evaluation of medical intervation in pregnant mothers in caming emergency of rajaee hospital in 2007 f minaee , md mr nikbakht , md m salimian , md f mirhosseini ,bsc t shariatzade tekie , bsc received: 15 april, 2009 accepted: 27 july, 2009 abstract background & aims: pregnancy and childbirth are a turning point in life. this study was performed to investigate the results of medical interventi...

r c 200 3 u.ac.uk Summary Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is most preventable and unacceptably over 25,000 people die of VTE annually in England. The scale of VTE mortality prompted the UK Department of Health to charge the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) with the task of developing a national guideline for ‘‘reducing the risk of VTE in high risk surgical patients’’. T...

Delirium is a common disorder associated with poor prognosis, especially in the elderly. The impact of different treatment approaches for delirium on morbimortality and long-term welfare is not completely understood. OBJECTIVE To determine the efficacy of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments in elderly patients with delirium. METHODS This systematic review compared pharmacolog...

Background and objectives: Lippia citrodora commonly known as lemon verbena is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family, native to western South America. With its antioxidant effects, it is mostly used in folk medicine to treat anti-inflammatory diseases, and diseases associated with oxidative stress. This review has presented a summary on L. citordora</e...

BACKGROUND Venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis is effective in the prevention of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) in medical patients. METHODS A retrospective chart review was performed on medical inpatients at two academic hospitals in Hamilton, Ontario to investigate if patients received VTE prophylaxis as per current guidelines. RESULTS An analysis was performe...