Mohammad Reza Taghavi

Faculty of Medicine, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran.

[ 1 ] - Drug Utilization Evaluation of Imipenem and Intravenous Ciprofloxacin in a Teaching Hospital

Drug Utilization Evaluation (DUE) studies are designed to assess drug usage appropriateness. We aim to evaluate the drug utilization of intravenous ciprofloxacin and imipenem, two of the broad spectrum antibiotics that consume a significant proportion of our hospitals’ outlay, in different wards of a teaching hospital in Zabol. During a 5 months period (December 2010 to May 2011), 263 patients ...

[ 2 ] - Drug Utilization Evaluation of Imipenem and Intravenous Ciprofloxacin in a Teaching Hospital

Drug Utilization Evaluation (DUE) studies are designed to assess drug usage appropriateness. We aim to evaluate the drug utilization of intravenous ciprofloxacin and imipenem, two of the broad spectrum antibiotics that consume a significant proportion of our hospitals’ outlay, in different wards of a teaching hospital in Zabol. During a 5 months period (December 2010 to May 2011), 263 patients ...

[ 3 ] - Diagnostic challenges in an atypical chest pain, Tietze’s syndrome: a case report in Northeast of Iran

Tietze’s syndrome is an inflammatory disorder, which frequently misdiagnosed as the severe life-threating problem. Herein, we reported a case of a 23-year-old male, who complained about the acute chest pain after pneumonia complication. After full examination, he diagnosed as Tietze’s syndrome. Since the precise diagnosis of Tietze’s syndrome has a great importance, our report may raise conscio...

[ 4 ] - The Role of Complete Bed Rest Position In COVID-19 Patient Outcome; Bed Rest And COVID-19

SARS-CoV-2 is a novel strain of the coronaviruses posing great challenges to the human immune system. Hence, human innate immunity determines how our body responses to the early infection (1-3). According to the studies, coronavirus can cause a range of symptoms by affecting various organs in the body (4, 5). Currently, our hospital is one of the referral centers of COVID-19 in Iran. We would l...