this is a brief overview of the history of formal introduction of the art and science of education into the sphere of medical education in shiraz. before this introduction medical education was, and in the majority of other institutions world-wide still is, a simple transfer of knowledge from teacher to student. the students accepted their passive role because this was how they had been taught ...

Introduction The Spanish Pediatrics Emergency Society (SEUP) determined two assistance quality indicators for attendance of asthma exacerbation in Emergency Departments (ED): 1. A validated-score severity evaluation at discharge (standard 100%) 2. Respiratory rate and oxygen saturation registration on the medical record of the patients with chief complaint of breathing difficulty. In April 2012...

Additional Contributions:We acknowledge Chaya Prasad, MD, Richard Ray, MD, Jason Lee, MD, and the other members of the Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC) Blood Bank for facilitating access to blood bank data used in the study. We thank Cynthia Vasallo, BSN, and Linda Gliner, BSN (KPNC Department of Quality and Operation Support), for performing data quality audits and Bix Swain, MS, a...

At the request of counsel for the Montana Department of Justice (the "Department"), National Economic Research Associates, Inc. (NERA) has reviewed the public record relating to the application of two Great Falls hospitals to receive a Certificate of Public Advantage (COPA) from the State of Montana. This record generally includes the materials, dated October 2, 1995, that were submitted by the...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: epilepsy is the second most common type of chronic neurological disease. its diagnosis carries an excess mortality, which is 2-3 times higher than that of general population. mortality rates are increased among patients with uncontrolled seizures . the aim of this study was to characterize the electrocardiogram (ecg) changes during pre-i...

1 By D. J.! REDDY, m.d. Department of ForensicT^Medieine, Andhra Medical College, Vizagapatam Cysticercosis is the term given to the somatic infestation of man by cysticercus cellulosse, the larval or bladder worm stage of Tccnia solium. There is no authentic record of the infestation of man by cysticercus bovis?the corresponding stage of Tienia saginata. Man is the definitive host of Tccnia so...