making appropriate decisions for healthcare for specific clinical circumstances [1]. Guidelines are now commonly developed and used for a variety of medical specialties including ophthalmology. Traditionally, guidelines were based on consensus among experts. However, this does not nece...

The guideline in this issue, “The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, The Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, and The American Society of ExtraCorporeal Technology: Clinical practice guidelines for cardiopulmonary bypass— Temperature management during adult cardiopulmonary bypass” represents the first multidisciplinary effort to develop guidelines for the practice of cardiopulmonary bypass (...

purpose: to customize clinical practice guidelines (cpgs) for cataract management for iranian population. methods: first, four cpgs (american academy 2006 and 2011, royal college of ophthalmologists 2010 and canadian ophthalmological society evidence-based clinical practice guidelines 2008) were selected from a number of available cpgs for cataract management in the literature. second, all reco...

with the advent of cyberspace and development of data and information, virtual cities were presented as new forms of city management in different layers and territories. historic and tourism virtual city are among eight types of virtual cities. in this article some guidelines were presented in order to design and manage them based on tehran tourists' need assessment. theoretical framework ...