purpose: to report the clinical, paraclinical and histopathologic features of eyelid mass lesions in a patient with tuberous sclerosis. case report: a 14 year old boy with a slowly progressive right upper lid mass and history of seizures, mental retardation and multiple skin lesions on the face and body was referred to labbafinejad medical center. cortical tubers and subepandimal nodules were r...

BACKGROUND Optimal timing of definitive treatment of femoral shaft fractures in patients with multiple injuries remains controversial. This study aimed to determine the impact of timing of definitive treatment (early, delayed, or damage-control orthopedics [DCO]) of femoral shaft fractures on the incidence of adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), mortality rate, and hospital length of sta...

background :hypertension is an important public-health challenge worldwide. the prevalence of hypertension greatly varies across countries. the aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of self-reported hypertension and to determine related factors in a large random sample of tehran population in 2011.   methods : in this cross sectional study, 69173 individuals aged 25–64 years were sel...

introduction: medication errors are among the most serious health errors threatening patient safety in all countries, with major impacts on public health. midwives as members of healthcare systems are prone to such errors. therefore, in this study, we aimed to determine medication errors and the contributing factors among midwives working in maternity units of mashhad university of medical scie...

OBJECTIVE To describe the general public's understanding, acceptance and use of delayed antibiotics. DESIGN Face to face computer-assisted survey using an Ipsos MORI Capibus survey. SETTING Randomly selected households in England using multistage sampling. RESPONDENTS A representative sample of 1625 adults aged over 15 years and recruited from household visits in England, using age and ge...

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Sexual assault referral centres were designed to provide comprehensive services survivors mitigate the physical and psychological consequences of rape. However, some who reported at these did not benefit fully from these, thereby presenting as missed opportunities. We assessed opportunities among Ekiti Assault Referral Centre, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria June 2020 2022. Data extracted records Ado-Ekiti ...

Numerous projects have evaluated the performance of CORBA middleware over the past decade. Interestingly, many of the published results are either gathered or analyzed imprecisely. We point out common causes of such imprecision related to the gathering of timing information and the effects of warm-up, randomization, cross talk and delayed or hidden functionality, and demonstrate their impact on...