background acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (ugib) is a common medical emergency and is known as one of the main causes of mortality and morbidity. this research was conducted to study the causes and risk factors for ugib, in a referral center. methods in this cross sectional study, carried out in a one year period, all patients with acute ugib living in khorramabad city and surrounding ar...

atls or advanced trauma life support and the family training courses like atcn and phts, are training courses planning for medical staff who are involved in trauma care to mange injured  people in proper way to save lives and reduce the morbidity significantly. from the scene of accident ems who passed phtls for pre hospital trauma care to emergency rooms in hospital doctors and nurses could pe...

conclusions therefore, development of rapid diagnostic methods with suitable sensitivity and specificity is very important about this infectious disease. in this review, we will discuss some of the important diagnostic methods. context diarrhea is a common disease across the world. according to who, every year about two billion cases of diarrhea are reported in the world. it occurs mainly in th...

Kidney Transplantation in children is the treatment of choice to treat end stage renal disease. Improvements in immunosuppressive management have dramatically reduced the risk of early acute rejection and graft loss, however the long term results in terms of graft survival and morbidity still require search for new immunosuppressive regimens. Reducing of side effects are the challenges for impr...

In safe motherhood programming in the developing world, insufficient attention has been given to maternal morbidity, which can extend well beyond childbirth. For every woman who dies of pregnancy-related causes, an estimated 20 women experience acute or chronic morbidity. Maternal morbidity adversely affects families, communities and societies. Maternal morbidity has multiple causes, with durat...

Background: Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is currently the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The prognosis ACS treatment outcome depends on speed reperfusion after a heart attack; wherein, one associated factors pre-hospital time.

BACKGROUND Emergency Departments (EDs) have to cope with an increasing number of elderly patients, often presenting with non-specific complaints (NSC), such as generalized weakness. Acute morbidity requiring early intervention is present in the majority of patients with NSC. Therefore, an early and optimal disposition plan is crucial. The objective of this study was to prospectively study the d...

Cardiac diseases are common post-stroke and are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. One possible mechanism of acute cardiac injury is the neurogenic myocardial damage, where the cerebral injury is disturbing the normal sympathetic and parasympathetic neuronal outflow to the heart leading to cardiac damage including myocardial infarctions. The exact mechanism is not completely und...

Acute aortic syndromes consist of dissection, intramural hematoma, penetrating ulcer, and ruptured aneurysm. are considered a clinical emergency with patients presenting severe chest pain. MDCT is as the investigation choice to evaluate classify acute syndromes. Correct diagnosis prompt management imperative reduce mortality morbidity. Hence, imaging departments must have basic understanding th...