Background Ecballium elaterium is the only species belonging to the genus Ecballium of Cucurbitaceae family. It is native to the Mediterranean region. Despite its side effects, E. elaterium has still been being used as an alternative treatment agent for sinusitis, cirrhosis, rheumatic diseases and hemorrhoids for its anti-inflammatory and cathartic actions. Herein we discuss a pediatric case sh...

The emergency service facilities location is one of the most important issues in the emergency management. This study focused on the location set covering problem (LSCP) for emergency service facilities under fuzzy environment. On the basis of defining the signed distance of trapezoidal fuzzy number, the ranking rules of trapezoidal fuzzy number are defined, the model of emergency service facil...

In this paper an emergency service vehicle (ESV) location problem has been considered in which it is assumed that each emergency call may require more than one ESV. In ESV location problem two factors should be known; the location of stations and the number of ESVs at each station. Hence, a nonlinear mixed integer programming model is presented in order to maximize the total response rate to th...

introduction: using physiologic scoring systems for identifying high-risk patients for mortality has been considered recently. this study was designed to evaluate the values of acute physiology and chronic health evaluation ii (apache ii) and simplified acute physiologic score (saps ii) models in prediction of 1-month mortality of critically ill patients. methods: the present prospective cross ...

conclusions according to the results of this study, the stress level induced due to needle-stick exposure and its complications is high and interventions for reduction are essential. results the mean and standard deviation of stress experienced by nurses before and after the intervention were 64.94 ± 15.67 and 43.91 ± 10.73, respectively. findings indicated that education decrease needle stick ...

introduction: pain control is the most important issue in emergency department management of patients with femoral bone fractures. the present study aimed to compare the procedural features of ultrasonography and nerve stimulator guided femoral nerve block in this regard. method: in this randomized clinical trial, patients with proximal femoral fractures presenting to emergency department were ...

introduction: trauma due to accidents or fall from height is a major cause of disability and mortality. the present study was designed aiming to evaluate the baseline characteristics of fall from height victims presenting to emergency department (ed). methods: this prospective cross-sectional study evaluates the baseline characteristics of fall from height cases presenting to eds of three educa...

introduction: in medical education, ambulatory medicine education especially emergency is the most important part of medical education. aim of this study is the survey of medial students information needs seeking behavior pattern. we expect this study impacts on the clinical education quality, the recognition of students' education needs and better management of patients by medical students. me...