J Res Med Sci
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Health authorities usually exploit after-action reports to collect data on their experience in responding to public health emergencies. To develop an effective approach to manage and learning from health emergencies, we have launched Isfahan COvid-19 REgistry for data collection during routine clinical care as a first "critical incident registry" in Iran. Registries can be employed to explain the natural history of the disease, learn about a particular disease in terms of patient outcomes, the cost-effectiveness of clinical management, monitoring the quality of health-care service, and developing research hypotheses.
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Diagnostic interventional pulmonology is widely accepted as a minimally invasive, highly accurate procedure for diagnosing lung cancer, more drug-resistant pathogen infections of lower respiratory tract, and critical respiratory diseases. The efficiency of interventional diagnostics depends on quite a few factors, including size and the anatomic location of lymph nodes, number of biopsy sites and complications rate, characteristics of the lesion, and underlying disease. ⋯ In this review article we aimed at elaborate the technical details, clinical roles, and technological progress of ROSE in diagnostic interventional pulmonology, highlighting the importance of ROSE in diagnostic interventional pulmonology. We finally pointed out that it will be a tendency for a pulmonologist, to undergo a short yet intensive training and perform ROSE in diagnostic interventional pulmonology.
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Paraquat (PQ) poisoning is characterized by rapidly progressive acute poisoning with high mortality and no specific antidote. Although some clinical studies have been conducted to investigate the benefits of high-dose ambroxol as an adjuvant treatment for PQ poisoning, the efficacy is controversial. ⋯ This study found that high-dose ambroxol is an effective therapy for PQ poisoning and may reduce the in-hospital mortality.
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As hypophosphatemia is a common multifactorial problem of kidney transplantation (Tx), this research aimed at studying the frequency of posttransparent hypophosphatemia in the early postkidney Tx period and investigating the risk components associated with the situation. ⋯ The main causes of post-Tx hypophosphatemia in the multivariate linear analysis were pre-Tx FGF-23 and post-Tx FGF-23 levels on days +10, post-Tx Cr, and TMP/GFR.
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The inconsistent results of different studies regarding the prevalence of joint hypermobility (JH) or joint laxity in children and adolescents made us conduct a meta-analysis on the prevalence of JH in this age group. ⋯ According to this meta-analysis, studies showed high heterogeneity, and the prevalence of JH in children and adolescents around the world was equal to 34.1% (95% CI: 33.3%-34.8%) in total, whereas it was higher in girls and lower in older ages.