background hospital emergency departments (eds) are as barometers of the health care system. crowded eds threaten delivery of timely care. prolonged ed wait times reduce the quality of care and increase adverse and sometimes irreversible events. objectives the purpose of this study was to determine the patients' waiting time at namazi and shahid faghihi hospitals in shiraz, iran. patients and m...

spinal traumatic injuries are the major damage which is associated with morbidity and mortality rates. in this study the epidemiological characteristics of spinal trauma and their outcome were investigated. in this cross sectional study, trauma patients who admitted to imam reza hospital were included. their information such as age, sex, type of injury, severity of injury and site of injury was...

Objective: Emergency department is the most important part of a hospital and it seems that 24-hour presence of emergency medicine specialist can be effective in improving the performance of this ward. Therefore, the present study was performed with the aim of studying the effect of 24-hour presence of emergency medicine specialists in the emergency department of Shahid Bahonar ...

introduction: emergency department is the most important part of a hospital and it seems that 24-hour presence of emergency medicine specialist can be effective in improving the performance of this ward. therefore, the present study was performed with the aim of studying the effect of 24-hour presence of emergency medicine specialists in the emergency department of shahid bahonar hospital, kerm...

objective: patient satisfaction is one of the most important indicators for measuring the quality of emergency services and health care. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the patients’ satisfaction in the emergency department (ed) of sina hospital. methods: this descriptive, cross-sectional study was performed during one month in sina hospital in 2014. data were collected by a questionn...

myxomas, the most common primary cardiac tumors, are known as a source of cardiogenic emboli. the possibility of their early detection has made them of great importance for emergency medicines. detection of the disease is probable at early stages using echocardiography and associate complications such as syncope, cerebral embolic ischemic strokes, and sudden death. we report experience of a rar...