background and purpose: the emergency severity index (esi) triage system has been recommended by the ministry of health to classify patients at emergency departments. this study aimed to assess the validity of esi system (version 4) in the emergency department of a teaching hospital. outcome measures were hospitalization, emergency department (ed) length of stay, resource consumption, in-hospit...

OBJECTIVE To compare the prognostic value of the pneumonia severity index and the severity score for community-acquired pneumonia (CURB-65) in predicting mortality and the need for ICU admission of patients with community-acquired pneumonia referred to our emergency department. MATERIALS AND METHODS This prospective study was performed on patients with community-acquired pneumonia admitted to...

1 Formerly Senior Resident, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Govt Medical College, Kottayam 2 Assistant professor, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Govt Medical College, Kottayam 3 Senior Resident, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Govt Medical College, Kottayam 4 Junior Resident, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Govt Medical College, Kottayam Corresponding Author Daisy Joseph V Email: [email protected] A...

Background: Acne vulgaris is a common skin disorder that affects 79% to 95% of the young population. Some studies have focused on the role of overweight and obesity in initiation and exacerbation of acne. This study investigated the relationship between BMI and the severity of acne. Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 107 acne patients. One form was completed for each patient wi...

the effect­ of education based on health belief model (hbm) in decreasing dental plaque index among first grade of middle- school girl students in hamadan    sohrabivafa m [1] , moeini b [2] *, hazavehei smm [3] , soltanian ar [4] , rezaei l [5]     received: 12 aug , 2013 accepted: 23 sep , 2013     abstract   background & aims : oral­-­dental health behaviors education to students is an impor...

the prevalence and factors influencing the prevalence and severity of dysmenorrhea were studied in 768 female university students aged from 17.s to 44.2 years enrolled at the kerman university of medical sciences and two teachers' training colleges. the overall prevalence of dysmenorrhea in this population was 72% 10.2% reported severe dysmenorrhea. the overall prevalence as well as the pr...

OBJECTIVE To identify tools designed to evaluate the severity of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in order to use them in the investigation of prognostic markers in early arthritis. METHODS We conducted a systematic review of studies that developed/validated an index for RA disease severity. They were analyzed using the COSMIN checklist to assess their methodological quality. In additi...

The prevalence and factors influencing the prevalence and severity of dysmenorrhea were studied in 768 female university students aged from 17.S to 44.2 years enrolled at the Kerman University of Medical Sciences and two teachers' training colleges. The overall prevalence of dysmenorrhea in this population was 72% 10.2% reported severe dysmenorrhea. The overall prevalence as well as the p...