Acute Female pelvic pain is one the common causes of referral to emergency ward. It has many ethiologies of either Gynaecological or non gynecological causes including normal ovulation, haemorrhagic/ruptured ovarian cyst, Tumour, infarction (leiomyoma), Ovarian torsion, ectopic pregnancy, Tubo-ovarian abscess/PID, Endometriosis, … etc. It also has non-gynaecological causes such as renal stones,...

PURPOSE To report a patient with a single cotton wool spot (CWS) following head trauma. CASE REPORT A 37-year-old male electrician presented with painless paracentral blurred vision in his left eye of one month duration together with three transient episodes of obscuration of vision in the same eye lasting for 10 minutes. He reported blunt head trauma due to a fall 40 days before referral. Fu...

BACKGROUND Trauma is the most common cause of death in people aged 1 - 44 years and the third leading cause of death regardless of age. Early diagnosis can expedite emergency care and thus patients can be transferred more quickly to a treatment center. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to evaluate the mechanism of injury, Glasgow coma scale, age, and arterial pressure (MGAP) scoring sy...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The aim of this article is to evaluate and review the scientific literature on pediatric ocular trauma from the past several years. Recent advancements have recognized mechanisms of injury that may be unique to children, require different treatment course than adults, and raise multiple public health concerns. RECENT FINDINGS Epidemiologic studies have shown that ocular trau...

BACKGROUND Many trauma patients are intubated for conditions that fully resolve during their emergency department (ED) stay. Often, these patients remain intubated until after they leave the ED. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to examine the prognosis of patients extubated in the ED. METHODS Data from the records of adult trauma patients who were intubated and then extubated in th...

Excessive alcohol consumption is currently the third leading cause of preventable death within the United States, accounting for roughly 80,000 deaths each year. Excessive alcohol consumption also takes a toll on hospitals and health care centers, specifically emergency departments and trauma units. Each year, over 20 million adults in the United States sustain injuries requiring emergency care...

introduction: the family physician program is one of the most important plans for increasing the equitable access and affordable health services. this study aimed to examine the performance of urban family physicians and associated factors in the third year of its implementation. method: a cross-sectional study was conducted on all family physicians (31 persons) working in the private and publi...

Introduction: Horizontal root fracture (HRF) generally has a good prognosis of healing at fracture line after repositioning and flexible splinting. However, various factors such as delayed referral may unfavorably influence close reduction of firmly displaced coronal fragments and the long-term prognosis of healing at fracture line. Case 1: A 25-year-old woman with HRF in her maxillary central ...

Background: Pressure ulcers (PUs) are among the most common chronic and complications of hospitalization. Objective: The present study aims to evaluate prevalence hospital-acquired PUs their grades in trauma patients, comparing demographic characteristics, clinical features, outcomes patients without with referred a center North Iran. Methods: In retrospective study, 410 Iran were enrolled. Dat...

Chest pain is one of the most common reasons for admission to emergency department, pediatrics and pediatric cardiology clinics in childhood. While not usually caused by a serious cause, it can be concern patient their parents. Clinicians should inform family benign nature chest pain, unless they consider an important underlying cause. Routine referral these patients department recommended, as ...