introduction: the prevalence of behavioral disorders is substantially higher in stressful working environments such as emergency departments. the present study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of personality disorders among emergency nurses. methods: in the present epidemiologic study, the prevalence of personality disorders among emergency nurses of three educational hospitals, tehran, iran, w...

orf is a mucocutaneous disease that occurs when non-intact skin comes into contact with contaminated sheep saliva. the lesions may complicate to lymphangitis or secondary bacterial infection, but systemic complications such as erythema multiforme, maculopapular rash, and generalized lymphadenopathy are rare. in this paper, we present two cases of erythema multiforme following orf disease.

introduction: emergency department thoracotomy (edt) may serve as the last survival chance for patients who arrive at hospital in extremis. it is considered as an effective tool for improvement of traumatic patients’ outcome. the present study was done with the goal of assessing the outcome of patients who underwent edt and its predictive factors. methods: in the present study, medical charts o...

physical design of the emergency department (ed) has an important effect on its role and function. to date, no guidelines have been introduced to set the standards for the construction of eds in iran. in this study we aim to devise an easy-to-use tool based on the available literature and expert opinion for the quick and effective assessment of eds in regards to their physical design. for this ...

introduction: emergency department performance index (epi) greatly influences the function of other hospital’s units and also patient satisfaction. recently, the iranian ministry of health has defined specific national epi containing five indexes. in the present study, the performance indexes of emergency department (ed) in one educational hospital has been assessed before and after establishme...