Shahnaz Sharifi

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · medical education

Objectives The objective of this study is to investigate the safety of elimination of chest radiography in the postcardiac surgery Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Methods and Design We compared patients in two different groups of routine CXR (RCXR) and limited CXR (LCXR) and their diagnostic and therapeutic outcome in a University hospital-based single...

Objectives To investigate the short-term outcome of patients with infective endocarditis (IE). Patients and Methods We analyzed data from 42 patients with active endocarditis which underwent different cardiac surgeries. An active endocarditis was considered due to urine analysis and/or blood culture and acute inflammation Gram stains of sample tis...

Early detection and management of pulmonary embolism would ameliorate survival chances. Here, we report the case of a patient who was scheduled for a renal carcinoma and inferior vena cava thrombectomy wherein suddenly the thrombus migrated to the pulmonary artery. The problem was rapidly recognized by transesophageal echocardiography and before a...

Hospital managers can have a special role in health care and life science field because they can effect on society health with their decisions. Forecasting demand and planning capacity for certain health services are complicated tasks due to the inherent uncertainty, complex relationships involved, and usually high public exposure. Generally public...

One of the important issues in health care and life sciences field is hospital management. Poor health service quality wastes resources that could be used to treat more patients, and the public is becoming more critical of the quality of hospital care; while strong managing can prevent clinical and administrative problems, continuously improve the...

Background: The availability of monitoring equipment is increasing today. These devices range from invasive to non-invasive. The selection of appropriate monitoring is based on their advantages, disadvantages and costs. In general, the role of non-invasive brain monitoring is expanding due to its performance accuracy as well as greater output stabi...

Background: Efficacy of minimal acute Normovolemic Hemodilution (ANH) in avoiding homologous blood transfusion during cardiovascular surgery remains controversial. Postoperative bleeding and transfusion remain a source of morbidity and cost after open heart operations. To better understand the role of acute normovolemic hemodilution (ANH) in corona...

Background: Significant numbers of patients who undergo major surgery experience postoperative problems, the majority of which are preventable. It has been demonstrated that goal-directed therapy, a method for guiding clinicians in administering fluids, vasopressors, and inotropes, reduces mortality and postoperative complications. However, heart t...

Background: Considering the effect of heart disease and its post-surgical complications on the patient’s quality of life, identifying risk predictors for complications after surgery and the patient’s clinical course can help us to improve the quality of primary care after surgery, reduce complications and improve the patient’s recovery after surger...

Milk is one of the most consumed sources among people, especially children. hence, its contamination with heavy metals can pose a serious risk to children. Therefore, this study aimed to measure the lead concentration as one of the most dangerous heavy metals in the raw milk of several major animal husbandries in Tehran province from Iran. A total...

Background: Milk and dairy products are the main sources of essential nutrients particularly for children. However, milk and dairy products can be contaminated with chemical hazards and contaminants which pose serious health risks for consumers. These toxic compounds are entered into the food chain through contaminated soil, water, and air and thei...

A 16-year-old hemophilia-A patient presented with symptomatic atrial septal defect (ASD). Managing bleeding during cardiovascular surgeries is a significant challenge, even for none-hemophilic patients, due to heparin administration, cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) coagulopathy and surgical complications. This essay is an effort to discuss ASD, CPB ef...

Background: Coronary artery bypass surgery is one of the surgeries in which high blood transfusions are needed. About 20% of all surgical operations require a blood transfusion. Packed cell administration increases perioperative morbidity and mortality. In the United States, from every 1000 people, one has undergone a coronary artery bypass graft s...

Background: Coronary artery bypass surgery is one of the surgeries in which high blood transfusions are needed. About 20% of all surgical operations require a blood transfusion. Packed cell administration increases perioperative morbidity and mortality. In the United States, from every 1000 people, one has undergone a coronary artery bypass graft s...

Managing a patient with single ventricle is always a challenging situation for an anesthesiologist. Maintaining the single ventricle function and avoiding sudden changes in patient’s hemodynamic are of most important key notes to be considered. But when a combination of operation perform on these patients, further attention is essential in using of...