Risk factor grass - Reality or exaggerated fear?

Justified Concern or Exaggerated Fear: The Risk of Anaphylaxis in Percutaneous Treatment of Cystic Echinococcosis—A Systematic Literature Review

Percutaneous treatment (PT) emerged in the mid-1980s as an alternative to surgery for selected cases of abdominal cystic echinococcosis (CE). Despite its efficacy and widespread use, the puncture of echinococcal cysts is still far from being universally accepted. One of the main reasons for this reluctance is the perceived risk of anaphylaxis linked to PTs. To quantify the risk of anaphylactic ...

Generation Gap: Illusion or Reality?

Values have very important functions in any society. The significance  becomes so clear when a society has been exposed to changes and strengthening social cohesion is viewed as an essential subject. Great changes as the Islamic Revolution and the Imposed War have been happened in Iran during last several decades. In this line, generations can be understood via  direct or indirect experience of...

Epithelium derived relaxing factor: myth or reality?

Barrett’s esophagus: an exaggerated risk?

Over the last decade, the therapy of early Barrett’s neoplasia has significantly changed by the introduction of endoluminal therapy. Nowadays, endoscopic resection of mucosal cancer in combination with radiofrequency ablation of the remaining Barrett’s epithelium, has replaced surgery as a first choice treatment for this condition. In view of this changed treatment paradigm, it has become even ...

Love in nursing: reality or fantasy?

Background & Aim: From the beginning of theorizing in nursing, relationship was proposed as an essential element in care. Love is also an essential element in a relationship. Although the place of love in nursing has not been explained systematically, the works of theorists such as Watson and others` works are significant. Therefore, this study is presented with the aim of explaining love in th...