Tracheal intubation is an important procedure in anesthesia and emergency medicine. The standard intubation technique is direct laryngoscopy using a Macintosh blade; however, video laryngoscopy has become common and research has shown several advantages of video laryngoscopy over direct laryngoscopy. In the present study we investigated whether video laryngoscopy resulted in the intubating pers...

To evaluate the effect of acupuncture on the severity of withdrawal reaction during rapid opiate detoxification (ROD), forty adult male subjects addicted to opioids and scheduled for ROD by naloxone were randomly divided into acupuncture and control groups. In the acupuncture group during three consecutive days immediately before induction of ROD, body acupuncture was performed while in the con...

To evaluate the effect of acupuncture on the severity of withdrawal reaction during rapid opiate detoxification (ROD), forty adult male subjects addicted to opioids and scheduled for ROD by naloxone were randomly divided into acupuncture and control groups. In the acupuncture group during three consecutive days immediately before induction of ROD, body acupuncture was performed while in the con...

introduction: today, the prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (msds) is considered as a vital issue and one of the highest national priorities. this study was conducted with the aim of evaluating occupational postures and the prevalence of msds among porcelain industry workers of the city of rasht, iran. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was done in 2015 on 66 wo...

It's intended to make a comparison between hospital nurses and homecare nurses, regarding the risk of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). A study with homecare nurses carried out by the authors constitutes the basis for the comparison. In it was developed a questionnaire for the analysis of musculoskeletal complaints (MSCs). Was also applied the REBA technique (Rapid Entire Body Assessment) to ev...