Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA Center for Trauma and Critical Care, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA Department of Surgery, Dignity Health/St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, USA Departments of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Division of Trauma and Surgi...

Departments of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Department of Surgery, Dignity Health/St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, USA Center for Trauma and Critical Care, George Washington University, Washington DC, USA Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, California, USA Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Department of S...

drug and poison information centers have a critical role in fulfillment of rational drug use programs. the loghman-hakim drug and poison information center (lhdpic) has been established in 2006. the main mission of this center is to provide accurate, unbiased and upto- date information on medications and poisons for the health care team and the public. this center has received more than 9000 te...

background: preconceptional care is very effective to ensure mothers and babies health during and after pregnancy. the clinics and health center personnel are able to offer preconceptional care especially to the risky cases. learning about the experiences of health center personnel in such cases is useful for others to find solutions for the same problems which may come up. this study tends to ...

INTRODUCTION The safety and effectiveness of birth center care have been demonstrated in previous studies, including the National Birth Center Study and the San Diego Birth Center Study. This study examines outcomes of birth center care in the present maternity care environment. METHODS This was a prospective cohort study of women receiving care in 79 midwifery-led birth centers in 33 US stat...

background most of the acid- burns are due to assault or accidental. the epidemiology of burns is diverse across the world and within a country. we evaluated the epidemiology and outcome of acid-burns in tertiary health care center in tehran, iran. methods this study was retrospective descriptive among patients referred for acid-burn injury that was done in a referral burn care center in tehran...

Catharina W. Wieland* †, ‡, , Miriam H. P. van Lieshout* , Arie J. Hoogendijk* † and Tom van der Poll* † *Center of Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Center of Infection and Immunity, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Laboratory of Experimental Intensive Care and Anesthesio...

*Lieutenant Colonel, Medical Corps, U.S. Army; Department of Surgery, Critical Care Service, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas 78234-6200 †Lieutenant Colonel, Medical Corps, U.S. Army Reserve; formerly, Director, Surgical Critical Care and Staff, General Surgery Service, Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado 80045-5001; currently, Assistant Professor of Surgery and Criti...