background :the present study was conducted to establish the patterns and risk factors of surgical site infections in our institution between 2006 and 2011.   methods: this was a retrospective cross-sectional study. the surgical site infection (ssi) was identified based on the presence of icd-10-cm diagnostic code in hospital discharge records. by using a standardized data collection form predi...

introduction: world health organization (who) attempts to update icd-10 (international classification diseases-10 th version) according to the required information of the scientific community. in this study, changes of icd-10 will be reviewed in updating process. methods: the data of the present descriptive study was extracted from the world health organization website. the data were interprete...

although globalization has created ample opportunities and spaces to share experiences and information, the diffusion of ideas, especially in global health, is primarily influenced by the unequal distribution of economic, political and scientific powers around the world. these ideas in global health are generally rooted in high-income countries (hics), and then reach low- and middle-income coun...