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conceptually traumatic brain injury (tbi) can be classified from a mechanistic perspective as: 1) closed, 2) penetrating, 3) blast, and 4) crush injuries. thus, tbi is a heterogeneous disease and each type of brain injury has different characteristic features often necessitating different approaches to management. the first edition of the guidelines for management and prognosis of penetrating b...

surgical site infections are one of the most important post-surgery complications. antimicrobial prophylaxis has been used routinely in surgeries to reduce infection incidence. however, inappropriate selection of antimicrobial agents or dosing can develop antimicrobial resistance, serious adverse reactions and prolong hospitalization. current study aimed to examine prophylactic antibiotic presc...

purpose: to customize clinical practice guidelines (cpgs) for cataract management for iranian population. methods: first, four cpgs (american academy 2006 and 2011, royal college of ophthalmologists 2010 and canadian ophthalmological society evidence-based clinical practice guidelines 2008) were selected from a number of available cpgs for cataract management in the literature. second, all reco...

background: knee pain is one of the most common reasons patients visit their physician. in this regard magnetic resonance imaging (mri) is the tool of preference for diagnosis. the aim of this study was to determine appropriate guidelines for knee mri administration using the rand appropriateness method (ram)-2013   methods: this qualitative study was done in the mashhad university of medical s...

to evaluate physical activity of pregnant women before and after acog guideline study. four hundred and eighty-five pregnant women enrolled in this before-after study. they were asked to study acog guideline. a structured questionnaire filled by women at first visit and the last visit in the prenatal clinic.type, frequency, duration and anxiety about doing exercises during pregnancy period. bef...

considering the nature of qualitative studies, the interaction between researchers and participants can be ethically challenging for the former, as they are personally involved in different stages of the study. therefore, formulation of specific ethical guidelines in this respect seems to be essential. the present paper aimed to discuss the necessity to develop explicit guidelines for conductin...

abstract aim and background: applying evidence-based treatment guidelines to improve the quality of care for patients with schizophrenia has been increased worldwide. in this study, we evaluated the adherence of clinicians to the guideline for patients with schizophrenia who were admitted to a university hospital in their first episode of disease. methods and materials: in a descriptive study, ...