objective : patients with chronic physical diseases sometimes show increased loss of function; such patients need more care. anxiety is a well-known symptom that is prevalent among chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients that can prolong and increase the risk of hospitalization. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the severity of anxiety in the mentioned patients and to examine the...

background: adverse cutaneous drug reactions (acdrs) are the most commonly reported adverse drug events. the causative drugs and clinical patterns of acdrs are different in various populations. this study was conducted to identify the clinical patterns, causative drugs and reasons for drug administration in patients hospitalized due to acdr. materials and methods: this retrospective study was c...

introduction : road traffic injuries (rti) are among the most important health problems worldwide as they cause more than 1.2 million deaths and 50 million injuries each year. therefore, the present study aims to evaluate the outcome and aftermath of rti in those who were injured and hospitalized due to a traffic accident. methods : in the present retrospective cohort study with a one-year foll...

background: burn injuries are a major public health in the world, especially in developing countries. the aim of this study was investigate to the epidemiological data and cost of hospitalization due to burn in pediatrics in kermanshah provinces from 2011 to 2013.material and methods: this was a retrospective cross sectional study. the study subject was all of patient lee than 15 years who admi...

background & aim: spinal cord injury (sci) has a very long history, and its cases form a large proportion of patients admitted to trauma centers in iran. studies show that repair after spinal cord injury can be done. in fact, many pharmaceutical agents, such as erythropoietin (epo), are applied to reduce secondary injury following the initial disorder and to maintain the nerve tissue. methods &...

according to changes in the surface of respiratory epithelial cells and host immunity as well as virulence of hospital acquired pathogens, oropharyngeal colonization enhance in hospital admitted patients. patient admission in hospital, due to changes of oropharyngeal flora and colonization of virulent germs such as staphylococcus aureus and gram negative bacilli can be a serious problem for dev...

results after training, the mean scores of awareness, attitude and practice among patients in the case group were respectively 8.93 ± 2.32, 47.69 ± 2.21, and 66.04 ± 3.44 (p < 0.0001). the mean score difference of attitude in the intervention group was 17.78 ± 7.0, and 3.30 ± 6.85 in the control. the mean score difference of practice in the intervention group was 26.57 ± 6.37, and 2.08 ± 7.16in...

objectives the purpose of this study was to determine the types of fall-related injuries and the related risk factors in the elderly population of qom province, iran. patients and methods this retrospective study was performed on 424 elderly people (65 years and over) referred to shahid beheshti hospital, qom, iran, due to falls between 2010 and 2012. the icd-10 codes of external causes of inju...