background: coronary angiography is frequently applied for diagnostic purposes in patients with coronary artery disease. be that as it may, there is still no consensus about the optimal time for the ambulation of patients following femoral arterial puncture. we sought to compare 6 hours of complete bed rest and 2 hours of complete bed rest in patients after angiography. methods: this randomized...

OBJECTIVE Early ambulation after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) could increase patient comfort, decrease length of hospital stay, and reduce the costs. However, this approach may increase the risk of vascular complications and has not been well assessed. This study was conducted to assess the safety of early ambulation versus late ambulation by combining the study results on safety in...

Eighty patients who had undergone routine meniscectomy were divided into two groups for postoperative management. The first 40 patients were treated by the traditional method of a compression bandage with a backsplint, followed by a 10-day stay in hospital. In the other 40 patients a compression bandage was applied, reinforced by a plaster cylinder. Weight-bearing was allowed with the aid of cr...

PURPOSE To evaluate the safety and efficacy of different methods of transconjunctival cannulated vitrectomy versus conventional non-cannulated vitrectomy in various vitreoretinal disorders. METHODS A prospective randomized study was done from August 2009 to February 2011. The study included 129 eyes of 122 patients, randomly divided into four groups. Group 1 comprised 34 eyes operated on usin...

External fixation was used in the treatment of 154 intertrochanteric fractures of the femur over a period of eight years. Good fixation and early ambulation was achieved in all cases. Blood loss was slight. There were 12 deaths due to medical causes unrelated to the surgical procedure. Deep pin-track infection occurred in six cases and late displacement of the fracture fragments in nine. The av...

Background and aim: Afterpain is a common phenomenon after vaginal delivery. Any factor that causes a delay in the process of uterus sub involution and consequently returning its size to pre-pregnancy status could affect the severity of afterpain. This study aimed to investigate the factors related to afterpain in multiparous women delivered in 17-Shahrivar Hospital, Mashhad, Iran.  Methods: In...

background myocardial infarction (mi) is amongst medical emergency situations. decline of heart rate and blood pressure during the initial days after admission due to myocardial infarction are the main goals of treatment that decrease the pressure on the myocardium. objectives this study was performed to determine the effects of patients early mobilization program on heart rate and blood pressu...