background digestive and liver diseases (ld) are among the most common causes of mortality and morbidity in iran and throughout the world. we have aimed to report the etiology and outcome of gastrointestinal and ld that needed admission in a typical tertiary referral hospital in tehran during the last decade. methods shariati hospital gastroenterology and liver disease department (gi & ld) was ...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 introduction: patients’ decision-making and legal capacity are major factors of informed consent considered as a basis of medical ethics. this study aimed to determine the undergoing surgery inpatients capacity to sign the consent form and admission clerks’ performance in taking the form in teaching hospitals in kashan. me...

conclusions although relative risk per 10 µg/m3 is low and sometimes mortality and morbidity attributable to pollutant seems slight because of sensitive and large population exposed to air pollutants, burden of disease associated with air pollution will be great. therefore, authorities should apply necessary actions and efforts based on comprehensive scientific researches in order to control ai...

OBJECTIVES To examine the extent and complexity of the morbidity burden in 85-year-olds; identify patterns within multimorbidity; and explore associations with medication and healthcare use. Participants. 710 men and women; mean (SD) age 85.5 (0.4) years. METHODS Data on 20 chronic conditions (diseases and geriatric conditions) ascertained from general practice records and participant assessm...

abstract background: postpartum period is the critically important part of obstetric care but most neglected period for majority of pakistani women. only life threatening complications compel them to seek for tertiary hospital care. we describe the nature of these obstetric morbidities in order to help policymakers in improving prevailing situation. objective: to find out the frequency and caus...

conclusion a high rate of mrsa in both community- and hospital-acquired infections were observed. background staphylococcus aureus (s.aureus) is an importantpathogen in human infections.some strains of s.aureusare methicillin-resistant (mrsa) andcause hospital- and community-acquired infections in children. the aims of this study were to determine nasalcarriage rate of s. aureus and susceptibil...

BACKGROUND There are substantial socioeconomic inequalities in both life expectancy and healthcare use in England. In this study, we describe how these two sets of inequalities interact by estimating the social gradient in hospital costs across the life course. METHODS Hospital episode statistics, population and index of multiple deprivation data were combined at lower-layer super output area...

conclusions the delay time from symptom onset to hospital admission was high in patients with ami. it is necessary to create emergency medical system (ems) stations in suburbs and train the public on the importance of quick contact with the ems when the symptoms of an ami are observed. results the median delay was 129 minutes (mean ± sd, 240.44 ± 295.30). overall, 32.5% of patients were admitte...