when cultures collide, through its major activities that emanate from the translation, they can flourish themselves. intimacy and familiarity of the islamic world with greek medical heritage which happened to be in the golden age of the abbasids in baghdad, led to the enrichment and prosperity of islamic medicine. this sort of familiarity and reproductivity grew among nestorian christians throu...

conclusions according to the results, there was a direct correlation between access to physical space in ed and waiting time. in addition, improving the physical access did not necessarily result in shorter waiting time. therefore, to improve triage process, improvement of waiting time indices, and modifying forms of work process in ed are recommended. results the correlation between the waitin...

background: sixty-two percent of the young people between 16 to 24 years-old living in the catchment area of the study take 5 glasses and more in one occasion as compared to 45.8% in the entire france. previous studies showed that if the alcohol consumption starts earlier, the risk for alcohol dependence increases at the adult age. in some countries, the motivational intervention has been alrea...

introduction: medical emergencies can frequently happen in dental settings and inability to cope with them can lead to tragic outcomes. the of aim of this study was to evaluate the occurrence of medical emergencies in dental settings in babol, iran and dentists’ self-perceived need for practical training in this field. materials and methods: a descriptive-ana-lytical study was performed by usin...

conclusions preventable accidental poisoning is a significant cause of morbidity in children in developing countries. the study provided information on evolving trends and the need for increasing awareness about potential toxins as well as appropriate storage of toxins in the house to reduce the occurrence of accidental poisoning. patients and methods records of 170 patients from 1998 and 147 f...

introduction: most of the older adults have to be hospitalized and patients’ satisfaction from the provided services is one of the key performance indicators in healthcare centers. feeling satisfied with the treatment process and provided services can motivate the elderly patients to continue their treatment, which ultimately leads to a reduction in the disease load and disability in older adul...

conclusions emergency medical services should be considered as a system with its independent components. establishing an independent ems organization, integrating pre-hospital and hospital emergency under single supervision and management, as well as, extending the possibility of providing ems through private sector are essential in order to make fundamental reforms in providing emergency medic...