introduction quality control techniques used to test the components of the radiological system and verify that the equipment is operating satisfactorily. in this study, quality control (qc) assessment of conventional radiology devices was performed in frequently visited radiology centers of khuzestan province, iran. materials and methods fifteen conventional radiology devices were examined, bas...

spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a rare cause of acute coronary syndrome and sudden cardiac death. we report coronary artery dissection in a 36-year-old woman with retrosternal chest pain 2 weeks after abortion. electrocardiography showed st elevation in leads v2-v4 and st depression in the inferior leads. lab data were normal. cardiac catheterization showed a suspicious thrombotic les...

background it is believed that self-evaluation can empower students; help them to pick higher goals and to try harder to realize these targets. however, the nursing students’ self-evaluation on clinical skills has rarely been studied. objectives to investigate the correlation of nursing internship trainees’ self-evaluation of clinical skills with their teachers’ evaluation. conclusions the stud...

background pain following laparoscopy could be due to different causes requiring effective postoperative analgesia. objectives in the present study, we evaluated the combined effect of intraperitoneal infiltration of bupivacaine-meperidine versus intravenous infusion of paracetamol on pain relief after diagnostic gynecologic laparoscopy. conclusions intraperitoneal infiltration of bupivacaine w...

introduction: the aim of this study was to report surgical strategies and clinical outcomes for thoraco-lumbar intradural lipomas. intraspinal lipomas are rare congenital histologically benign neoplasms, which account for less than 1% of all spinal cord tumors. these tumors are most frequently found in the lumbosacral area as components of a dysraphic state, however, intramedullary lipomas are ...

introduction: elevated intracranial pressure (icp) is a major and potentially lethal disorder in patients admitted to the emergency department (ed). several methods are being used to investigate for elevated icp. here we assessed and compared the diagnostic accuracy of two existing tools of ophthalmoscopy and optic nerve ultrasonography in detection of elevated icp. methods: 131 participants wi...

background: in diagnostic radiology there are two reasons for measuring or estimating radiation doses to patients. firstly measurements provide a means for setting and checking standards of good practice as an aid to the optimization of patient protection. secondly estimates of the absorbed dose to tissue and organs in the patients. materials and methods: a total of 2382 patients were studied t...

background: there is not any report on the radiation doses received by patients in diagnostic radiology sections in hospitals under control of chaharmahal and bakhtiari medical sciences university, in the south west of iran. objectives: the aim of this study is measurement of entrance surface doses (esd) for the most routine types of x-ray procedures in radiology centers as part of ongoing dose...

background: computed tomography (ct) is main contributor of population dose from diagnostic x-ray examinations. children are more radiosensitive than adults, thus optimization of ct examination in these patients is essential. the purpose of this study was to evaluate dose delivered to pediatric patients’ undergoing ct examination of the common examinations and also establishing local diagnostic...

ObjectiveThis study aimed to assess Brain Natriuretic Peptide in early diagnose of cardiac function in children with Congenital Heart Diseases.MethodologyThis study was performed on children with CHD and healthy. Severity of heart failure modified Ross classification system was used for grouping patients in four classes. For all participants, height, weight and head circumference were measured....