Fast and holistic access to the patients’ clinical record is a major requirement of modern medical decision support systems (DSS). While electronic health records (EHRs) have replaced the traditional paper-based records in most healthcare organization, the data entry into these systems remains largely manual. Speech recognition technology promises substitution of the more convenient speech-base...

Abstract The role of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy for retinoblastoma has evolved considerably over the years with efficacy intraarterial chemotherapy high incidence secondary malignant neoplasms following therapy. use spot scanning intensity‐modulated proton may reduce risk malignancies. For pediatric nasopharyngeal carcinoma, current standard care is induction followed by chemo...

Dogs presented to the Small Animal Hospital of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran were included in the present study if spinal or intervertebral disc involvement was suspected. Clinical signs were recorded as well as general information of the patient such as age, breed and sex. Sixty dogs were examined radiographically and two standard orthogonal lateral and ventrodorsal projections wer...

introduction: early diagnosis and appropriate treatment is required in esophageal cancer due to its invasive nature. the aim of this study was to evaluate early post-esophagectomy complications in patients with esophageal cancer who received neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nacr).   materials and methods: this randomized clinical trial was carried out between 2009 and 2011. patients with lower-th...

A 30-year-old woman with a history of two pregnancy losses in the 8th and 16th weeks of pregnancy and a history of metroplasty referred to our Infertility Clinic. Hysterosalpingography (HSG) was performed as a standard infertility evaluation following surgery (Fig 1).

Background: Degenerative scoliosis most commonly affects the lumbar spine in the elderly, resulting in facet and disc degeneration, leading to increased pain and progressive deformity. Due to the importance of the results of long fusion and the rate of coronary and sagittal correction of imbalance in patients with degenerative scoliosis, the present study was performed to evaluate the results o...

introduction: periradicular surgery is an appropriate treatment method for dental periradicular impairments. the present study was carried out to analyze the knowledge of general dentists and dental specialists about periradicular surgery. methods: this descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 93 general dentists and 7 dental specialists (endodontists and oral and maxillofacial surgeo...

introduction: pneumonectomy is the standard treatment of lung cancer, even though patients should undergo several evaluations before surgery; deterioration of cardiopulmonary function after pulmonary resection is inevitable. we have evaluated the effects of digoxin on the improvement of right ventricular function and prevention of probable complications after lung resection surgery. materials a...

background: anterior interbody fusion of the cervical spine have become the gold standard for treating spinal diseases, hence the aim of this study was to compare long term follow up results in patients with cervical disk disease treated with anterior peek cage implantation and without it in anterior approach. methods: retrospectively 63 patients with known cervical discogenic disorders who wen...