background and purpose: clinical knowledge management (ckm) is considered as a dominant approach for information management and expansion of knowledge in clinical settings. health care executives have recently begun to focus on ckm. therefore, identification of challenges against proper ckm planning is of paramount importance. the aim of this study was to explore challenges in clinical knowledg...

the anatomic anomalies detection is important for an attentive clinician. asuccessful treatment of an endodontically involved tooth should make itfunctional and aesthetically acceptable for the patient. the following articlepresented a case of gemination and the endodontic, prosthetic and periodontaltreatments which were done to keep a complicated tooth in aesthetic zone

introduction: pre-operative investigations for emergency surgical patients differ between centers. following established guidelines can reduce unnecessary investigation, cost of treatment and hospital stay. the present audit was carried out to evaluate the condition of doing pre-operative investigations for three common surgical emergencies compared to national institute for health and care exc...

there is a number of models and strategies for improving the quality of care such as total quality management, continuous quality improvement and clinical governance. the policy of clinical governance is part of the governments overall strategy for monitoring, assuring and improving in the national health services organization. clinical governance has been introduced as a bridge between manager...

background and objectives: the iranian ministry of health and medical education (mohme) has obligated health settings to follow the reference guidelines developed by the ministry in implementing of emergency department triage system. the present study aimed at auditing the compliance of emergency department triage system in shahid madani hospital, in terms of compliance with mohme guideline, an...

o bjectives: to determine  the effects of meperidine (pethedine®)  on pain intensity, clinical findings, final diagnosis and management of patients with acute abdominal pain. m e thods: this was a randomized clinical trial including 100 patients, with lower abdominal pain lasting for less than 48 hours who were referred to the emergency department of imam khomeini hospital affiliated with ilam ...

introduction: although significant development in the field of medicine is achieved, sepsis is still a major issue threatening humans’ lives. this study was aimed to audit the management of severe sepsis and septic shock patients in emergency department (ed) according to the present standard guidelines. method: this is a prospective audit on approaching adult septic patients who were admitted t...