background: endotracheal or tracheostomy tube in mechanically ventilated patients disturb verbal communication with others. therefore, patients are frustrated of requesting for their needs or problems related to artificial breathing. therefore investigating self-experiences of these patients can be applied in providing them with a better care by clinical personnel. methods: this is a qualitativ...

background: the hospitality design of a hospital is a complex process that depends on careful planning, systematic thinking, and consideration of various factors. this study aimed to determine the viewpoints of patients and their relatives on factors affecting hospital hotel services in iran in 2015. the results of this study can be used to design a suitable model for the assessment and improve...

The only curative treatment for irreversible liver damage and chronic disease is transplantation (LT).
 Objectives: to determine long‑term follow‑up results, graft functions, survival rates of pediatric LT recipients at our center.
 Materials methods. All performed between March 15, 1990 August 11, 2022 were included in study. Demographic characteristics, preoperative clinical feature...

This article focuses on geographic variability in patient access to kidney transplantation in the United States. It examines geographic differences and trends in access rates to kidney transplantation, in the component rates of wait-listing, and of living and deceased donor transplantation. Using data from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Organ Procurement and Transplantation ...

BACKGROUND Outcomesforcystic fibrosis patients are improving rapidly. The demographic factors are notable variables inoutcomes, which can be evaluated and modified. OBJECTIVES This study was designed to investigate the association between outcome and demographic factors in patients with cystic fibrosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS This was a cross-sectional study and data were gathered for 331 pat...

Patients with chronic liver disease and certain patients with acute liver failure require liver transplantation as a life-saving measure. Liver transplantation has undergone major improvements, with better selection of candidates for transplantation and allocation of scarce deceased donor organs (according to more objective criteria). Living donor liver transplantation came into existence to ov...

Objective: There are many studies on kidney transplant anesthesia, there is not enough data in the literature terms of intraoperative parameters according to donor type. In this study, we aimed compare hemodynamic adult patients who underwent living-donor and deceased-donor transplantation (KT). Material Methods: The KT were divided into 2 groups Recipients deceased included study as Group 1. A...

conclusions ultrasonography seems to be a safe and cost effective method to evaluate foreign bodies, especially radiolucent objects, in patients with penetrating trauma and suspicious of foreign bodies that may remain undiagnosed in radiography. availability of bedside ultrasound for emergency physicians is an important issue, since it is not possible to access the radiologist at any time of th...

conclusions mucomycosis should be in differncial diagnosis of any chronic infiltrative lesions even without visible necrosis and normal immune status of the patient. introduction cutaneous infection is an uncommon presentation of mucormycosis, usually seen after trauma, at the site of surgical drains or after occlusive dressings. the involved area is erythematous and painful, with varying degre...