critically ill patient transfer is potentially risky and may be lead to morbidity and mortality. physicians' skill is very important for safe transport. we want to evaluate the effect of clinical course teaching on the promotion of physicians' abilities in the transport of critically ill patients. in an interventional study, 320 interns, male and female, were taught about patient transfer in tw...

OBJECTIVE To determine the clinical manifestations and results of current treatment for patients with retinoblastoma (Rb) in a tertiary care eye hospital in the north west of Pakistan. STUDY DESIGN Case series. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, from January 2006 and December 2009. METHODOLOGY The data of 139 patients diagnosed as having retinob...

Migraine is currently conceptualized as a chronic disease with episodic manifestations, with attacks that increase in frequency in a subgroup (migraine transformation or progression). T ransformation of migraine may be subdivided in three partially overlapping forms, although research in this area is still in infancy, and evidence is sometimes weak Typically, transformation refers to increases ...

introduction. in order to understand the cellular and tissue damages or changes in various diseases, it is imperative to be knowledgeable about the normal structure of different tissues. the histology course, which is taught in the first year of medicine in iran, is supposed to provide such knowledge. in this study, we did evaluate this course for its methods of teaching as well as clinical rel...

lung contusion is an entity involving injury to the alveolar capillaries, without any tear or cut in the lung tissue. this results in accumulation of blood and other fluids within the lung tissue. the excess fluid interferes with gas exchange leading to hypoxia. the pathophysiology of lung contusion includes ventilation/perfusion mismatching, increased intrapulmonary shunting, increased lung wa...