background patients’ escape from hospital imposes a significant cost to patients as well as the health system. besides, for these patients, exposure to adverse events (such as suicide, self-harm, violence and harm to hospital reputation) are more likely to occur compared to others. the present study aimed to determine the characteristics of the absconding patients in a general hospital through ...

to right heart failure, and is therefore a sign of impending disaster for many patients with common heart and lung diseases. We have known for a long time that hypoxia constricts lung vessels and causes pulmonary hypertension in acute experiments; this response may be important in disease as well. There are many theories about the mechanism of this hypoxic response, none of them generally accep...