introduction: accurate diagnosis and proper treatment of oncology patients presented to emergency department (ed) can dramatically enhance their quality of life and decrease their mortality rate. therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate these patients from an epidemiologic point of view as well as identifying death-related factors. methods: in this retrospective cross-sectional study, all...

implementation of patient feedback is considered as a critical part of effective and efficient management in developed countries. the main objectives of this study were to assess patient satisfaction with the services provided in hospitals affiliated to tehran university of medical sciences, iran, identify areas of patient dissatisfaction, and find ways to improve patient satisfaction with hosp...

introduction: quality of services extremely depends on how personnel have contact and interaction with the clients. moreover, the personnel’s attitudes and their behaviors with the clients significantly affect clients’ perception of quality of services and consequently influence their satisfaction as well as their absorption to the services of an institution. this study intends to investigate t...

background: this study aimed to evaluate the design of emergency departâ­ments regarding to the patients’ and staff's privacy, confidentiality and facilities in genâ­eral teaching hospitals. methods: emergency departments of all the general teaching hospitals of shahid beâ­heshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran were evaluated in 2007 through both direct observation and interview ...

introduction: several mechanisms were introduced as causes of serum creatinine phosphokinase (cpk) raise in intoxicated patients. this study aimed to assess the relationship between serum cpk level in the first 24 hours and baseline characteristics as well as outcomes of these patients. methods: this one year retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted on all intoxicated patients, who wer...

objective: to examine the inter-rater reliability of triages performed by the electronic triage system (ets) which has recently developed and used in hospital emergency department (ed). methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted prospectively and studied 408 visitors of tabriz imam reza hospital’s ed. the variables of interest were age, sex, nurse-assigned triage category, physician-assi...

conclusion pacs is highly accepted in all three emergency departments especially among specialists. pu, peu and change are factors influencing pacs acceptance. our study can be used as an evidence of pacs acceptance in emergency wards. results mean age of participants was 32.9 years (standard deviation [sd] = 6.08). participants with the specialty degree got a higher acceptance score than the t...

introduction: diagnostic values reported for ultrasonographic screening of acute appendicitis vary widely and are dependent on the operator’s skill, patient’s gender, weight, etc. the present study aimed to evaluate the effect of operator skill on the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography in detection of appendicitis by comparing the results of ultrasonography done by radiologists and emergenc...

acute dyspnea is a common cause of hospitalization in emergency departments (ed).distinguishing the cardiac causes of acute dyspnea from pulmonary ones is a major challenge for responsible physicians in eds. this study compares the characteristics of bedside ultrasonography with serum level of blood natriuretic peptide (bnp) in this regard. methods: this diagnostic accuracy study compares bedsi...

introduction: midazolam has turned into a common drug for pediatric procedural sedation and analgesia. however, there is not much data regarding its proper dose and potential side effects in the iranian children population. therefore, the present study was done to compare 2 doses of iv midazolam in this regard. methods:  the present clinical trial was performed to compare 0.1 and 0.3 mg/kg dose...