introduction: the ministry of health and medical education of iran, and similar institutions in many other countries, advises physicians to use current guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute otitis media (aom). however, there has been no evaluation of the effectiveness of such guidelines or whether physicians in iran adhere to them. thus, as laryngologists are the most important gr...

The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected many countries across the globe both socially and economically continues to be a major concern healthcare system. majority of patient groups that were elderly patients with existing co-morbidities such as diabetes; hypertension; cardiovascular disease; lung, liver, kidney cancer on chemotherapy; smokers; transplant recipients; taking steroids etc. wh...