introduction: ambulatory care is an inseparable part of health care system. it is commonly considered as the entrance of the patient to the health care system. high qualify ambulatory care has an important role in reducing mortality and morbidity rates. on the other hand, quality of information has an important role in the quality and safety of ambulatory health care. it is hence necessary to p...

Introduction. According to shift of medical education from inpatient to outpatient centers in recent years ,the aim of this study is to determine the attitude of Interns about outpatient education in all clinical departments in medical school. Methods. 429 Interns were entered this study . A questionnaire composed of questions on the quality of outpatient education, time of the learning in the...

R ecent years have ushered in many advances in retinal imaging. From spectral-domain optical coherence tomography to ultra-widefield fundus imaging, the new modalities are proving to be an integral part in the evaluation of pediatric retinal conditions. One of the biggest perceived hurdles in managing pediatric retinal patients is the challenging clinical examination; most adult patients can co...

BACKGROUND An efficacious treatment is needed for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected and uninfected patients with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). OBJECTIVE To report clinical and magnetic resonance imaging changes in response to mirtazapine treatment in HIV-positive patients with PML. DESIGN Case series. SETTING Outpatient neurology clinic. PATIENTS Four HIV-p...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate evidence of the effectiveness of computer-generated health behavior interventions-clinical encounters "in absentia"-as extensions of face-to-face patient care in an ambulatory setting. DATA SOURCES Systematic electronic database and manual searches of multiple sources (1996-1999) plus search for gray literature were conducted to identify clinical trials using computer-ge...

The protection of an athlete's health and preventing injuries and illnesses in sport are top priorities for the IOC and its Medical Commission. The IOC therefore partners with selected research centres around the world and supports research in the field of sports medicine. This has enabled the IOC to develop an international network of expert scientists and clinicians in sports injury and disea...

This study examines self-reported coercion in subjects with severe mental illness who were randomly assigned in an experimental study to continue under, or be released from, involuntary outpatient commitment (OPC) subsequent to hospital discharge. After review of bivariate relationships, multivariable analyses demonstrated significantly higher levels of reported coercion among subjects who expe...

BACKGROUND A satisfactory counseling process between the patient and pharmacist is critical for rational use of dispensed drug(s) and is highly influenced by many factors including the experience of pharmacist in dispensing process. To improve patients' knowledge of dispensed drugs, it is necessary to understand the factors that optimize a pharmacist interaction with a patient in each activity ...

conclusion adc, fa, and t2* values may quantitatively reflect the microstructural characteristics of np, therefore they could be used to detect the minimal changes of early ldd. results the adc, fa, and t2* values were different (p < 0.05) among different rois within the same disc or among corresponding rois in different level discs. while the average values of adc increased regularly with the ...

injection is one of the most common medical procedures in the health sector. annually up to 16 billion injections are prescribed in low- and middle-income countries (lmics), many of them are not necessary for the patients, increase the healthcare costs and may result in side effects. currently over 40% of outpatient prescriptions in iran contain at least one injectable medicine. to address the ...