this is a field study to determine the learning needs of hospitalized myocardial infarction (m!) patients, about activity, exercise, diet, medications, follow-up and recurrence predisposing factors, and their relation with demographic data in these patients, when they were discharged from cardiac unit. the study population comprised 92 randomly selected mi patients (77 men,26 women) on discharg...

background: bleeding events in hemophilic patients with inhibitors are managed by bypassing agents. currently available agents in iran are recombinant activated factor vii (rfviia; aryogen, aryoseven) and feiba (factor eight inhibitor bypassing agent). no standardized and accurate assay is currently available for monitoring the effectiveness of bypassing agents. we suggested that history of the...

fasting and diabetes has been on my radar from a local perspective for years. as a dietitian many of my patients chose to fast with the goal to promote better health. most recently, my perspective on fasting became global as working with the managing diabetes during ramadan initiatives.in april 2016, international diabetes federation (idf) and the diabetes and ramadan (dar) international allian...

in daily life, complexity results from countless factors. culture, environment, social and economic status and physical ability all contribute, and all complicate managing ill health. pharmacists bear witness to many of these complexities and increasingly must care for what have come to be known as ‘complex patients’.  the issue of  ‘complex patients’ is one that has been addressed by healthcar...

background today, despite the efforts of the medical community and healthcare staff along with the advancements in medical technology, patients’ dissatisfaction and complaints have been increased. the present study aimed at making a survey on the patients’ complaints in a large training hospital affiliated to mashhad university of medical sciences (mums).   methods this descriptive, cross-secti...

background this article looks at the long-term, structural determinants of environmental and public health performance in the world system.   methods in multiple standard ordinary least squares (ols) regression models, we tested the effects of 26 standard predictor variables, including the ‘four freedoms’ of goods, capital, labour and services, on the following indicators of sustainable develop...