Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory autoimmune disease that causes progressive and painful of multiple joints damage. Objective: To explore the prevalence among middle-aged older Iraqi patients attended outpatients’ clinics. Patients Methods: A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted from 1st February to 31st July 2022 at rheumatology outpatient clinic Baquba teachi...

objective: consultation-liaison (cl) psychiatry interfaces between psychiatry and other medical disciplines to promote integrated care of patients. the purpose of this study is evaluation of attitudes and practice of mazandaran university of medical sciences physicians of teaching hospitals regarding cl psychiatry. methods:in this descriptive study, all of the general practitioners, specialist ...

CONTEXT Informal (curbside) consultations are an integral part of medical culture and may be of great value to patients and primary care physicians. However, little is known about physicians' behavior or attitudes toward curbside consultation. OBJECTIVE To describe and compare curbside consultation practices and attitudes among primary care physicians and medical subspecialists. DESIGN Surv...

INTRODUCTION To evaluate the effect of web-based education on (1) patient satisfaction, (2) consultation times, and (3) conversion to surgery. METHODS A retrospective review of 767 new patient consultations seen by 4 university-based plastic surgeons was conducted between May 2012 and August 2013 to determine the effect a web-based education program has on patient satisfaction and consultatio...