BACKGROUND Vitamin K antagonists (eg, warfarin) remain the mainstay of anticoagulation therapy in the United States, with over 22 million prescriptions being filled annually. Unfortunately, warfarin therapy is difficult to manage and increases bleeding risk. The 2012 American College of Chest Physicians guidelines created a warfarin reversal algorithm that suggested the stringent use of intrave...

Hypertension occupies the first place for global disease burden and all-cause mortality.1 Moreover, the evidence favoring antihypertensive drug therapy to reduce cardiovascular events and mortality is conclusive.2 In Argentina, the Third National Risk Factor Survey determined that 34.1% of the population received the diagnosis of high blood pressure.3 By the end of 2017, the American College of...

The purpose of the study is to examine the associations of youth physical activity and screen time with weight status and cardiorespiratory fitness in children and adolescents, separately, utilizing a nationally representative sample. A total of 1,113 participants (692 children aged 6-11 yrs; 422 adolescents aged 12-15 yrs) from the 2012 NHANES National Youth Fitness Survey. Participants comple...

Background: Sepsis is one of the most important causes of death in infants. The pattern of bacterial agents responsible for neonatal septicemia changes over time. The main aim of the present study was to provide a clinical guideline adapted for treatment of neonatal sepsis based on the frequency of microbial agents in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Alzahra Hospital, Tabriz, Iran.Meth...

abstract background: in developing countries, hemorrhage accounts for 30% of the maternal deaths. postpartum hemorrhage has been defined as blood loss of around 500 ml or more, after completing the third phase of labor. most cases of postpartum hemorrhage occur during the first hour after birth. the most common reason for bleeding in the early hours after childbirth is uterine atony bleeding du...

results the total number of time-loss injuries and matches missed rose from 129 and 506 respectively in 2008 - 2009 to 202 and 1110 in 2010 - 2011. following the introduction of ‘minimum medical standards’, both categories decreased (significantly for matches missed). these time-loss injuries and matches missed led to high costs of up to aud$ 37,317,029.29 (2012 - 2013 season). the same trend w...

clinical education is an essential part of medical trainees’ education process, and curriculum planners agree that it should be based on ethical standards and principles in the medical field. nevertheless, no explained and codified criteria have been developed for ethics in clinical teaching. this study was aimed to develop an ethical guideline for medical students and teachers as the first and...