normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 introduction: patients’ decision-making and legal capacity are major factors of informed consent considered as a basis of medical ethics. this study aimed to determine the undergoing surgery inpatients capacity to sign the consent form and admission clerks’ performance in taking the form in teaching hospitals in kashan. me...

background digestive and liver diseases (ld) are among the most common causes of mortality and morbidity in iran and throughout the world. we have aimed to report the etiology and outcome of gastrointestinal and ld that needed admission in a typical tertiary referral hospital in tehran during the last decade. methods shariati hospital gastroenterology and liver disease department (gi & ld) was ...

BACKGROUND Routine and continuous electronic monitoring of foetal heart rate (FHR) in labour has become an established obstetric practice in high-risk pregnancies in industrialised countries. However, the same may not be possible in non-industrialised countries where antenatal care is inadequate with a large number of high-risk pregnancies being delivered in crowded settings and inadequate heal...

background: the purpose of this research was to determine the relation between negative or positive qualitative troponin i test and the short term prognosis of patients presenting to emergency department with chest pain or angina equivalent symptoms. methods: we assessed the qualitative rapid troponin i in patients with chest pain or angina equivalent symptoms after at least 4 hours and then we...

conclusions although relative risk per 10 µg/m3 is low and sometimes mortality and morbidity attributable to pollutant seems slight because of sensitive and large population exposed to air pollutants, burden of disease associated with air pollution will be great. therefore, authorities should apply necessary actions and efforts based on comprehensive scientific researches in order to control ai...

background: maintaining a balance between cost-effectiveness and the delivery of quality patient care is a continual challenge to modern health care systems. in addition to negative effects on the patient and his family's quality of life, readmission after major surgeries imposes substantial adverse economic effects on the health care delivery system. therefore, causes of readmission to alzahra...

Objective: Recently, the role of hemolysis in the pathophysiology of hyperbilirubinemia in glucose-6phosphate dehydrogenase  (G6PD)  deficient  neonates  has  been  questioned  and  decreased  bilirubin conjugation has been suggested. We conducted a study to evaluate the effect of hemolysis on these neonates at the 17-Shahrivar Children Hospital in Rasht.  Methods: In  this  cross-sectional  s...