the effect of foot reflexology on anxiety in patients with coronary artery bypass surgery referred to seyed-al-shohada teaching hospital, urmia, 2012    rigi f [1] , feizi a [2] *, naseri m [3] , salehi ardabili sh [4] , bazdar p [5]     received: 16 jul , 2013 accepted: 14 sep , 2013     abstract   background & aims : one of the problems that patients with coronary artery bypass surgery encoun...

BACKGROUND Poor outcomes and high resource-use are observed for frail older people discharged from acute medical units. A specialist geriatric medical intervention, to facilitate Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, was developed to reduce the incidence of adverse outcomes and associated high resource-use in this group in the post-discharge period. OBJECTIVE To examine the costs and cost-effec...

Introduction: Petrositis is a rare but severe complication of acute otitis media and mastoiditis. Despite efficient antibiotic therapy, there are still reports of both intratemporal and intracranial complications of otitis media with the potential risk of high morbidity and mortality. Petrositis has traditionally been treated with surgery, but recent advances in imaging, with improved antibioti...

the effect of anxiety management skills on anxiety in adolescent     jalaliaria k [1] , ashrafrezai n [2] , asayesh h [3] *, bathaei sa [4] , shariati a5, badeleh mt6     received: 15 mar , 2013 accepted: 5 may , 2013    abstract  background & aims : adolescence is a critical period in life with lots of change which can play an important role in the country's future. at this period there i...

OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of a behaviour change communication (BCC) intervention on qualified medical care-seeking for sick newborns in urban Lucknow, northern India. METHODS Before and after intervention study conducted at two urban public hospitals at Lucknow. Neonates who did not have any morbidity or congenital malformation and were residents of Lucknow were enrolled within 48 h of b...