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Managerial strategies and policies – Analysis of patient satisfaction based on demographic data
Service quality of healthcare organizations is more and more determined by the patients’ satisfaction data. Therefore, the fairness of this comparison raises questions. The factors that could affect it are represented by...
An investigation into the prevalence of cognitive impairment and the performance of older adults in Guilan province
Introduction: The escalating rate of old people with a functional impairment in Iran and the weakness of the family support due to the diminishing of family size have increased the demand for long-term care for the elderly with...
The role of noninvasive tests and liver biopsy in the diagnosis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is characterized by hepatic steatosis in the absence of significant alcohol consumption (
The role of anthropometric indices in the prediction of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in the PERSIAN Guilan Cohort study (PGCS)
Introduction: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an obesity-associated health problem that causes other liver diseases for the patient. Four anthropometric indices: body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC),...
Evaluation of the effect of the internal layer of oak fruit (jaft) extract on the prevention of gastric ulcers caused by stress in male rats
Introduction: Many drugs with high efficacy are used to treat stomach ulcers, but they have many side effects. Therefore, much effort has been made to find new effective compounds from plant extracts. The aqueous extract of the...
Hepatic hydatid cyst – diagnose and treatment algorithm
Introduction: the hydatic disease, caused by the larvae of Echinococcus granulosus, is a serious disease, potentially lethal, which can be found anywhere in the world, but especially in endemic areas such as the Mediterranean...
MALT lymphoma: epidemiology, clinical diagnosis and treatment
Primary gastric lymphoma (PGL) represents a rare pathology, which can be easily misdiagnosed because of unspecific symptoms of the digestive tract. Histologically, PGL can vary from indolent marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of the...
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