Background Healthcare institutions have commonly reported exposure of employees, particularly nurses, to high levels of occupational violence. Despite such evidence in the Middle East Region, there is a dearth of national ...

The duodenal switch (DS) procedure is a type of restrictive-malabsorptive bariatric surgery that is typically reserved for severe morbidly obese people (body mass index >50 kg/m2) with obesity-related comorbidities, when ...

Daucus carota L. ssp. carota (Apiaceae), also known as wild carrot, is a commonly used medicinal plant in folk medicine worldwide for the treatment of several ailments including cancer [1]. Earlier studies in our labs ...

This study determines nurses' attitudes toward bar-coding medication administration system use. Some of the factors underlying the successful use of bar-coding medication administration systems that are viewed as a connotative ...

Emergency departments (EDs) workers are at increased risk of exposure to occupational violence. The prevalence of occupational violence is potentially higher and consequences are more serious in areas with poor security ...

Purpose Response to clopidogrel varies widely with nonresponse rates ranging from 4% to 30%. A reduced function of the gene variant of the CYP2C19 has been associated with lower drug metabolite levels, and hence diminished ...

Oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) containing estrogen and progestin or progestin only were introduced as a contraceptive option for women in 1960. Since their introduction to the market, there have been significant changes ...