BACKGROUND The medical record is used to document patient's medical history, illnesses and treatment procedures. The information inside is useful when all needed information is documented properly. Medical care providers in Iran have complained of low quality of Medical Records. This study was designed to evaluate the quality of the Medical Records at the university hospital in Tabriz, Iran. ...

Observations are reported on the variation in evaluation and management of 216 episodes of fever in 690 patients on four services of a university hospital. Twenty-two percent of febrile episodes were not commented upon in the medical record. Thirty percent of all fevers and 14% of antibiotic-treated fevers were not evaluated with microbiologic cultures. The extent of evaluation varied with serv...

abstract background and purposes: gastrointestinal cancers including stomach adenocarcinoma are very prevalent and one the main causes of death due to cancer. mazandaran has a high mortality rate of stomach adenocarcinoma. this study was proposed for estimation of survival time in patients with stomach adenocarcinoma. materials and methods: the study was historical cohort. the samples were the ...