conclusions considering the personal and background characteristics of personnel and understanding their association with stress and stressful situations encompasses the ability to persevere and adapt to contextual stressors. patients and methods in this cross-sectional study, 3643 anonymous questionnaires were disseminated among nurses in different hospitals in tehran, iran, by utilizing multi...

medication errors account for about 78% of serious medical errors in intensive care unit (icu). so far no study has been performed in iran to evaluate all type of possible medication errors in icu. therefore the objective of this study was to reveal the frequency, type and consequences of all type of errors in an icu of a large teaching hospital. the prospective observational study was conducte...

OBJECTIVE The aim was to determine what effect the offer of a cervical smear test when attending for breast screening has on the uptake of cervical and breast screening. DESIGN The study involved randomisation to compare uptake in those women invited for cervical screening in advance with their breast screening invitation (group 1) with those invited for breast screening only and then offered...

objective: although metabolic diseases individually are rare ,but overall have an incidence of 1/2000 and can cause devastating and irreversible effect if not diagnosed early and treated promptly. selective screening is an acceptable method for detection of these multi presentation diseases.method: using panel neonatal screening for detection of metabolic diseases in 650 high risk iranian patie...

materials and methods one hundred sixty five units which provide mammography examination services were included in the audit. samples of mammographic examinations conducted between july 1st and december 31st, 2012 were evaluated. auditors completed web-based evaluation forms, including quality parameters and descriptive statistics on the patients and institutions. conclusion the audit showed si...

objectives: monitoring development in infancy results in early detection of developmental delay, and early intervention can prevent sever complications of developmental disorders. the purpose of this study was to determine quality of developmental screening of 3-12 months infants referred to tehran health centers, through comparing with screening by bayley infant neurodevelopmental screener ii ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the potential value of cerebroplacental ratio (CPR) at 30-34 weeks' gestation in the prediction of adverse perinatal outcome. METHODS This was a screening study in 30 780 singleton pregnancies at 30-34 weeks' gestation. Umbilical artery (UA) and fetal middle cerebral artery (MCA) pulsatility index (PI) were measured and the values were converted to multiples of the me...

BACKGROUND Future colorectal cancer (CRC) screening programmes should not (greatly) interfere with regular health care. Hence, we analysed the Dutch endoscopic practice to provide a clear insight into endoscopic workload and manpower with a special emphasis on the current ability to facilitate a successful implementation of a faecal occult blood test (FOBT)-based nationwide CRC screening progra...

Multi-start algorithms are a common and effective tool for metaheuristic searches. In this paper we amplify multi-start capabilities by employing the parallel processing power of the graphics processer unit (GPU) to quickly generate a diverse starting set of solutions for the Unconstrained Binary Quadratic Optimization Problem which are evaluated and used to implement screening methods to selec...

Early identification and management of hearing impairment is very valuable. The goal standard measurement of hearing loss is by brainstem evoked response (BSER). This prospective study was conducted in Hospital University Kebangsaan Malaysia (HUKM) to determine the sensitivity and specificity of transient evoked otoacoustic emission (TEOAE) as a screening tool for hearing impairment from Februa...