The occupational burnout among therapeutic employees of hospitals in Iran by the kind of ownership
As a complex and multidimensional problem, the occupational burnout causes absence, dissatisfaction, badtemper, physical and emotional exhaustion and displacement. This study aimed to investigate the levels of occupational burnout and its components in Mazandaran's hospitals by the kind of their ownership. This descriptive-analytical study was cond...
By Ghahraman Mahmoudi, Jahani Ali, Masoomeh Abdi, Sedigheh Solimanian, Nikbakht Ali, Soheil Ebrahimpour
Study on the eruption timing of permanent teeth among children aged between five and ten years visiting Dental College in Mangalore India
Teeth are biological markers of maturity, and their eruption into the oral cavity is an essential milestone in an individual's life. Multiple factors have been considered to play a role in the pattern of tooth eruption, including dental caries, fluorides and congenital conditions such as Down's syndrome. The aim of the paper was to determine the ti...
By Varshini Marimuthu, Pushparaja Shetty
Investigation of possible effects of Exendin-4 during exposure to mild chronic stress on dehydroepiandrosterone-induced polycystic ovary syndrome in rats
The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of Exendin-4 on polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in rats in chronic mild stress medium. For establishing the PCOS model, dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) (6mg/100g) in 0.2ml sesame oil was injected subcutaneously to 21-day old rats (n = 67). In addition, 0.2ml sesame oil was injected subcutaneous...
By Burcu Köksal, Sedat Yildiz, Tugba Ozgöcer, Azibe Yildiz, Nigar Vardi, Özlem Barutcu
Effect of emergency severity index implementation on the waiting time for patients to receive health services in the emergency department
The waiting time for patients in the emergency department to receive health services influences many processes in this department. This research aimed to determine the effect of implementation and deployment of emergency severity index (ESI) on the waiting time for patients to receive health services in the emergency department. This quasi-experime...
By Akbar Sarvari, Hosein Habibzadeh, Leyla Alilu, Naser Sheikhi
Morphological and crystal chemical characteristics of gallbladder biomineralization
Pathological biomineralization can be found in some gallbladder (GB) diseases such as chronic calculous cholecystitis (CCCh), gallbladder cancer (GBC) and porcelain gallbladder (PGB). The aim of the work was to analyze the morphology of pathological biomineralization in GB tissue in CCCh, GBC and PGB. Five cases of PGB, 10 samples of CCCh and 5 cas...
By Roman Moskalenko, Sergiy Danilchenko, Artem Piddubnyi, Oleksandr Kravets, Inna Chorna, Olena Kolomiets, Anatolii Romaniuk
Clinically relevant patterns of cardiovascular comorbidities in patients with COPD: Do they matter at all?
The association of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cardiovascular disease was observed during the study of the systemic effects of this disease. Among these patients, the incidence as well as the mortality from cardiovascular disease are significantly higher, while the reduction of cardiovascular risk is an important target for the reduct...
By Borislav Božanić, Milan Radović, Ivana Stanković, Svetlana Apostolović, Tatjana Pejčić, Zorica Ćirić, Lidija Risitić, Milan Rančić
Metabolic syndrome and lipid metabolism disorders: Molecular and biochemical aspects
The review highlights the characteristics of adipose tissue as a metabolically active organ, reveals endocrinous functions of adipose tissue and the role of adipose tissue in immune system’s functioning. The role of obesity in the development of insulin resistance (IR) and diabetes mellitus type 2 and the effect of dyslipidemia on the develop...
By Oksana Tkachenko, Iryna Polishchuk, Nadiya Gorchakova, Hanna Zaychenko
Using Team-Based Learning to Teach Evidence-Based Medicine to First-Year Residents
Summary Team-based learning (TBL) is a well-established instructional strategy that provides students with the chance to apply conceptual knowledge through a series of actions, including pre-class, individual, team class activity, and immediate feedback. The purpose of the present study was to introduce a course of teaching the evidence-based medic...
By Mandana Akbarinejad Mousavi, Mitra Amini, Somayeh Delavari, Ali Seifi
Comparative evaluation of hyperfunction of thyroid gland in women with other thyroid disfunctions: Central Bosnia and Herzegovina experience
The incidence of thyroid dysfunction in the area of central Bosnia with special reference to hyperthy-roidism was being monitored. Considering that there were disagreements among earlier authors and even their contradictory results, the goal was to determine the percentage ratio between the thyroid hyperfunction and other dysfunctions and to identi...
By Edhem Hasković, Jasmina Marušić, Denis Hasković, Muhamed Fočak, Safija Herenda
Investigation of the factors affecting the sexual function in women of reproductive age referred to the Women's Clinic of Hakim Neyshabur Hospital in 2015, Iran
The aim of this study was to determine the factors affecting the sexual function of women of reproductive age with reference to the adverse effects of sexual dysfunction in women and its consequences on family life. This research was a cross-sectional study conducted in 2014-2015 and the study population included married women with stable sexual ac...
By Fatemeh Shamsabadi, Zahra Kamali, Mahboobeh Gholami, Toktam Bayat, Akram Poosti, Marzeiyeh Feizi