Hospitals are data-rich but information-poor. To develop a ‘continuous-learning health care system’ we need to harness our myriad information sources so that every patient encounter becomes the basis for new evidence of what works.

AIM The purpose of this study was to determine clinical success rate of single visit verses multiple visit root canal treatment in cariously exposed vital primary molars. Material& methods: 40 children in age group of 4 to 7 years were divided equally into two treatment groups and recall visits were carried out after one week, one month and three months and six months. RESULTS Statistically n...

Blood pressure (BP) levels are linearly associated with cardiovascular risk, and hypertension is the most common modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Moreover, antihypertensive treatment-induced BP lowering has been associated with reduction in all outcomes (stroke, heart failure, coronary events, cardiovascular, and all-cause mortality). Apart from the established knowledge regar...

BACKGROUND The study objective was to understand community preparedness for iron and folic acid (IFA) supplementation early in pregnancy and to inform the design of a large-scale trial of early introduction of IFA supplementation in rural Bangladesh. METHODS 66 in-depth interviews (pregnant women, husbands, and older women in the household), 20 key-informant interviews, 3 focus-group discussi...

background: postpartum care at home is a post delivery care method that can be provided by public health nurses, trained health workers, or midwifery nurses. a study conducted to compare effect of two midwife visits at home to usual postpartum care on the healthy behaviors of low-risk iranian mothers. methods: a randomized controlled trial conducted on 200 mothers at a reference center for scre...

BACKGROUND Specialty care access is increasingly constrained due to increasing demand for specialty care. Although much attention has been placed on the initial referral decision, much less is known about follow-up visit patterns. We examined the patterns of follow-up visits for new patients to a university-based cardiology practice and identified independent predictors of follow-up visits. M...

background: more psychiatric visits, especially non-emergency ones, to emergency departments (eds) of general hospitals have been observed in recent years. the aim of this study was to determine the characteristics of psychiatric visits to the ed of rasoul-e-akram hospital, tehran, iran. methods: in this cross-sectional study, during a two-month period, all psychiatric presentations and consult...