background: metabolic acidosis is a fatal finding in trauma patients that complicates the process of resuscitation. case: the case was a 37-year-old man with open fracture in both legs and fracture in second lumbar vertebral (l2). the serial arterial blood gas (abg) test results showed a ph value of 6.7 indicating a very severe and special case of metabolic acidosis. the rate of mortality for s...

background increasing evidence indicates that opiate users and methadone maintenance patients (mmps) are impaired in executive control tasks and response inhibition behavior compared to healthy individuals; however, the cognitive functional difference between opiate addicts and mmps has not been clarified. objectives this study employed go/no-go tasks to evaluate the response inhibition behavio...

evidence has been accumulating for some time regarding the reduced life-expectancy experienced by people living with a mental illness. in developed world settings this can involve a two-decade reduction in life expectancy, whilst in the developing world the gap may be as high as thirty years. whilst genetic risk factors and suicide contribute to this ‘scandal of premature mortality’, modifiable...

cancer patients are more susceptible to adverse drug-drug interactions (ddis) due to receiving multiple medications especially chemotherapy medications, hormonal agents and supportive care drugs. the aim of this study is to describe the prevalence of potential ddis and to identify risk factors for these potential interactions in hospitalized cancer patients in a developing country.a cross-secti...

conclusions the main and frequent hbv genotype among azerbaijani patients with chronic hepatitis b virus infection was genotype d followed by genotype a. results the mean age of patients was 35.9 ± 11.7 years (19-66). of 103 patients, 72 (69.9%) were male. in the present study, the predominant hbv genotype was d (93.2%) followed by genotype a (5.8%) and concurrent infection with a and d genotyp...

background and purpose: cancer is associated with significant changes in the lifestyle of patients. spiritual well-being has been shown to be an inherent element of health, quality of life, increased survival rate, and enhanced adaptability of cancer patients with the disease. this study aimed to evaluate the spiritual health of cancer patients and their nurses. methods: this descriptive, corre...

Health advancements in recent decades have resulted in longer life spans and increased access to medical services for larger populations; Electronic Medical Records have been created by computer scientists to manage this massive amount of collected health data. This ever-increasing clinical data must be processed with complex and sophisticated methods to ensure its ease of use, efficient access...